Sans serif · Nathan Laurent

Liga Sans

Q: Is Liga Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Liga Sans 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 Liga Sans?

Liga Sans 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

Weight700 BoldThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Liga Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Liga Sans is a free sans serif by Nathan Laurent, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Liga Sans has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 91%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Perun

Liga Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Perun (84 out of 100) and CAT Neuzeit (81). Perun is 6% wider, with more stroke contrast; CAT Neuzeit has more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with Liga SansPerun…

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 Liga Sans 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.

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03 / Sizes

Liga Sans 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 Liga Sans, and can you use it?

Designer: Nathan Laurent
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (700)
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.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Liga Sans on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Liga Sans, measured

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

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

x-height: 50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 58%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-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 91% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 84% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Liga Sans

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Liga Sans without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Liga Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 98.5% of its size, so running text keeps Liga Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Liga Sans Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 98.46%;
  ascent-override: 101.57%;
  descent-override: 20.31%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Liga Sans', 'Liga Sans Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Liga Sans

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

Is Liga Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Liga Sans 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 Liga Sans?

Liga Sans 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 Liga Sans in Google Docs?

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

Liga Sans 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 Liga Sans?

Liga Sans was designed by Nathan Laurent.

What fonts are similar to Liga Sans?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Perun (84), CAT Neuzeit (81) and Radio Canada Big (77), out of 100. Next to Liga Sans, Perun is 6% wider, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Liga Sans.