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Poppins
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CSSfont-family: 'Poppins', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Poppins is a free sans serif by Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn and Ninad Kale, on Google Fonts since 2015. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Poppins has an x-height taller than 83%, is wider than 84% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Parkinsans
Poppins on one light table with its two closest fonts, Parkinsans (88 out of 100) and Inter Tight (82). Parkinsans has nearly identical proportions; Inter Tight is 13% narrower.
Poppins and Parkinsans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with PoppinsParkinsans…
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 Poppins 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
Poppins in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- 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 Poppins, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn, Ninad Kale
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2015
- Character sets
- devanagari, 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.
Poppins 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Poppins, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Poppins under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Poppins, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.79lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 56.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.17 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 83% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 84% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Poppins
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Parkinsans88Nearly identical proportions
- Inter Tight8213% narrower
- Be Vietnam Pro81x-height 3% shorter
- Host Grotesk80x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower · 9% heavier
- Rethink Sans80x-height 9% shorter · 7% narrower
- Open Sauce One793% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Poppins →Compare side by side →Get Poppins on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Poppins without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Parkinsans88text 1.0% wider · same x-height
- Be Vietnam Pro81text 2.8% narrower · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Epilogue75text 1.0% narrower · x-height 3.1% shorter
- Sora75same text width · x-height 2.5% shorter
- DejaVu Sans71text 0.6% wider · same x-height
- Argentum Sans69text 0.8% wider · x-height 2.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Poppins loads, this sets Arial in its place at 114.1% of its size, so running text keeps Poppins’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Poppins Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 114.10%;
ascent-override: 92.02%;
descent-override: 30.67%;
line-gap-override: 8.76%;
}
font-family: 'Poppins', 'Poppins Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Poppins
Of the 691,292 home pages that load Poppins, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Roboto17%115,185 sites · 0.8× chance
- Open Sans12%79,890 sites · 0.6× chance
- Montserrat9.4%65,222 sites · 0.7× chance
- Inter6.1%42,441 sites · 0.6× chance
- Lato4.8%33,383 sites · 0.6× chance
- Raleway2.9%20,040 sites · 0.7× chance
More than chanceShadows Into Light 2.3×Abril Fatface 1.6×
Fonts that go with Poppins: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerPoppins + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Poppins
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Poppins free for commercial use?
Yes. Poppins 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 Poppins?
FontKind doesn’t host Poppins’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds 18 font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Poppins in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Poppins 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 Poppins Thin and Poppins Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Poppins in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Poppins under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Poppins in Figma?
Yes: Poppins is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Poppins have?
Poppins comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic.
Who designed Poppins?
Poppins was designed by Indian Type Foundry, Jonny Pinhorn and Ninad Kale. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2015. Indian Type Foundry also made Rajdhani, Teko, Khand and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Poppins?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Parkinsans (88), Inter Tight (82) and Be Vietnam Pro (81), out of 100. Next to Poppins, Parkinsans has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Poppins.