Sans serif · Nunzio Mazzaferro

Mattone

Q: Is Mattone free for commercial use?

Yes. Mattone is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Mattone?

Mattone comes free from Collletttivo. On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts 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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Mattone is a free sans serif by Nunzio Mazzaferro, from Collletttivo. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Mattone has an x-height taller than 86%, is wider than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 89%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Unbounded →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Unbounded

Mattone on one light table with its two closest fonts, Unbounded (98 out of 100) and Special Gothic Expanded One (93). Unbounded is 11% lighter; Special Gothic Expanded One is 21% heavier, with an x-height 8% shorter and more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with MattoneUnbounded…

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 Mattone 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

Mattone in 3 weights

3 weights, 400–900

400 Regular
700 Bold
900 Black

04 / Facts

Who made Mattone, and can you use it?

Designer: Nunzio Mazzaferro
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 3 weights, 400–900
From: Collletttivo
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.

Mattone 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 Mattone comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo 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 Mattone, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Mattone under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Mattone on Collletttivo

05 / Measurements

Mattone, measured

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

Hxgp in Mattone. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 56.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 75.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.75lowercase against capitals
Width: 67.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 56%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.28 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 86% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 95% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 89% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 73% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Mattone

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Mattone →Compare side by side →Get Mattone on Collletttivo

07 / Swap

Swap Mattone without a jump

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

Unbounded98text 0.8% wider · x-height 1.1% taller

Fallback while it loads

Until Mattone loads, this sets Arial in its place at 135.2% of its size, so running text keeps Mattone’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Mattone Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 135.24%;
  ascent-override: 80.60%;
  descent-override: 25.14%;
  line-gap-override: 11.09%;
}

font-family: 'Mattone', 'Mattone Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Mattone

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

Is Mattone free for commercial use?

Yes. Mattone 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 Mattone?

Mattone comes free from Collletttivo . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts 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 Mattone in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Mattone comes from Collletttivo. 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 Mattone have?

Mattone comes in three weights: Regular (400), Bold (700) and Black (900).

Who designed Mattone?

Mattone was designed by Nunzio Mazzaferro. Nunzio Mazzaferro also made Ronzino.

What fonts are similar to Mattone?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Unbounded (98), Special Gothic Expanded One (93) and Krona One (88), out of 100. Next to Mattone, Unbounded is 11% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Mattone.