Serif · Mike LaGattuta
Hepta Slab
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CSSfont-family: 'Hepta Slab', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Hepta Slab is a free serif by Mike LaGattuta, on Google Fonts since 2018. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Hepta Slab has an x-height taller than 90%, is wider than 94% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 77%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
Compare with Stint Ultra Expanded →Compare with another font
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Stint Ultra Expanded
Hepta Slab on one light table with its two closest fonts, Stint Ultra Expanded (89 out of 100) and Sanchez (87). Stint Ultra Expanded is 11% lighter and 5% wider, with an x-height 13% shorter; Sanchez is 12% narrower and 14% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter.
Hepta Slab and Stint Ultra Expanded laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Hepta SlabStint Ultra Expanded…
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 Hepta Slab 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
Hepta Slab in 10 weights
10 weights, 1–900 · variable from 1 to 900
Variable weight, 1 to 900
- 1
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Hepta Slab, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Mike LaGattuta
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 10 weights, 1–900
- Variable axes
- Weight 1–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2018
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Hepta Slab 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Hepta Slab, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Hepta Slab under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Hepta Slab, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 62.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 90% of serifs
WidthWider than 94% of serifs
InkLighter than 77% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 94% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Hepta Slab
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Stint Ultra Expanded89x-height 13% shorter · 11% lighter · 5% wider
- Sanchez8712% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · 14% heavier
- BioRhyme8645% heavier · x-height 12% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Montagu Slab85more stroke contrast · 11% narrower · 17% heavier
- Arvo8224% heavier · 11% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
- Slabo 13px7813% narrower · 7% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Hepta Slab →Compare side by side →Get Hepta Slab on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Hepta Slab without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Cutive65text 2.9% wider · x-height 3.9% taller
- Iosevka Etoile33text 0.6% narrower · x-height 2.4% shorter
- Inknut Antiqua29same text width · same x-height
- Bevan29text 1.6% wider · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Basteleur23same text width · x-height 3.3% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Hepta Slab loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 137.8% of its size, so running text keeps Hepta Slab’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Hepta Slab Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 137.84%;
ascent-override: 71.68%;
descent-override: 19.08%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Hepta Slab', 'Hepta Slab Fallback', serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Hepta Slab
Of the 672 home pages that load Hepta Slab, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Montserrat15%102 sites · 1.1× chance
- Poppins13%87 sites · 1.2× chance
- Roboto11%76 sites · 0.6× chance
- Open Sans10%70 sites · 0.6× chance
09 / Questions
Questions about Hepta Slab
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Hepta Slab free for commercial use?
Yes. Hepta Slab 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 Hepta Slab?
FontKind doesn’t host Hepta Slab’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Hepta Slab in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Hepta Slab isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Hepta Slab Thin and Hepta Slab Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Hepta Slab in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Hepta Slab under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Hepta Slab in Figma?
Yes: Hepta Slab is in Figma’s font menu with all ten weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Hepta Slab have?
Hepta Slab comes in ten weights, from 1 to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 1 to 900.
Who designed Hepta Slab?
Hepta Slab was designed by Mike LaGattuta. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2018.
What fonts are similar to Hepta Slab?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Stint Ultra Expanded (89), Sanchez (87) and BioRhyme (86), out of 100. Next to Hepta Slab, Stint Ultra Expanded is 11% lighter and 5% wider, with an x-height 13% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Hepta Slab.