Sans serif · Jiří Krblich
Kecal
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CSSfont-family: 'Kecal', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Kecal is a free sans serif by Jiří Krblich, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Kecal has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 70%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Plainsound
Kecal on one light table with its two closest fonts, Plainsound (83 out of 100) and Instrument Sans (82). Plainsound has nearly identical proportions; Instrument Sans is 15% lighter and 5% wider.
Kecal and Plainsound laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with KecalPlainsound…
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 Kecal 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
Kecal in 7 weights
7 weights, 200–800
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
04 / Facts
Who made Kecal, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Jiří Krblich
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 200–800
- 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.
Kecal 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 Kecal 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 Kecal, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Kecal under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Kecal, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.25 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 70% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 68% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Kecal
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Kecal's letters under another nameRonzino
- Plainsound83Nearly identical proportions
- Instrument Sans8215% lighter · 5% wider
- Scoutie Sans825% wider
- Radio Canada Big81x-height 4% taller · 8% heavier
- Rag819% wider · 7% lighter
- Special Gothic815% narrower · 6% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Kecal →Compare side by side →Get Kecal on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Kecal without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Radio Canada Big81text 2.7% wider · x-height 3.9% taller
- Rag Narrow78text 2.3% narrower · x-height 2.0% taller
- Liter78same text width · x-height 2.0% taller
- Aspekta77text 2.5% wider · x-height 2.0% taller
- Miedinger77text 0.8% narrower · x-height 2.9% taller
- Opening Hours Sans77text 2.3% wider · x-height 2.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Kecal loads, this sets Arial in its place at 98.4% of its size, so running text keeps Kecal’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Kecal Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 98.37%;
ascent-override: 101.66%;
descent-override: 26.53%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Kecal', 'Kecal Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Kecal
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Kecal free for commercial use?
Yes. Kecal 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 Kecal?
Kecal 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 export/Desktop 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 Kecal in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Kecal 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 Kecal have?
Kecal comes in seven weights, from ExtraLight (200) to ExtraBold (800).
Who designed Kecal?
Kecal was designed by Jiří Krblich. Jiří Krblich also made Mluvka.
What fonts are similar to Kecal?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Plainsound (83), Instrument Sans (82) and Scoutie Sans (82), out of 100. Next to Kecal, Plainsound has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Kecal.