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Noto Sans Display
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CSSfont-family: 'Noto Sans Display', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Noto Sans Display is a free sans serif by Google, on Google Fonts since 2020. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Noto Sans Display has an x-height taller than 78%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Oxygen
Noto Sans Display on one light table with its two closest fonts, Oxygen (73 out of 100) and Shanti (72). Oxygen has nearly identical proportions; Shanti has an x-height 10% shorter.
Noto Sans Display and Oxygen laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Noto Sans DisplayOxygen…
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 Display 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 Display 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 Display, 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
- 2020
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, 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 Display 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 Display, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Noto Sans Display under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Noto Sans Display, 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
- 50.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.22 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 78% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 61% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Noto Sans Display
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Noto Sans Display's own familyNoto SansNoto Sans Mono
Noto Sans Display's letters under another nameLunasimaOpen SansMenbere
- Oxygen73Nearly identical proportions
- Shanti72x-height 10% shorter
- Comme725% wider · 7% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Telex724% wider · x-height 4% shorter
- Voces71more stroke contrast · 5% wider · x-height 4% shorter
- Clear Sans71x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Noto Sans Display →Compare side by side →Get Noto Sans Display on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Noto Sans Display without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Oxygen73text 0.6% wider · same x-height
- Clear Sans71text 1.0% wider · x-height 4.4% shorter
- Murecho69text 2.3% narrower · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Asap Sharp69text 0.9% narrower · x-height 2.4% shorter
- Spline Sans67text 1.4% wider · x-height 1.8% taller
- Arimo66text 1.2% narrower · x-height 1.4% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Noto Sans Display loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.2% of its size, so running text keeps Noto Sans Display’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Noto Sans Display Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 101.23%;
ascent-override: 105.60%;
descent-override: 28.94%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Noto Sans Display', 'Noto Sans Display Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Noto Sans Display
Of the 1,394 home pages that load Noto Sans Display, 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
- Noto Sans19%263 sites · 11× chanceNoto Sans Display’s own family
- Roboto6.7%93 sites · 0.3× chance
- Open Sans6.1%85 sites · 0.3× chance
- Montserrat5.2%73 sites · 0.4× chance
- Noto Serif4.5%63 sites · 11× chanceSame designer
- Inter4.2%58 sites · 0.4× chance
More than chanceNoto Sans 11×Noto Serif 11×
Pair checkerNoto Sans Display + 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 Display
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Noto Sans Display free for commercial use?
Yes. Noto Sans Display 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 Display?
FontKind doesn’t host Noto Sans Display’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 Display in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Noto Sans Display 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 Display Thin and Noto Sans Display 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 Display in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Noto Sans Display under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Noto Sans Display in Figma?
Yes: Noto Sans Display 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 Display have?
Noto Sans Display 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 Display?
Noto Sans Display was designed by Google. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2020. Google also made Google Sans, Noto Serif Japanese, Noto Serif and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Noto Sans Display?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Oxygen (73), Shanti (72) and Comme (72), out of 100. Next to Noto Sans Display, Oxygen has nearly identical proportions. Its own family, listed apart, adds Noto Sans and Noto Sans Mono. See all 100 fonts like Noto Sans Display.