Sans serif · Eli Heuer
Micro Grotesk
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CSSfont-family: 'Micro Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Micro Grotesk is a free sans serif by Eli Heuer, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Micro Grotesk has an x-height taller than 87%, is wider than 71% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Momo Trust Sans
Micro Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Momo Trust Sans (79 out of 100) and Gothic A1 (73). Momo Trust Sans is 12% heavier, with an x-height 6% shorter; Gothic A1 is 6% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter.
Micro Grotesk and Momo Trust Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Micro GroteskMomo Trust Sans…
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 Micro Grotesk 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
Micro Grotesk in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900
- 100 Thin
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Micro Grotesk, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Eli Heuer
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
Micro Grotesk 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 Micro Grotesk 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 Micro Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Micro Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Micro Grotesk, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 56.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.10 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 87% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 71% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 73% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 71% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Micro Grotesk
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Micro Grotesk's letters under another nameInter TightInter
- Momo Trust Sans7912% heavier · x-height 6% shorter
- Gothic A173x-height 7% shorter · 6% narrower
- Opening Hours Sans73x-height 8% shorter · 14% heavier · 7% narrower
- Kecal72x-height 9% shorter · 19% heavier · 6% narrower
- Funnel Sans72x-height 11% shorter · 14% heavier · 5% narrower
- Cossette Texte7215% heavier · 7% narrower · x-height 7% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Micro Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get Micro Grotesk on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Micro Grotesk without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Open Sauce One69text 2.4% wider · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Kripa68text 1.1% wider · x-height 2.9% shorter
- BDO Grotesk67text 2.3% wider · same x-height
- Plus Jakarta Sans67text 1.5% narrower · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Mluvka67same text width · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Involve67text 2.7% wider · x-height 2.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Micro Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 107.6% of its size, so running text keeps Micro Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Micro Grotesk Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 107.61%;
ascent-override: 92.93%;
descent-override: 23.23%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Micro Grotesk', 'Micro Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Micro Grotesk
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Micro Grotesk free for commercial use?
Yes. Micro Grotesk 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 Micro Grotesk?
Micro Grotesk 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 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 Micro Grotesk in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Micro Grotesk 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 Micro Grotesk have?
Micro Grotesk comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).
Who designed Micro Grotesk?
Micro Grotesk was designed by Eli Heuer. Eli Heuer also made Epistle, GTL001 and Toren.
What fonts are similar to Micro Grotesk?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Momo Trust Sans (79), Gothic A1 (73) and Opening Hours Sans (73), out of 100. Next to Micro Grotesk, Momo Trust Sans is 12% heavier, with an x-height 6% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Micro Grotesk.