Sans serif · Ariel Martín Pérez
Lineal
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CSSfont-family: 'Lineal', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lineal is a free sans serif by Ariel Martín Pérez, Frank Adebiaye, with contributions from Anton Moglia and Ilona Legrand and Ariel Martín Pérez, from Velvetyne. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Lineal has an x-height taller than 76%, is wider than 65% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Zerove
Lineal on one light table with its two closest fonts, Zerove (73 out of 100) and Afacad (70). Zerove has an x-height 31% taller; Afacad is 15% narrower, with an x-height 22% shorter.
Lineal and Zerove laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with LinealZerove…
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 Lineal 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
Lineal in 7 weights
7 weights, 200–900
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Lineal, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ariel Martín Pérez, Frank Adebiaye, with contributions from Anton Moglia, Ilona Legrand and Ariel Martín Pérez
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 200–900
- From
- Velvetyne
- 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, under another name. Not as “Lineal”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Lineal 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 Lineal comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 Lineal, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lineal under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Lineal, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 76% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 65% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lineal
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Zerove73x-height 31% taller
- Afacad70x-height 22% shorter · 15% narrower
- Afacad Flux70x-height 22% shorter · 15% narrower
- Outfit69x-height 11% shorter · 15% heavier · 4% narrower
- Nova Gothic69x-height 6% shorter
- Jost69x-height 14% shorter · 11% narrower · 11% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Lineal →Compare side by side →Get Lineal on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Lineal without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Google Sans58text 2.7% narrower · x-height 4.3% shorter
- Google Sans Flex53text 2.3% narrower · x-height 4.3% shorter
- Funever Sans Display51text 2.7% narrower · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Plus Jakarta Sans50text 1.2% wider · x-height 0.6% taller
- Excon49text 2.6% wider · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Giphurs46text 1.2% wider · x-height 4.7% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Lineal loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.8% of its size, so running text keeps Lineal’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lineal Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.77%;
ascent-override: 95.45%;
descent-override: 19.09%;
line-gap-override: 19.09%;
}
font-family: 'Lineal', 'Lineal Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Lineal
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Lineal free for commercial use?
Yes. Lineal 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 “Lineal”.
How do I download and install Lineal?
Lineal comes free from Velvetyne . On its repository there, download the files as a ZIP and unzip it: the fonts are in its fonts/Static/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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Lineal in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Lineal comes from Velvetyne. 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 Lineal have?
Lineal comes in seven weights, from ExtraLight (200) to Black (900).
Who designed Lineal?
Lineal was designed by Ariel Martín Pérez, Frank Adebiaye, with contributions from Anton Moglia and Ilona Legrand and Ariel Martín Pérez. Ariel Martín Pérez also made Azabache, Brassia, Canarina and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Lineal?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Zerove (73), Afacad (70) and Afacad Flux (70), out of 100. Next to Lineal, Zerove has an x-height 31% taller. See all 100 fonts like Lineal.