Sans serif · Anton Skugarov
Liter
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CSSfont-family: 'Liter', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Liter is a free sans serif by Anton Skugarov and Alexandr Ivanin, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Liter has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Pliant
Liter on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pliant (83 out of 100) and Aspekta (82). Pliant is 8% wider, with more stroke contrast; Aspekta has nearly identical proportions.
Liter and Pliant laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with LiterPliant…
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 Liter 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 / Sizes
Liter 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 Liter, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Anton Skugarov, Alexandr Ivanin
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- cyrillic, 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Liter 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
- 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 Liter, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Liter under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Liter, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
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
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 64% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Liter
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Liter's letters under another nameInter
- Pliant838% wider · more stroke contrast
- Aspekta82Nearly identical proportions
- Inter Tight82x-height 5% taller
- Switzer81Nearly identical proportions
- Host Grotesk81x-height 5% shorter · 4% wider
- Hedvig Letters Sans81more stroke contrast · 4% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Liter →Compare side by side →Get Liter on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Liter without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Aspekta82text 2.5% wider · same x-height
- Inter Tight82text 1.5% narrower · x-height 5.0% taller
- Switzer81text 2.7% wider · x-height 2.1% taller
- Opening Hours Sans79text 2.2% wider · same x-height
- Miedinger79text 0.9% narrower · x-height 1.0% taller
- Kecal78same text width · x-height 1.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Liter loads, this sets Arial in its place at 98.4% of its size, so running text keeps Liter’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Liter Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 98.43%;
ascent-override: 104.64%;
descent-override: 40.23%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Liter', 'Liter Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Liter
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Liter free for commercial use?
Yes. Liter 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 Liter?
FontKind doesn’t host Liter’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 Liter in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Liter 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 Liter in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Liter under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Liter in Figma?
Yes: Liter is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Liter have?
Liter 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 Liter?
Liter was designed by Anton Skugarov and Alexandr Ivanin. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2025.
What fonts are similar to Liter?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pliant (83), Aspekta (82) and Inter Tight (82), out of 100. Next to Liter, Pliant is 8% wider, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Liter.