Sans serif · Shaily Patel
Melodrama
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CSSfont-family: 'Melodrama', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Melodrama is a free sans serif by Shaily Patel, from Fontshare. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Melodrama has an average x-height, is narrower than 74% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 5.1 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Russolo
Melodrama on one light table with its two closest fonts, Russolo (100 out of 100) and Italiana (88). Russolo is 46% heavier and 12% wider, with less stroke contrast; Italiana has more stroke contrast.
Melodrama and Russolo laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with MelodramaRussolo…
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 Melodrama 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 / Weights
Melodrama in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–700
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Melodrama, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Shaily Patel
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–700
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Melodrama is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. 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 Melodrama comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Melodrama comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Melodrama, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Melodrama under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Melodrama, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 27%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 5.08 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 74% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 97% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 99% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Melodrama
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Russolo10046% heavier · less stroke contrast · 12% wider
- Italiana88more stroke contrast
- Tenor Sans6931% heavier · less stroke contrast · 13% wider
- Federo6463% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter
- Aboreto6146% wider · x-height 38% taller · 32% lighter
- Belleza6144% heavier · less stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Melodrama →Compare side by side →Get Melodrama on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Melodrama without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Ribes59text 2.5% wider · x-height 2.8% taller
- Tuffy42same text width · x-height 3.5% taller
- Antic37text 1.9% wider · same x-height
- Gidole34text 2.6% wider · x-height 4.4% taller
- Ojuju33text 2.5% wider · x-height 4.5% shorter
- Special Gothic31same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Melodrama loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.2% of its size, so running text keeps Melodrama’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Melodrama Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.21%;
ascent-override: 102.93%;
descent-override: 29.41%;
line-gap-override: 9.45%;
}
font-family: 'Melodrama', 'Melodrama Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Melodrama
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Melodrama free for commercial use?
Yes. Melodrama is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Melodrama?
FontKind doesn’t host Melodrama’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Melodrama in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Melodrama 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 Melodrama Light and Melodrama SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Melodrama in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Melodrama comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Melodrama in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Melodrama comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Melodrama have?
Melodrama comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700).
Who designed Melodrama?
Melodrama was designed by Shaily Patel.
What fonts are similar to Melodrama?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Russolo (100), Italiana (88) and Tenor Sans (69), out of 100. Next to Melodrama, Russolo is 46% heavier and 12% wider, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Melodrama.