Sans serif · RandomMaerks
Overused Grotesk
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CSSfont-family: 'Overused Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Overused Grotesk is a free sans serif by RandomMaerks, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Overused Grotesk has an average x-height, is narrower than 61% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 64%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Funnel Sans
Overused Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Funnel Sans (87 out of 100) and Questrial (84). Funnel Sans is 4% wider; Questrial is 11% lighter.
Overused Grotesk and Funnel Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Overused GroteskFunnel Sans…
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 Overused Grotesk 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
Overused Grotesk in 8 weights
8 weights, 300–900, with italics
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 350, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Overused Grotesk, and can you use it?
- Designer
- RandomMaerks
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 8 weights, 300–900, 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Overused Grotesk 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 Overused Grotesk 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 Overused Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Overused Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Overused Grotesk, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.77lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 61% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 64% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 65% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Overused Grotesk
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Overused Grotesk's letters under another nameEstedad
- Funnel Sans874% wider
- Questrial8411% lighter
- TASA Orbiter837% wider
- Host Grotesk817% wider
- Switzer81x-height 6% taller · 5% wider
- Uncut Sans7910% lighter · 4% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Overused Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get Overused Grotesk on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Overused Grotesk without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Apfel Grotezk77text 0.5% wider · same x-height
- Liter75text 2.0% wider · x-height 4.0% taller
- Clash Grotesk74same text width · x-height 1.2% shorter
- Kecal73text 1.9% wider · x-height 2.0% taller
- Special Gothic71text 1.2% narrower · x-height 0.8% taller
- Liga Sans71text 2.0% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Overused Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.5% of its size, so running text keeps Overused Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Overused Grotesk Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 96.51%;
ascent-override: 103.62%;
descent-override: 36.27%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Overused Grotesk', 'Overused Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Overused Grotesk
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Overused Grotesk free for commercial use?
Yes. Overused Grotesk 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 Overused Grotesk?
Overused Grotesk 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 Overused Grotesk in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Overused Grotesk 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 Overused Grotesk have?
Overused Grotesk comes in eight weights, from Light (300) to Black (900), each with an italic.
Who designed Overused Grotesk?
Overused Grotesk was designed by RandomMaerks. RandomMaerks also made Phlatt Grotesk and Trmnl Cubic.
What fonts are similar to Overused Grotesk?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Funnel Sans (87), Questrial (84) and TASA Orbiter (83), out of 100. Next to Overused Grotesk, Funnel Sans is 4% wider. See all 100 fonts like Overused Grotesk.