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Pixelserif
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CSSfont-family: 'Pixelserif', sans-serif; font-weight: 500; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Pixelserif is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Pixelserif has an x-height shorter than 96%, is narrower than 70% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 68%.
Compare with Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP →Compare with another font
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP
Pixelserif on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP (76 out of 100) and Fusion Pixel 12px Proportional JP (73). Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP is 7% wider, with an x-height 20% taller; Fusion Pixel 12px Proportional JP is 6% lighter, with an x-height 20% taller.
Pixelserif and Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with PixelserifFusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP…
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 Pixelserif alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 500
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Pixelserif at every size
1 weight (500) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Can you use Pixelserif?
- Designer
- Not listed
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (500)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin
- 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.
Pixelserif 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 Pixelserif 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 Pixelserif, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Pixelserif under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Pixelserif, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.63lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 96% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 70% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 68% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Pixelserif
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP76x-height 20% taller · 7% wider
- Fusion Pixel 12px Proportional JP73x-height 20% taller · 6% lighter
- ultlf69x-height 34% taller · 9% wider · 7% heavier
- WIN95FA68x-height 15% taller · 8% narrower
- Redaction 5064x-height 8% taller · 6% wider
- Redaction 7062x-height 18% taller · 17% lighter · 6% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Pixelserif →Compare side by side →Get Pixelserif on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Pixelserif without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Pixelserif sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Pixelserif loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.9% of its size, so running text keeps Pixelserif’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Pixelserif Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.88%;
ascent-override: 86.88%;
descent-override: 17.42%;
line-gap-override: 8.66%;
}
font-family: 'Pixelserif', 'Pixelserif Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Pixelserif
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Pixelserif free for commercial use?
Yes. Pixelserif 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 Pixelserif?
Pixelserif 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 export 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 Pixelserif in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Pixelserif 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 Pixelserif have?
Pixelserif comes in one weight, Medium (500). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
What fonts are similar to Pixelserif?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP (76), Fusion Pixel 12px Proportional JP (73) and ultlf (69), out of 100. Next to Pixelserif, Fusion Pixel 10px Proportional JP is 7% wider, with an x-height 20% taller. See all 100 fonts like Pixelserif.