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Sans serif · Ertekin Erdin

Haskoy

Case
72 px
400 Regular
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Haskoy', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Haskoy is a free sans serif by Ertekin Erdin, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Haskoy has an average x-height, is narrower than 61% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 76%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Familjen Grotesk

Haskoy on one light table with its two closest fonts, Familjen Grotesk (82 out of 100) and Supreme (80). Familjen Grotesk is 16% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Supreme has nearly identical proportions.

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Haskoy and Familjen Grotesk laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with HaskoyFamiljen Grotesk…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The Haskoy alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

03 / Weights

Haskoy in 8 weights

8 weights, 100–800, with italics

  • 100 Thin, with its italic
  • 200 Extra light, with its italic
  • 300 Light, with its italic
  • 400 Regular, with its italic
  • 500 Medium, with its italic
  • 600 Semibold, with its italic
  • 700 Bold, with its italic
  • 800 Extra bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Haskoy, and can you use it?

Designer
Ertekin Erdin
Kind
Sans serif
Styles
8 weights, 100–800, with italics
From
GitHub
Character sets
latin, latin-ext
Licence
SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use
Yes.
Logos
Yes.
Websites and apps
Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents
Yes.
Changes
Yes.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Haskoy is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Haskoy comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint
Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
Figma
Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
Canva
Not verified. Search its font menu for Haskoy, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Haskoy under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Haskoy on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Haskoy, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Haskoy. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.71lowercase against capitals
Width
48.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
38%letter box filled
Contrast
1.07 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

  • x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs

  • WidthNarrower than 61% of sans serifs

  • InkLighter than 76% of sans serifs

  • ContrastMore even than 78% of sans serifs

07 / Swap

Swap Haskoy without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Haskoy loads, this sets Arial in its place at 100% of its size, so running text keeps Haskoy’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Haskoy Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 100.00%;
  ascent-override: 99.10%;
  descent-override: 29.30%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Haskoy', 'Haskoy Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Haskoy

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Haskoy free for commercial use?

Yes. Haskoy is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Haskoy?

Haskoy comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf/static folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is Haskoy in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Haskoy comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.

How many weights does Haskoy have?

Haskoy comes in eight weights, from Thin (100) to ExtraBold (800), each with an italic.

Who designed Haskoy?

Haskoy was designed by Ertekin Erdin. Ertekin Erdin also made Libre Caslon Condensed, Nafile, Nafile Condensed and four more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Haskoy?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Familjen Grotesk (82), Supreme (80) and Akt (80), out of 100. Next to Haskoy, Familjen Grotesk is 16% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Haskoy.