Display · Nico Rohrbach

Nose Transport

Q: Is Nose Transport free for commercial use?

Yes. Nose Transport is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Nose Transport”.

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Nose Transport', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Nose Transport is a free display font by Nico Rohrbach, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Nose Transport has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 88%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of 5by7light

Nose Transport on one light table with its two closest fonts, 5by7light (84 out of 100) and Array (82). 5by7light is 57% lighter and 19% wider, with an x-height 8% shorter; Array is 61% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter.

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Ink shared with Nose Transport5by7light…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Nose Transport 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.

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03 / Sizes

Nose Transport 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 Nose Transport, and can you use it?

Designer: Nico Rohrbach
Kind: Display
Styles: 1 weight (400)
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, under another name. Not as “Nose Transport”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Nose Transport is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Nose Transport 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 Nose Transport, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Nose Transport under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Nose Transport on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Nose Transport, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Nose Transport. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 53.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 68.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.78lowercase against capitals
Width: 51.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 30%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkLighter than 88% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Nose Transport

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Nose Transport →Compare side by side →Get Nose Transport on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Nose Transport without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Nose Transport loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.5% of its size, so running text keeps Nose Transport’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Nose Transport Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 104.48%;
  ascent-override: 100.14%;
  descent-override: 14.72%;
  line-gap-override: 19.14%;
}

font-family: 'Nose Transport', 'Nose Transport Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Nose Transport

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Nose Transport free for commercial use?

Yes. Nose Transport is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Nose Transport”.

How do I download and install Nose Transport?

Nose Transport 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 docs/assets 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 Nose Transport in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Nose Transport 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 Nose Transport have?

Nose Transport comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Nose Transport?

Nose Transport was designed by Nico Rohrbach.

What fonts are similar to Nose Transport?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are 5by7light (84), Array (82) and CAT Arena (79), out of 100. Next to Nose Transport, 5by7light is 57% lighter and 19% wider, with an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Nose Transport.