Sans serif · Zamroni Hamzah
Logotype
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CSSfont-family: 'Logotype', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Logotype is a free sans serif by Zamroni Hamzah, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Logotype has an x-height taller than 79%, is narrower than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 74%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of New Amsterdam
Logotype on one light table with its two closest fonts, New Amsterdam (77 out of 100) and Googee (67). New Amsterdam is 21% heavier and 10% wider, with an x-height 20% taller; Googee is 13% wider, with an x-height 34% shorter.
Logotype and New Amsterdam laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with LogotypeNew Amsterdam…
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 Logotype 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.
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- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Logotype 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 Logotype, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Zamroni Hamzah
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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, under another name. Not as “Logotype”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Logotype 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 Logotype 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 Logotype, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Logotype under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Logotype, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.77lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 35.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%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 79% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 95% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 74% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Logotype
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- New Amsterdam77x-height 20% taller · 21% heavier · 10% wider
- Googee67x-height 34% shorter · 13% wider
- KKBahn6634% narrower · x-height 29% shorter · 16% heavier
- Mohave6617% wider · 11% lighter
- Simplex Sans6524% wider · x-height 5% shorter
- Berliner Wand6527% heavier · 12% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Logotype →Compare side by side →Get Logotype on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Logotype without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Logotype loads, this sets Arial in its place at 73.2% of its size, so running text keeps Logotype’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Logotype Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 73.20%;
ascent-override: 103.14%;
descent-override: 27.32%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Logotype', 'Logotype Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Logotype
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Logotype free for commercial use?
Yes. Logotype 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 “Logotype”.
How do I download and install Logotype?
Logotype 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 Logotype in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Logotype 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 Logotype have?
Logotype 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 Logotype?
Logotype was designed by Zamroni Hamzah.
What fonts are similar to Logotype?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are New Amsterdam (77), Googee (67) and KKBahn (66), out of 100. Next to Logotype, New Amsterdam is 21% heavier and 10% wider, with an x-height 20% taller. See all 100 fonts like Logotype.