Display · James Barnard
Odibee Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Odibee Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Odibee Sans is a free display font by James Barnard, on Google Fonts since 2019. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Odibee Sans has an x-height shorter than 62%, is narrower than 92% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 71%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of California Gothic
Odibee Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, California Gothic (100 out of 100) and Squada One (78). California Gothic is 27% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 37% taller; Squada One is 17% wider and 11% heavier, with more stroke contrast.
Odibee Sans and California Gothic laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Odibee SansCalifornia Gothic…
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 Odibee 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 / Sizes
Odibee Sans 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 Odibee Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- James Barnard
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2019
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Odibee 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 Odibee Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Odibee Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Odibee Sans, 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
- 35.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 61%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.99 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 92% of display faces
InkDarker than 71% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 87% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Odibee Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- California Gothic100x-height 37% taller · 27% wider · 13% lighter
- Squada One7817% wider · more stroke contrast · 11% heavier
- Karantina7421% narrower · 16% heavier
- Staatliches70x-height 39% taller · 24% wider · 12% lighter
- Commune Nuit Debout6642% narrower · x-height 7% taller
- Teko668% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Odibee Sans →Compare side by side →Get Odibee Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Odibee Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Odibee Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 70% of its size, so running text keeps Odibee Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Odibee Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 70.05%;
ascent-override: 122.49%;
descent-override: 35.69%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Odibee Sans', 'Odibee Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Odibee Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Odibee Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Odibee 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 Odibee Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Odibee 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 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 Odibee Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Odibee Sans 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 Odibee Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Odibee Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Odibee Sans in Figma?
Yes: Odibee Sans is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Odibee Sans have?
Odibee Sans 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 Odibee Sans?
Odibee Sans was designed by James Barnard. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2019.
What fonts are similar to Odibee Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are California Gothic (100), Squada One (78) and Karantina (74), out of 100. Next to Odibee Sans, California Gothic is 27% wider and 13% lighter, with an x-height 37% taller. See all 100 fonts like Odibee Sans.