Sans serif · Carl Enlund
Helmet
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CSSfont-family: 'Helmet', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Helmet is a free sans serif by Carl Enlund, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Helmet has an x-height shorter than 92%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 77%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Optician Sans
Helmet on one light table with its two closest fonts, Optician Sans (100 out of 100) and Overused Grotesk (78). Optician Sans is 20% wider and 15% lighter, with an x-height 12% taller; Overused Grotesk is 8% lighter, with an x-height 12% taller.
Helmet and Optician Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with HelmetOptician Sans…
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.
02 / Letters
The Helmet 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 / Sizes
Helmet at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Helmet, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Carl Enlund
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin
- 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.
Helmet is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Helmet 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 Helmet, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Helmet under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Helmet, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 44.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 54.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.82lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.24 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 92% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 77% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 67% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Helmet
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Optician Sans10020% wider · x-height 12% taller · 15% lighter
- Overused Grotesk78x-height 12% taller · 8% lighter
- Estedad7621% lighter · x-height 10% taller · 6% wider
- Karla7619% lighter · x-height 8% taller · 4% wider
- Apfel Grotezk75x-height 12% taller · 8% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Solitus7440% heavier · 12% narrower · x-height 11% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Helmet →Compare side by side →Get Helmet on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Helmet without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Helmet loads, this sets Arial in its place at 99.4% of its size, so running text keeps Helmet’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Helmet Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 99.42%;
ascent-override: 84.47%;
descent-override: 27.11%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Helmet', 'Helmet Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Helmet
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Helmet free for commercial use?
Yes. Helmet 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 Helmet?
Helmet comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 Helmet in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Helmet 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 Helmet have?
Helmet comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Helmet?
Helmet was designed by Carl Enlund.
What fonts are similar to Helmet?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Optician Sans (100), Overused Grotesk (78) and Estedad (76), out of 100. Next to Helmet, Optician Sans is 20% wider and 15% lighter, with an x-height 12% taller. See all 100 fonts like Helmet.