Display · Julia Petretta

Kenia

Q: Is Kenia free for commercial use?

Yes. Kenia is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Kenia”.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

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

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Keania One

Kenia on one light table with its two closest fonts, Keania One (100 out of 100) and Styro (87). Keania One is 17% wider; Styro is 53% narrower and 27% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller.

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Ink shared with KeniaKeania One…

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 Kenia 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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With this font

Write your ownStencil font generator →Your words in Kenia and 12 more stencil fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Kenia 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

Who made Kenia, and can you use it?

Designer: Julia Petretta
Kind: Display
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2010
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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes, under another name. Not as “Kenia”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Kenia 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

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

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Kenia on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Kenia, measured

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

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

x-height: 50.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 72.6% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.70lowercase against capitals
Width: 42.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 64%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 79% of display faces
InkDarker than 78% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Kenia

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Kenia →Compare side by side →Get Kenia on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Kenia without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Kenia loads, this sets Arial in its place at 84.9% of its size, so running text keeps Kenia’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Kenia Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 84.91%;
  ascent-override: 88.33%;
  descent-override: 29.44%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Kenia

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

Is Kenia free for commercial use?

Yes. Kenia is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Kenia”.

How do I download and install Kenia?

FontKind doesn’t host Kenia’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Kenia in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Kenia isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Kenia in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Kenia under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Kenia in Figma?

Yes: Kenia is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Kenia have?

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

Who designed Kenia?

Kenia was designed by Julia Petretta. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2010. Julia Petretta also made Kreon, Lily Script One, Text Me One and one more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Kenia?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Keania One (100), Styro (87) and Plaster (80), out of 100. Next to Kenia, Keania One is 17% wider. See all 100 fonts like Kenia.