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Pescante

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Pescante', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Pescante is a free display font by Ariel Martín Pérez, from Tunera Type Foundry. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Pescante has an average x-height, is narrower than 67% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

Compare with Chokokutai →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Chokokutai

Pescante on one light table with its two closest fonts, Chokokutai (76 out of 100) and BackOut (71). Chokokutai is 21% wider and 32% lighter, with more stroke contrast; BackOut is 24% lighter, with an x-height 29% taller and less stroke contrast.

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Pescante and Chokokutai laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with PescanteChokokutai…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Pescante 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

Pescante 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 Pescante, and can you use it?

Designer
Ariel Martín Pérez
Kind
Display
Styles
1 weight (400)
From
Tunera Type Foundry
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 “Pescante”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Pescante is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, kept with our copy of its web fonts

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Pescante comes from Tunera Type Foundry. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint
Not verified. Install it from Tunera Type Foundry 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 Pescante, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists Pescante under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Pescante on Tunera Type Foundry

05 / Measurements

Pescante, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Pescante. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
52.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.74lowercase against capitals
Width
46.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
62%letter box filled
Contrast
1.36 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightNear the middle of display faces

  • WidthNarrower than 67% of display faces

  • InkDarker than 73% of display faces

  • ContrastNear the middle of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Pescante

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Pescante →Compare side by side →Get Pescante on Tunera Type Foundry

07 / Swap

Swap Pescante without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Pescante loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.1% of its size, so running text keeps Pescante’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Pescante Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 95.12%;
  ascent-override: 105.13%;
  descent-override: 21.03%;
  line-gap-override: 27.75%;
}

font-family: 'Pescante', 'Pescante Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Pescante

Answered from its licence, Tunera Type Foundry and each app’s own font list

Is Pescante free for commercial use?

Yes. Pescante 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 “Pescante”.

How do I download and install Pescante?

Pescante comes free from Tunera Type Foundry . 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 Pescante in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Pescante comes from Tunera Type Foundry. 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 Pescante have?

Pescante 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 Pescante?

Pescante was designed by Ariel Martín Pérez. Ariel Martín Pérez also made Azabache, Brassia, Canarina and twelve more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Pescante?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Chokokutai (76), BackOut (71) and Gajraj One (70), out of 100. Next to Pescante, Chokokutai is 21% wider and 32% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Pescante.