Sans serif · Indian Type Foundry
Pally
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CSSfont-family: 'Pally', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Pally is a free sans serif by Indian Type Foundry, from Fontshare. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Pally has an average x-height, is narrower than 65% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Open Runde
Pally on one light table with its two closest fonts, Open Runde (72 out of 100) and Varela Round (70). Open Runde is 11% wider and 10% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller; Varela Round is 12% wider, with more stroke contrast.
Pally and Open Runde laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with PallyOpen Runde…
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 Pally 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
Pally in 3 weights
3 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Pally, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Indian Type Foundry
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 3 weights, 400–700
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Pally is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. 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 Pally comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Pally comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Pally, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Pally under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Pally, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.94 : 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 65% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 97% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Pally
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Open Runde7211% wider · x-height 7% taller · 10% lighter
- Varela Round7012% wider · more stroke contrast
- SN Pro69more stroke contrast · 4% wider · x-height 3% shorter
- Zain69x-height 10% shorter · 12% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Belanosima6937% heavier · x-height 13% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Fredoka69x-height 6% shorter · 5% wider · 6% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Pally →Compare side by side →Get Pally on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Pally without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Comic Neue45text 2.1% wider · x-height 3.2% shorter
- Signika Negative43text 0.8% wider · x-height 1.7% shorter
- Signika42text 1.0% wider · x-height 1.6% shorter
- Sofia Sans30text 2.1% wider · x-height 4.3% shorter
- Puritan30same text width · same x-height
- Barlow30text 2.1% wider · x-height 0.8% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Pally loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.5% of its size, so running text keeps Pally’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Pally Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.48%;
ascent-override: 102.64%;
descent-override: 29.33%;
line-gap-override: 9.43%;
}
font-family: 'Pally', 'Pally Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Pally
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Pally free for commercial use?
Yes. Pally is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Pally?
FontKind doesn’t host Pally’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Pally in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Pally isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Pally Medium. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Pally in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Pally comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Pally in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Pally comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Pally have?
Pally comes in three weights: Regular (400), Medium (500) and Bold (700).
Who designed Pally?
Pally was designed by Indian Type Foundry. Indian Type Foundry also made Poppins, Rajdhani, Teko and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Pally?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Open Runde (72), Varela Round (70) and SN Pro (69), out of 100. Next to Pally, Open Runde is 11% wider and 10% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller. See all 100 fonts like Pally.