Display · Ariel Martín Pérez
Ouroboros
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CSSfont-family: 'Ouroboros', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ouroboros is a free display font by Ariel Martín Pérez, from Velvetyne. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Ouroboros has an x-height shorter than 62%, is wider than 84% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 72%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Exile
Ouroboros on one light table with its two closest fonts, Exile (78 out of 100) and Asset (73). Exile is 9% wider, with an x-height 44% taller; Asset is 99% wider and 19% heavier.
Ouroboros and Exile laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with OuroborosExile…
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 Ouroboros 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
Ouroboros 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 Ouroboros, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ariel Martín Pérez
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Velvetyne
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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, under another name. Not as “Ouroboros”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Ouroboros 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 Ouroboros comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 Ouroboros, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ouroboros under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Ouroboros, 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
- 65.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 62%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces
WidthWider than 84% of display faces
InkDarker than 72% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ouroboros
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Exile78x-height 44% taller · 9% wider
- Asset7399% wider · 19% heavier
- Spicy Rice7125% narrower · 29% heavier · x-height 14% taller
- Shojumaru6918% wider · x-height 15% taller
- Brassia67x-height 40% taller · 24% lighter
- Diplomata SC6783% wider · 24% lighter · x-height 12% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Ouroboros →Compare side by side →Get Ouroboros on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap Ouroboros without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Cherry Cream Soda65text 1.8% narrower · x-height 4.1% shorter
- Chonburi37text 1.9% wider · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Peralta33text 1.8% wider · same x-height
- Gajraj One32text 2.3% wider · same x-height
- Croissant One27text 2.0% narrower · x-height 3.0% taller
- Bevan27same text width · x-height 4.7% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Ouroboros loads, this sets Arial in its place at 126.8% of its size, so running text keeps Ouroboros’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ouroboros Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 126.75%;
ascent-override: 78.89%;
descent-override: 15.78%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Ouroboros', 'Ouroboros Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ouroboros
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is Ouroboros free for commercial use?
Yes. Ouroboros 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 “Ouroboros”.
How do I download and install Ouroboros?
Ouroboros comes free from Velvetyne . Download it from its page there 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is Ouroboros in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ouroboros comes from Velvetyne. 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 Ouroboros have?
Ouroboros 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 Ouroboros?
Ouroboros was designed by Ariel Martín Pérez. Ariel Martín Pérez also made Azabache, Brassia, Canarina and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Ouroboros?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Exile (78), Asset (73) and Spicy Rice (71), out of 100. Next to Ouroboros, Exile is 9% wider, with an x-height 44% taller. See all 100 fonts like Ouroboros.