Sans serif · Luca Bessi Aristei
Lavasciuga
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CSSfont-family: 'Lavasciuga', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lavasciuga is a free sans serif by Luca Bessi Aristei, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Lavasciuga has an x-height taller than 96%, is wider than 91% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 81%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Jua
Lavasciuga on one light table with its two closest fonts, Jua (90 out of 100) and Espresso Dolce (86). Jua is 21% narrower and 14% heavier, with an x-height 30% shorter; Espresso Dolce is 28% narrower and 10% heavier, with an x-height 34% shorter.
Lavasciuga and Jua laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with LavasciugaJua…
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 Lavasciuga alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 700
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Lavasciuga at every size
1 weight (700) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Lavasciuga, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Luca Bessi Aristei
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (700)
- 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.
Lavasciuga 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 Lavasciuga 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 Lavasciuga, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lavasciuga under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Lavasciuga, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 68.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 67.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 50%letter box filled
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 96% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 91% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 81% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lavasciuga
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Jua90x-height 30% shorter · 21% narrower · 14% heavier
- Espresso Dolce86x-height 34% shorter · 28% narrower · 10% heavier
- Capriola78x-height 19% shorter · 5% narrower
- SN Pro72x-height 27% shorter · 17% narrower · 14% lighter
- Fredoka71x-height 29% shorter · 16% narrower · 9% lighter
- Belanosima68x-height 35% shorter · 23% narrower · 17% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Lavasciuga →Compare side by side →Get Lavasciuga on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Lavasciuga without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Lavasciuga sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Lavasciuga loads, this sets Arial in its place at 119.2% of its size, so running text keeps Lavasciuga’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lavasciuga Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 119.23%;
ascent-override: 86.39%;
descent-override: 23.90%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Lavasciuga', 'Lavasciuga Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Lavasciuga
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Lavasciuga free for commercial use?
Yes. Lavasciuga 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 Lavasciuga?
Lavasciuga 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 Lavasciuga in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Lavasciuga 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 Lavasciuga have?
Lavasciuga comes in one weight, Bold (700). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Lavasciuga?
Lavasciuga was designed by Luca Bessi Aristei.
What fonts are similar to Lavasciuga?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Jua (90), Espresso Dolce (86) and Capriola (78), out of 100. Next to Lavasciuga, Jua is 21% narrower and 14% heavier, with an x-height 30% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Lavasciuga.