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Serif · Ahmad Fawaid

Mattern

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

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

Mattern is a free serif by Ahmad Fawaid, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Mattern has an x-height taller than 71%, is wider than 78% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Ortica

Mattern on one light table with its two closest fonts, Ortica (86 out of 100) and Hedvig Letters Serif (85). Ortica is 9% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Hedvig Letters Serif is 4% narrower, with an x-height 3% taller.

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Mattern and Ortica laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with MatternOrtica…

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 Mattern 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

Mattern 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 Mattern, and can you use it?

Designer
Ahmad Fawaid
Kind
Serif
Styles
1 weight (400)
From
GitHub
Character sets
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.
PDFs and documents
Yes.
Changes
Yes.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Mattern 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

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Mattern 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 Mattern, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Mattern under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Mattern on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Mattern, measured

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

Hxgp in Mattern. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
50.4% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
72.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.69lowercase against capitals
Width
55.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
40%letter box filled
Contrast
2.27 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 71% of serifs

  • WidthWider than 78% of serifs

  • InkNear the middle of serifs

  • ContrastNear the middle of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Mattern

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Mattern →Compare side by side →Get Mattern on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Mattern without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Mattern loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 120% of its size, so running text keeps Mattern’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Mattern Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 119.96%;
  ascent-override: 81.03%;
  descent-override: 21.01%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Mattern', 'Mattern Fallback', serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Mattern

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

Is Mattern free for commercial use?

Yes. Mattern 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 Mattern?

Mattern comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf folder. 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 Mattern in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Mattern 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 Mattern have?

Mattern 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 Mattern?

Mattern was designed by Ahmad Fawaid.

What fonts are similar to Mattern?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Ortica (86), Hedvig Letters Serif (85) and Libre Baskerville (83), out of 100. Next to Mattern, Ortica is 9% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Mattern.