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Sans serif · Taurai Valerie Mtake

Madimi One

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Madimi One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Madimi One is a free sans serif by Taurai Valerie Mtake and Mirko Velimirović, on Google Fonts since 2024. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Madimi One has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Jua

Madimi One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Jua (78 out of 100) and Concert One (77). Jua is 6% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter; Concert One is 7% narrower, with an x-height 4% shorter and more stroke contrast.

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Madimi One and Jua laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with Madimi OneJua…

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 Madimi One 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.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

With this font

03 / Sizes

Madimi One 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 Madimi One, and can you use it?

Designer
Taurai Valerie Mtake, Mirko Velimirović
Kind
Sans serif
Styles
1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since
2024
Character sets
latin, latin-ext, math, symbols
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.

Madimi One 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

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

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Madimi One on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Madimi One, measured

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

Hxgp in Madimi One. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
51.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
71.1% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.72lowercase against capitals
Width
50.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
62%letter box filled
Contrast
1.20 : 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 94% of sans serifs

  • ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Madimi One

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Madimi One →Compare side by side →Get Madimi One on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Madimi One without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Madimi One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 100.4% of its size, so running text keeps Madimi One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Madimi One Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 100.45%;
  ascent-override: 100.55%;
  descent-override: 30.86%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Madimi One', 'Madimi One Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Madimi One

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

Is Madimi One free for commercial use?

Yes. Madimi One 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 Madimi One?

FontKind doesn’t host Madimi One’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 Madimi One in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Madimi One 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 Madimi One in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Madimi One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Madimi One in Figma?

Yes: Madimi One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Madimi One have?

Madimi One 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 Madimi One?

Madimi One was designed by Taurai Valerie Mtake and Mirko Velimirović. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2024. Mirko Velimirović also made Spline Sans, Jaro, Tac One and three more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Madimi One?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Jua (78), Concert One (77) and ADLaM Display (73), out of 100. Next to Madimi One, Jua is 6% narrower and 9% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Madimi One.