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Noto Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Noto Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Noto Sans is a free sans serif by Google, on Google Fonts since 2013. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Noto Sans has an x-height taller than 78%, is wider than 69% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 60%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of DejaVu Sans
Noto Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, DejaVu Sans (76 out of 100) and Oxygen (75). DejaVu Sans is 6% wider; Oxygen is 5% narrower.
Noto Sans and DejaVu Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Noto SansDejaVu 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 Noto Sans 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
Noto Sans in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 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
Who made Noto Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Width 62.5–100, Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2013
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, devanagari, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, 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.
Noto Sans 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Noto Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Noto Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Noto Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.24 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 78% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 69% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 60% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 64% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Noto Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Noto Sans's own familyNoto Sans DisplayNoto Sans Mono
Noto Sans's letters under another nameOpen SansLunasimaMenbere
- DejaVu Sans766% wider
- Oxygen755% narrower
- PT Sans Caption735% wider
- Amiko736% wider
- Comme70Nearly identical proportions
- Telex70x-height 4% shorter · 7% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Noto Sans →Compare side by side →Get Noto Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Noto Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Comme70text 0.9% narrower · x-height 1.4% shorter
- Telex70text 1.8% narrower · x-height 4.1% shorter
- Voces68same text width · x-height 3.7% shorter
- M PLUS 1p65text 2.8% wider · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Martel Sans65text 1.0% wider · same x-height
- Radio Canada64text 1.8% narrower · x-height 3.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Noto Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 107.1% of its size, so running text keeps Noto Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Noto Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 107.14%;
ascent-override: 99.77%;
descent-override: 27.35%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Noto Sans', 'Noto Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Noto Sans
Of the 104,908 home pages that load Noto Sans, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Roboto11%11,403 sites · 0.5× chance
- Open Sans9.5%9,914 sites · 0.5× chance
- Montserrat8.2%8,559 sites · 0.6× chance
- Poppins5.8%6,134 sites · 0.5× chance
- Noto Serif5.4%5,616 sites · 13× chanceSame designer
- Lato3.6%3,800 sites · 0.4× chance
More than chanceNoto Serif 13×Noto Sans Display 11×Staatliches 4.7×
Fonts that go with Noto Sans: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerNoto Sans + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Noto Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Noto Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Noto Sans 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 Noto Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Noto Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, 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 Noto Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Noto Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Noto Sans Thin and Noto Sans Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Noto Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Noto Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Noto Sans in Figma?
Yes: Noto Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Noto Sans have?
Noto Sans comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900 and widths from 62.5% to 100%.
Who designed Noto Sans?
Noto Sans was designed by Google. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2013. Google also made Google Sans, Noto Serif Japanese, Noto Serif and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Noto Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are DejaVu Sans (76), Oxygen (75) and PT Sans Caption (73), out of 100. Next to Noto Sans, DejaVu Sans is 6% wider. Its own family, listed apart, adds Noto Sans Display and Noto Sans Mono. See all 100 fonts like Noto Sans.