Display · Arthur Reinders Folmer
Nabla
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CSSfont-family: 'Nabla', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Nabla is a free display font by Arthur Reinders Folmer and Just van Rossum, on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Nabla has an x-height taller than 87%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 86%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Autobahn
Nabla on one light table with its two closest fonts, Autobahn (87 out of 100) and RiottosaVF (86). Autobahn is 22% narrower, with an x-height 21% shorter; RiottosaVF is 13% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller.
Nabla and Autobahn laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with NablaAutobahn…
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 Nabla 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 / Sizes
Nabla at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Nabla, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Arthur Reinders Folmer, Just van Rossum
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- Variable axes
- EDPT 0–200, EHLT 0–24
- On Google Fonts since
- 2022
- Character sets
- cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, math, vietnamese
- Licence
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Nabla 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
- Probably not. Nabla is a colour font, which Docs doesn’t take yet. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts 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 Nabla, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Nabla under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Nabla, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 92.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 69%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 87% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkDarker than 86% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Nabla
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Autobahn8722% narrower · x-height 21% shorter
- RiottosaVF86x-height 14% taller · 13% heavier
- Riottosa8332% lighter · x-height 14% taller
- Grobe Deutschmeister8220% narrower · x-height 11% shorter
- Blankenburg7833% narrower · x-height 33% shorter · 8% lighter
- Pirata One7722% narrower · x-height 18% shorter · 15% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Nabla →Compare side by side →Get Nabla on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Nabla without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Nabla loads, this sets Arial in its place at 106.4% of its size, so running text keeps Nabla’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Nabla Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 106.45%;
ascent-override: 118.65%;
descent-override: 35.70%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Nabla', 'Nabla Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Nabla
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Nabla free for commercial use?
Yes. Nabla 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 Nabla?
FontKind doesn’t host Nabla’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Nabla in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Nabla isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Nabla in Google Docs?
Probably not: Nabla is a colour font, and Google says those are not supported in Docs, Sheets and Slides yet.
How many weights does Nabla have?
Nabla comes in one weight, Regular (400). It is a variable font, with two axes of its own. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Nabla?
Nabla was designed by Arthur Reinders Folmer and Just van Rossum. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2022.
What fonts are similar to Nabla?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Autobahn (87), RiottosaVF (86) and Riottosa (83), out of 100. Next to Nabla, Autobahn is 22% narrower, with an x-height 21% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Nabla.