Sans serif · Ravid Balaliev — lead type designer
NT Somic
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CSSfont-family: 'NT Somic', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
NT Somic is a free sans serif by Ravid Balaliev — lead type designer, mastering, Michael Voronin — secret advisor and marketing, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, NT Somic has an average x-height, is wider than 61% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fustat
NT Somic on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fustat (93 out of 100) and Figtree (90). Fustat has nearly identical proportions; Figtree has nearly identical proportions.
NT Somic and Fustat laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with NT SomicFustat…
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 NT Somic 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
NT Somic in 4 weights
4 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made NT Somic, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ravid Balaliev — lead type designer, mastering, Michael Voronin — secret advisor, marketing
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 4 weights, 400–700
- 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.
NT Somic 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 NT Somic 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 NT Somic, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists NT Somic under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
NT Somic, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.08 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 61% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 78% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to NT Somic
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fustat93Nearly identical proportions
- Figtree90Nearly identical proportions
- Albert Sans838% lighter
- DM Sans82x-height 5% taller
- Prodigy Sans81Nearly identical proportions
- Cortado Sans80Nearly identical proportions
All 100 fonts similar to NT Somic →Compare side by side →Get NT Somic on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap NT Somic without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Albert Sans83text 0.6% narrower · same x-height
- Prodigy Sans81same text width · same x-height
- Cortado Sans80text 0.7% wider · same x-height
- Uncut Sans80text 2.9% narrower · same x-height
- Fixel79same text width · x-height 4.0% taller
- Kulim Park78text 2.0% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until NT Somic loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.9% of its size, so running text keeps NT Somic’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'NT Somic Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.95%;
ascent-override: 90.52%;
descent-override: 23.82%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'NT Somic', 'NT Somic Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about NT Somic
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is NT Somic free for commercial use?
Yes. NT Somic 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 NT Somic?
NT Somic 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/Desktop/Static/TrueType 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 NT Somic in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and NT Somic 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 NT Somic have?
NT Somic comes in four weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700).
Who designed NT Somic?
NT Somic was designed by Ravid Balaliev — lead type designer, mastering, Michael Voronin — secret advisor and marketing.
What fonts are similar to NT Somic?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fustat (93), Figtree (90) and Albert Sans (83), out of 100. Next to NT Somic, Fustat has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like NT Somic.