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Metropolis
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CSSfont-family: 'Metropolis', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Metropolis is a free sans serif, from Fontsource. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Metropolis has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 79%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Montserrat
Metropolis on one light table with its two closest fonts, Montserrat (82 out of 100) and Gantari (82). Montserrat is 12% wider and 12% lighter; Gantari is 7% heavier, with an x-height 9% shorter.
Metropolis and Montserrat laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with MetropolisMontserrat…
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 Metropolis 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
Metropolis in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Can you use Metropolis?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- From
- Fontsource
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- The Unlicense, public domain
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Fontsource.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.
Metropolis is under the The Unlicense, public domain. 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 Metropolis comes from Fontsource. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Fontsource 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 Metropolis, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Metropolis under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Metropolis, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 79% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Metropolis
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Metropolis's letters under another nameClarity City
- Montserrat8212% wider · 12% lighter
- Gantari82x-height 9% shorter · 7% heavier
- Red Hat Display81x-height 3% shorter
- Figtree809% heavier · x-height 3% shorter
- Kripa796% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Red Hat Text79x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Metropolis →Compare side by side →Get Metropolis on Fontsource
07 / Swap
Swap Metropolis without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Figtree80text 1.4% narrower · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Wix Madefor Display79text 2.0% wider · x-height 4.8% shorter
- Google Sans Flex77text 0.6% narrower · x-height 1.4% shorter
- Raleway76text 2.2% wider · x-height 0.8% taller
- Google Sans76text 1.0% narrower · x-height 1.4% shorter
- Plus Jakarta Sans75text 3.0% wider · x-height 3.7% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Metropolis loads, this sets Arial in its place at 103% of its size, so running text keeps Metropolis’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Metropolis Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 102.98%;
ascent-override: 77.20%;
descent-override: 19.91%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Metropolis', 'Metropolis Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Metropolis
Answered from its licence, Fontsource and each app’s own font list
Is Metropolis free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Metropolis is in the public domain, under the Unlicense . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.
How do I download and install Metropolis?
FontKind doesn’t host Metropolis’s files: it isn’t on Google Fonts, and comes free from Fontsource , a library of open fonts. On its page there, choose Get font, then Download complete family, and unzip the file: it holds desktop fonts for every weight and style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install. For a website, npm install @fontsource/metropolis adds it in one line.
Is Metropolis in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Metropolis comes from Fontsource. 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 Metropolis have?
Metropolis comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic.
What fonts are similar to Metropolis?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Montserrat (82), Gantari (82) and Red Hat Display (81), out of 100. Next to Metropolis, Montserrat is 12% wider and 12% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Metropolis.