Sans serif · Grégori Vincens
Inria Sans
Find the font. Find its kind.
CSSfont-family: 'Inria Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Inria Sans is a free sans serif by Grégori Vincens and Jérémie Hornus, on Google Fonts since 2019. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Inria Sans has an x-height shorter than 72%, is narrower than 63% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Expose
Inria Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Expose (89 out of 100) and Titillium Web (82). Expose is 15% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 3% taller; Titillium Web has nearly identical proportions.
Inria Sans and Expose laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Inria SansExpose…
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 Inria Sans 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
Inria Sans in 3 weights
3 weights, 300–700, with italics
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Inria Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Grégori Vincens, Jérémie Hornus
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 3 weights, 300–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2019
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Inria Sans 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 Inria Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Inria Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Inria Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.14 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 72% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 63% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 60% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Inria Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Inria Sans's own familyInria Serif
- Expose8915% heavier · 6% narrower · x-height 3% taller
- Titillium Web82Nearly identical proportions
- Rambla815% narrower · 9% heavier
- Clear Sans80x-height 3% taller · 3% wider
- Gafata7819% lighter · 5% narrower
- Kanit7820% heavier · 7% wider · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Inria Sans →Compare side by side →Get Inria Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Inria Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Titillium Web82text 2.6% narrower · x-height 1.0% taller
- Anek Latin77text 2.5% narrower · x-height 1.4% shorter
- Mako76same text width · x-height 1.1% taller
- Gudea75text 1.5% narrower · x-height 1.2% taller
- Basic75text 0.6% wider · x-height 0.8% taller
- Scada75text 1.8% wider · x-height 1.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Inria Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.9% of its size, so running text keeps Inria Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Inria Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.85%;
ascent-override: 99.74%;
descent-override: 22.79%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Inria Sans', 'Inria Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Inria Sans
Of the 747 home pages that load Inria Sans, 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
- Roboto16%121 sites · 0.8× chance
- Inter14%103 sites · 1.4× chance
- Inria Serif11%80 sites · 651× chanceInria Sans’s own family
- Open Sans7.4%55 sites · 0.4× chance
- Montserrat7.2%54 sites · 0.5× chance
More than chanceInria Serif 651×
Pair checkerInria Sans + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Inria Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Inria Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Inria Sans 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 Inria Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Inria Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds six font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Inria Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Inria Sans 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 Inria Sans Light. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Inria Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Inria Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Inria Sans in Figma?
Yes: Inria Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all three weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Inria Sans have?
Inria Sans comes in three weights: Light (300), Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Inria Sans?
Inria Sans was designed by Grégori Vincens and Jérémie Hornus. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2019. Jérémie Hornus also made Alpino, Bespoke Sans, Bespoke Slab and six more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Inria Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Expose (89), Titillium Web (82) and Rambla (81), out of 100. Next to Inria Sans, Expose is 15% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 3% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Inria Serif. See all 100 fonts like Inria Sans.