Serif · Benedetta Bovani
Ortica
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CSSfont-family: 'Ortica', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ortica is a free serif by Benedetta Bovani, from Collletttivo. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Ortica has an x-height taller than 69%, is wider than 81% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 78%. Its thickest strokes are 3.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Mattern
Ortica on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mattern (86 out of 100) and Hedvig Letters Serif (85). Mattern is 10% heavier, with less stroke contrast; Hedvig Letters Serif is 11% heavier and 5% narrower, with less stroke contrast.
Ortica and Mattern laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with OrticaMattern…
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 Ortica 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.
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- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Ortica in 3 weights
3 weights, 300–700
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Ortica, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Benedetta Bovani
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 3 weights, 300–700
- From
- Collletttivo
- 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.
Ortica 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 Ortica comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo 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 Ortica, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ortica under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Ortica, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 56.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 3.27 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 69% of serifs
WidthWider than 81% of serifs
InkLighter than 78% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 85% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ortica
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Mattern86less stroke contrast · 10% heavier
- Hedvig Letters Serif85less stroke contrast · 11% heavier · 5% narrower
- Jomolhari849% narrower · 10% heavier
- Taviraj78less stroke contrast · x-height 6% shorter · 6% narrower
- Isenheim78more stroke contrast · 12% lighter
- Sentient7817% heavier · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Ortica →Compare side by side →Get Ortica on Collletttivo
07 / Swap
Swap Ortica without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Roboto Serif69text 2.2% narrower · x-height 1.2% taller
- Zodiak66same text width · x-height 0.8% shorter
- Career64same text width · same x-height
- Donegal One61same text width · x-height 0.8% shorter
- Ledger56same text width · x-height 3.4% shorter
- Arbutus Slab56text 0.6% narrower · x-height 1.4% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Ortica loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 124% of its size, so running text keeps Ortica’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ortica Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 124.03%;
ascent-override: 83.29%;
descent-override: 25.80%;
line-gap-override: 4.84%;
}
font-family: 'Ortica', 'Ortica Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ortica
Answered from its licence, Collletttivo and each app’s own font list
Is Ortica free for commercial use?
Yes. Ortica 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 Ortica?
Ortica comes free from Collletttivo . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts 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 Ortica in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ortica comes from Collletttivo. 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 Ortica have?
Ortica comes in three weights: Light (300), Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Ortica?
Ortica was designed by Benedetta Bovani.
What fonts are similar to Ortica?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mattern (86), Hedvig Letters Serif (85) and Jomolhari (84), out of 100. Next to Ortica, Mattern is 10% heavier, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Ortica.