Sans serif · Non Foundry
Pliant
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CSSfont-family: 'Pliant', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Pliant is a free sans serif by Non Foundry and Jona Saucedo, on Google Fonts since 2026. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Pliant has an average x-height, is wider than 73% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 67%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Liter
Pliant on one light table with its two closest fonts, Liter (83 out of 100) and Be Vietnam Pro (82). Liter is 7% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Be Vietnam Pro is 4% wider.
Pliant and Liter laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with PliantLiter…
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 Pliant 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
Pliant in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, 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 Pliant, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Non Foundry, Jona Saucedo
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Width 100–125, Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2026
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Pliant 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. Look under More fonts. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts 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 Pliant, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Pliant under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Pliant, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.29 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 73% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 67% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 76% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Pliant
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Liter837% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Be Vietnam Pro824% wider
- Switzer815% narrower
- Miedinger8010% narrower
- Zalando Sans79Nearly identical proportions
- BDO Grotesk79x-height 9% taller · 3% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Pliant →Compare side by side →Get Pliant on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Pliant without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Switzer81text 1.2% narrower · x-height 2.1% taller
- Zalando Sans79text 2.7% wider · x-height 1.1% shorter
- Opening Hours Sans79text 1.7% narrower · same x-height
- Miranda Sans77text 2.1% wider · same x-height
- Plainsound76same text width · same x-height
- Aspekta76text 1.4% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Pliant loads, this sets Arial in its place at 102.4% of its size, so running text keeps Pliant’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Pliant Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 102.35%;
ascent-override: 92.82%;
descent-override: 24.43%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Pliant', 'Pliant Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Pliant
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Pliant free for commercial use?
Yes. Pliant 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 Pliant?
FontKind doesn’t host Pliant’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Pliant in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Pliant 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 Pliant Thin and Pliant Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
How many weights does Pliant have?
Pliant comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900 and widths from 100% to 125%.
Who designed Pliant?
Pliant was designed by Non Foundry and Jona Saucedo. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2026.
What fonts are similar to Pliant?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Liter (83), Be Vietnam Pro (82) and Switzer (81), out of 100. Next to Pliant, Liter is 7% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Pliant.