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Malebolge Adversarial
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CSSfont-family: 'Malebolge Adversarial', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Malebolge Adversarial is a free display font by Ariel Martín Pérez, from Tunera Type Foundry. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Malebolge Adversarial has an x-height taller than 96%, is wider than 74% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 86%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lobular
Malebolge Adversarial on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lobular (83 out of 100) and Eater (82). Lobular is 108% heavier and 16% wider, with an x-height 6% shorter; Eater is 18% wider and 16% heavier, with an x-height 12% taller.
Malebolge Adversarial and Lobular laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Malebolge AdversarialLobular…
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 Malebolge Adversarial 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Malebolge Adversarial 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 Malebolge Adversarial, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ariel Martín Pérez
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Tunera Type Foundry
- 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 “Malebolge”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Malebolge Adversarial 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 Malebolge Adversarial comes from Tunera Type Foundry. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Tunera Type Foundry 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 Malebolge Adversarial, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Malebolge Adversarial under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Malebolge Adversarial, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 76.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 33%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.08 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 96% of display faces
WidthWider than 74% of display faces
InkLighter than 86% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 74% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Malebolge Adversarial
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Lobular83108% heavier · 16% wider · x-height 6% shorter
- Eater8218% wider · x-height 12% taller · 16% heavier
- Rubik Beastly82154% heavier · x-height 21% shorter
- New Rocker7888% heavier · x-height 37% shorter · 21% narrower
- Rubik Gemstones77119% heavier · x-height 29% shorter
- Edison6943% narrower · x-height 42% shorter · 45% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Malebolge Adversarial →Compare side by side →Get Malebolge Adversarial on Tunera Type Foundry
07 / Swap
Swap Malebolge Adversarial without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Malebolge Adversarial loads, this sets Arial in its place at 119.7% of its size, so running text keeps Malebolge Adversarial’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Malebolge Adversarial Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 119.72%;
ascent-override: 83.53%;
descent-override: 16.71%;
line-gap-override: 16.71%;
}
font-family: 'Malebolge Adversarial', 'Malebolge Adversarial Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Malebolge Adversarial
Answered from its licence, Tunera Type Foundry and each app’s own font list
Is Malebolge Adversarial free for commercial use?
Yes. Malebolge Adversarial 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 “Malebolge”.
How do I download and install Malebolge Adversarial?
Malebolge Adversarial comes free from Tunera Type Foundry . Download it from its page there 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Malebolge Adversarial in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Malebolge Adversarial comes from Tunera Type Foundry. 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 Malebolge Adversarial have?
Malebolge Adversarial 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 Malebolge Adversarial?
Malebolge Adversarial was designed by Ariel Martín Pérez. Ariel Martín Pérez also made Azabache, Brassia, Canarina and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Malebolge Adversarial?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lobular (83), Eater (82) and Rubik Beastly (82), out of 100. Next to Malebolge Adversarial, Lobular is 108% heavier and 16% wider, with an x-height 6% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Malebolge Adversarial.