Serif · Luca Marsano
Messapia
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CSSfont-family: 'Messapia', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Messapia is a free serif by Luca Marsano, from Collletttivo. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Messapia has an x-height taller than 62%, is wider than 97% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 3.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Halibut Expanded
Messapia on one light table with its two closest fonts, Halibut Expanded (93 out of 100) and Bagnard (82). Halibut Expanded is 29% heavier, with an x-height 17% shorter and less stroke contrast; Bagnard is 80% heavier and 24% narrower, with an x-height 4% shorter.
Messapia and Halibut Expanded laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with MessapiaHalibut Expanded…
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 Messapia 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
Messapia in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Messapia, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Luca Marsano
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700
- From
- Collletttivo
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Messapia 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 Messapia 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 Messapia, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Messapia under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Messapia, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 70.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 29%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 3.35 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 62% of serifs
WidthWider than 97% of serifs
InkLighter than 95% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 86% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Messapia
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Halibut Expanded93x-height 17% shorter · 29% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Bagnard8280% heavier · 24% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
- Daubenton81x-height 43% taller · less stroke contrast · 18% lighter
- Platypi7369% heavier · 20% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Nyght Serif70more stroke contrast · 29% narrower · 33% heavier
- Halibut7026% narrower · 39% heavier · x-height 19% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Messapia →Compare side by side →Get Messapia on Collletttivo
07 / Swap
Swap Messapia without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Messapia sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Messapia loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 158.8% of its size, so running text keeps Messapia’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Messapia Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 158.76%;
ascent-override: 62.42%;
descent-override: 18.27%;
line-gap-override: 7.56%;
}
font-family: 'Messapia', 'Messapia Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Messapia
Answered from its licence, Collletttivo and each app’s own font list
Is Messapia free for commercial use?
Yes. Messapia 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 Messapia?
Messapia 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 Messapia in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Messapia 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 Messapia have?
Messapia comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Messapia?
Messapia was designed by Luca Marsano.
What fonts are similar to Messapia?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Halibut Expanded (93), Bagnard (82) and Daubenton (81), out of 100. Next to Messapia, Halibut Expanded is 29% heavier, with an x-height 17% shorter and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Messapia.