Sans serif · Jovanny Lemonad
Numans
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CSSfont-family: 'Numans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Numans is a free sans serif by Jovanny Lemonad, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Numans has an x-height taller than 77%, is wider than 90% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 80%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of LINE Seed JP
Numans on one light table with its two closest fonts, LINE Seed JP (81 out of 100) and Libre Franklin (80). LINE Seed JP is 12% heavier and 5% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter; Libre Franklin is 11% narrower.
Numans and LINE Seed JP laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with NumansLINE Seed JP…
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 Numans 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
Numans 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 Numans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Jovanny Lemonad
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Numans”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Numans 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 Numans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Numans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Numans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.28 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 77% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 90% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 80% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 74% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Numans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- LINE Seed JP8112% heavier · 5% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
- Libre Franklin8011% narrower
- Clash Grotesk7018% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Clash Display709% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Rubik7011% narrower · 17% heavier
- Onest6712% narrower · 12% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Numans →Compare side by side →Get Numans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Numans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Ranade63text 0.9% narrower · x-height 1.9% shorter
- M PLUS U60text 1.4% narrower · x-height 2.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Numans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 121.5% of its size, so running text keeps Numans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Numans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 121.47%;
ascent-override: 74.49%;
descent-override: 22.23%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Numans', 'Numans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Numans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Numans free for commercial use?
Yes. Numans 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 “Numans”.
How do I download and install Numans?
FontKind doesn’t host Numans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Numans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Numans 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 Numans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Numans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Numans in Figma?
Yes: Numans is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Numans have?
Numans 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 Numans?
Numans was designed by Jovanny Lemonad. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2011. Jovanny Lemonad also made Philosopher, Russo One, Prosto One and ten more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Numans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are LINE Seed JP (81), Libre Franklin (80) and Clash Grotesk (70), out of 100. Next to Numans, LINE Seed JP is 12% heavier and 5% narrower, with an x-height 5% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Numans.