Sans serif · Bastien Sozeau
Lil Grotesk
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CSSfont-family: 'Lil Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lil Grotesk is a free sans serif by Bastien Sozeau, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Lil Grotesk has an x-height shorter than 86%, is narrower than 66% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Panamera
Lil Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Panamera (84 out of 100) and Zen Kaku Gothic New (79). Panamera is 12% lighter and 4% wider, with more stroke contrast; Zen Kaku Gothic New is 9% lighter.
Lil Grotesk and Panamera laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Lil GroteskPanamera…
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 Lil Grotesk 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
Lil Grotesk in 8 weights
8 weights, 100–900
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Lil Grotesk, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Bastien Sozeau
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 8 weights, 100–900
- 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.
Lil Grotesk 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 Lil Grotesk 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 Lil Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lil Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Lil Grotesk, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 36%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.09 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 86% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 66% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 84% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 76% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lil Grotesk
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Panamera84more stroke contrast · 12% lighter · 4% wider
- Zen Kaku Gothic New799% lighter
- Didact Gothic77Nearly identical proportions
- Elms Sans7710% wider · 6% heavier
- General Sans77x-height 12% taller · 6% wider
- Google Sans Flex7619% heavier · x-height 8% taller · 7% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Lil Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get Lil Grotesk on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Lil Grotesk without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Zen Kaku Gothic New79text 2.4% wider · x-height 1.5% taller
- Didact Gothic77text 1.6% narrower · x-height 0.9% shorter
- Satoshi76text 2.0% wider · x-height 2.5% taller
- Cabinet Grotesk72text 0.8% narrower · x-height 1.7% taller
- CMU Bright71text 0.6% narrower · same x-height
- Jost70text 1.6% narrower · x-height 2.5% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Lil Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.3% of its size, so running text keeps Lil Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lil Grotesk Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.31%;
ascent-override: 95.57%;
descent-override: 28.26%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Lil Grotesk', 'Lil Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Lil Grotesk
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Lil Grotesk free for commercial use?
Yes. Lil Grotesk 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 Lil Grotesk?
Lil Grotesk 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 Lil Grotesk in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Lil Grotesk 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 Lil Grotesk have?
Lil Grotesk comes in eight weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).
Who designed Lil Grotesk?
Lil Grotesk was designed by Bastien Sozeau. Bastien Sozeau also made Young Serif, Beon, Formera and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Lil Grotesk?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Panamera (84), Zen Kaku Gothic New (79) and Didact Gothic (77), out of 100. Next to Lil Grotesk, Panamera is 12% lighter and 4% wider, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Lil Grotesk.