Sans serif · The Graphic Ant
Matangi
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CSSfont-family: 'Matangi', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Matangi is a free sans serif by The Graphic Ant, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Matangi has an x-height taller than 94%, is wider than 64% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Armata
Matangi on one light table with its two closest fonts, Armata (85 out of 100) and Exo (81). Armata is 14% wider and 10% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter; Exo is 20% heavier, with an x-height 16% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Matangi and Armata laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with MatangiArmata…
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 Matangi 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 / Weights
Matangi in 7 weights
7 weights, 300–900 · variable from 300 to 900
Variable weight, 300 to 900
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Matangi, and can you use it?
- Designer
- The Graphic Ant
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 300–900
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- devanagari, 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.
Matangi 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 Matangi, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Matangi under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Matangi, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 63.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 84.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 31%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.07 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 94% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 64% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 94% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 79% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Matangi
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Armata8514% wider · x-height 8% shorter · 10% heavier
- Exo81x-height 16% shorter · 20% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Cooper Hewitt78x-height 16% shorter · 19% heavier · 7% narrower
- Mina76x-height 16% shorter · 26% heavier · 3% narrower
- Pathway Extreme7533% heavier · x-height 15% shorter · 7% wider
- Sintony7121% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · 5% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Matangi →Compare side by side →Get Matangi on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Matangi without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Matangi sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Matangi loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.8% of its size, so running text keeps Matangi’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Matangi Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.82%;
ascent-override: 113.40%;
descent-override: 34.02%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Matangi', 'Matangi Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Matangi
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Matangi free for commercial use?
Yes. Matangi 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 Matangi?
FontKind doesn’t host Matangi’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Matangi in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Matangi isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Matangi Light and Matangi Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Matangi in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Matangi under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Matangi in Figma?
Yes: Matangi is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Matangi have?
Matangi comes in seven weights, from Light (300) to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 900.
Who designed Matangi?
Matangi was designed by The Graphic Ant. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2025.
What fonts are similar to Matangi?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Armata (85), Exo (81) and Cooper Hewitt (78), out of 100. Next to Matangi, Armata is 14% wider and 10% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Matangi.