Display · Raoul Audouin
Outward
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CSSfont-family: 'Outward', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Outward is a free display font by Raoul Audouin, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Outward has an x-height taller than 62%, is narrower than 100% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Styro
Outward on one light table with its two closest fonts, Styro (100 out of 100) and Commune Nuit Debout (84). Styro is 31% wider and 10% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller; Commune Nuit Debout is 36% wider and 29% lighter.
Outward and Styro laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with OutwardStyro…
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 Outward 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 / Weights
Outward in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Outward, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Raoul Audouin
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- From
- GitHub
- 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 “Outward”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Outward 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 Outward 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 Outward, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Outward under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Outward, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.77lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 15.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 91%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 62% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 100% of display faces
InkDarker than 99% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 83% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Outward
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Styro10031% wider · x-height 7% taller · 10% lighter
- Commune Nuit Debout8436% wider · 29% lighter
- Facade77196% wider · 60% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Vyaz Pixel75146% wider · x-height 51% taller · 49% lighter
- Bahiana72102% wider · x-height 31% taller · 55% lighter
- Tulpen One7141% wider · 59% lighter · x-height 8% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Outward →Compare side by side →Get Outward on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Outward without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Outward sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Outward loads, this sets Arial in its place at 31% of its size, so running text keeps Outward’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Outward Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 31.03%;
ascent-override: 225.61%;
descent-override: 50.92%;
line-gap-override: 3.87%;
}
font-family: 'Outward', 'Outward Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Outward
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Outward free for commercial use?
Yes. Outward 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 “Outward”.
How do I download and install Outward?
Outward comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf 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 Outward in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Outward 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 Outward have?
Outward comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), and an italic at 400.
Who designed Outward?
Outward was designed by Raoul Audouin.
What fonts are similar to Outward?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Styro (100), Commune Nuit Debout (84) and Facade (77), out of 100. Next to Outward, Styro is 31% wider and 10% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller. See all 100 fonts like Outward.