Sans serif · Stefan Peev
Involve
Find the font. Find its kind.
CSSfont-family: 'Involve', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Involve is a free sans serif by Stefan Peev, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Involve has an x-height taller than 83%, is wider than 76% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Plus Jakarta Sans
Involve on one light table with its two closest fonts, Plus Jakarta Sans (81 out of 100) and General Sans (81). Plus Jakarta Sans has nearly identical proportions; General Sans is 6% narrower, with an x-height 4% shorter.
Involve and Plus Jakarta Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with InvolvePlus Jakarta 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 Involve 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
Involve in 4 weights
4 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Involve, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Stefan Peev
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 4 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 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.
Involve 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 Involve 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 Involve, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Involve under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Involve, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 73.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 54.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 83% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 76% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 85% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 72% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Involve
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Plus Jakarta Sans81Nearly identical proportions
- General Sans816% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
- Elms Sans81x-height 12% shorter · 7% heavier
- Satoshi80x-height 12% shorter · 10% narrower
- Poppins7814% heavier · 4% wider
- Questrial76x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower · 8% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Involve →Compare side by side →Get Involve on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Involve without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Kripa74text 1.6% narrower · same x-height
- Inter70text 2.8% narrower · same x-height
- Be Vietnam Pro69same text width · x-height 3.1% shorter
- Mluvka68text 2.3% narrower · x-height 2.0% shorter
- Micro Grotesk67text 2.6% narrower · x-height 2.8% taller
- Open Sauce One66same text width · x-height 1.1% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Involve loads, this sets Arial in its place at 110.5% of its size, so running text keeps Involve’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Involve Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 110.52%;
ascent-override: 72.38%;
descent-override: 18.10%;
line-gap-override: 29.86%;
}
font-family: 'Involve', 'Involve Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Involve
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Involve free for commercial use?
Yes. Involve 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 Involve?
Involve 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 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 Involve in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Involve 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 Involve have?
Involve comes in four weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Involve?
Involve was designed by Stefan Peev. Stefan Peev also made Bertioga Sans Condensed and Terminalia.
What fonts are similar to Involve?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Plus Jakarta Sans (81), General Sans (81) and Elms Sans (81), out of 100. Next to Involve, Plus Jakarta Sans has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Involve.