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Sans serif · AQtun

Ordinary16

Case
72 px
Weight500 MediumThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Ordinary16', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Ordinary16 is a free sans serif by AQtun, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Ordinary16 has an x-height shorter than 94%, is narrower than 91% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 71%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Pixtile

Ordinary16 on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pixtile (68 out of 100) and Tiny5 (64). Pixtile is 135% wider and 20% lighter, with an x-height 100% taller; Tiny5 is 20% wider and 30% heavier, with an x-height 14% taller.

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Ordinary16 and Pixtile laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with Ordinary16Pixtile…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Ordinary16 alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

03 / Sizes

Ordinary16 at every size

1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words

  • 12 px
  • 16 px
  • 24 px
  • 36 px
  • 48 px
  • 72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Ordinary16, and can you use it?

Designer
AQtun
Kind
Sans serif
Styles
1 weight (500)
From
GitHub
Character sets
latin, latin-ext
Licence
CC0 1.0, public domain

Can I use it?

Commercial use
Yes.
Logos
Yes.
Websites and apps
Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents
Yes.
Changes
Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
Sharing the files
Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.

Ordinary16 is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Ordinary16 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 Ordinary16, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Ordinary16 under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Ordinary16 on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Ordinary16, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Ordinary16. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
43.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
62.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.70lowercase against capitals
Width
39.7% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
39%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 94% of sans serifs

  • WidthNarrower than 91% of sans serifs

  • InkLighter than 71% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Ordinary16

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Ordinary16 →Compare side by side →Get Ordinary16 on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Ordinary16 without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Ordinary16 loads, this sets Arial in its place at 79.5% of its size, so running text keeps Ordinary16’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Ordinary16 Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 79.47%;
  ascent-override: 94.37%;
  descent-override: 31.46%;
  line-gap-override: 11.30%;
}

font-family: 'Ordinary16', 'Ordinary16 Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Ordinary16

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Ordinary16 free for commercial use?

Yes, with no conditions at all: Ordinary16 is in the public domain, under CC0 1.0 . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.

How do I download and install Ordinary16?

Ordinary16 comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 Ordinary16 in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ordinary16 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 Ordinary16 have?

Ordinary16 comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Ordinary16?

Ordinary16 was designed by AQtun. AQtun also made Ordinary16Pico.

What fonts are similar to Ordinary16?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pixtile (68), Tiny5 (64) and Fusion Pixel 8px Proportional JP (64), out of 100. Next to Ordinary16, Pixtile is 135% wider and 20% lighter, with an x-height 100% taller. See all 100 fonts like Ordinary16.