Sans serif · Designer not listed

January

Q: Is January free for commercial use?

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

Q: How do I download and install January?

January 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

January is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, January has an x-height shorter than 76%, is wider than 72% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 93%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Elms Sans →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Elms Sans

January on one light table with its two closest fonts, Elms Sans (77 out of 100) and Raleway (76). Elms Sans is 20% heavier; Raleway has an x-height 7% taller.

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Ink shared with JanuaryElms 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.

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02 / Letters

The January 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.

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03 / Sizes

January 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

Can you use January?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
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.

January 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 January 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 January, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists January under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get January on GitHub

05 / Measurements

January, measured

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

Hxgp in January. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 48.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 76.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.64lowercase against capitals
Width: 53.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 32%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.04 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 76% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 72% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 93% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 85% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to January

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to January →Compare side by side →Get January on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap January without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until January loads, this sets Arial in its place at 114.8% of its size, so running text keeps January’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'January Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 114.82%;
  ascent-override: 97.81%;
  descent-override: 30.58%;
  line-gap-override: 7.82%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about January

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

Is January free for commercial use?

Yes. January 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 January?

January 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 January in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and January 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 January have?

January comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to January?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Elms Sans (77), Raleway (76) and THICCCBOI (76), out of 100. Next to January, Elms Sans is 20% heavier. See all 100 fonts like January.