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Ordinary16Pico
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CSSfont-family: 'Ordinary16Pico', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ordinary16Pico is a free display font by AQtun, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Ordinary16Pico has an x-height shorter than 99%, is narrower than 97% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 61%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Pixelzone
Ordinary16Pico on one light table with its two closest fonts, Pixelzone (74 out of 100) and Silkscreen (73). Pixelzone is 16% narrower and 18% heavier, with an x-height 40% taller; Silkscreen is 146% wider and 24% lighter, with an x-height 100% taller.
Ordinary16Pico and Pixelzone laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Ordinary16PicoPixelzone…
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 Ordinary16Pico 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
Ordinary16Pico 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 Ordinary16Pico, and can you use it?
- Designer
- AQtun
- Kind
- Display
- 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.
Ordinary16Pico is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. 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 Ordinary16Pico 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 Ordinary16Pico, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ordinary16Pico under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Ordinary16Pico, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 31.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 37.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.83lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 30.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 99% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 97% of display faces
InkLighter than 61% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ordinary16Pico
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Pixelzone74x-height 40% taller · 16% narrower · 18% heavier
- Silkscreen73146% wider · x-height 100% taller · 24% lighter
- Ordinary1662x-height 40% taller · 32% wider · 14% lighter
- TeraFont5725% wider
- kirsch5625% wider
- Unifont5566% wider · x-height 60% taller · 31% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Ordinary16Pico →Compare side by side →Get Ordinary16Pico on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Ordinary16Pico without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Ordinary16Pico sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Ordinary16Pico loads, this sets Arial in its place at 62.2% of its size, so running text keeps Ordinary16Pico’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ordinary16Pico Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 62.19%;
ascent-override: 107.09%;
descent-override: 20.10%;
line-gap-override: 14.44%;
}
font-family: 'Ordinary16Pico', 'Ordinary16Pico Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ordinary16Pico
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Ordinary16Pico free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Ordinary16Pico 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 Ordinary16Pico?
Ordinary16Pico 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 Ordinary16Pico in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ordinary16Pico 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 Ordinary16Pico have?
Ordinary16Pico 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 Ordinary16Pico?
Ordinary16Pico was designed by AQtun. AQtun also made Ordinary16.
What fonts are similar to Ordinary16Pico?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Pixelzone (74), Silkscreen (73) and Ordinary16 (62), out of 100. Next to Ordinary16Pico, Pixelzone is 16% narrower and 18% heavier, with an x-height 40% taller. See all 100 fonts like Ordinary16Pico.