Sans serif · Wei Huang
Prodigy Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Prodigy Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Prodigy Sans is a free sans serif by Wei Huang, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Prodigy Sans has an average x-height, is of average width 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 Figtree
Prodigy Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Figtree (81 out of 100) and NT Somic (81). Figtree has nearly identical proportions; NT Somic has nearly identical proportions.
Prodigy Sans and Figtree laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Prodigy SansFigtree…
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 Prodigy Sans 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
Prodigy Sans 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 Prodigy Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Wei Huang
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- 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.
Prodigy Sans 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 Prodigy Sans 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 Prodigy Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Prodigy Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Prodigy Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 51.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.19 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Prodigy Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Prodigy Sans's letters under another nameWork SansKantumruy Pro
- Figtree81Nearly identical proportions
- NT Somic81Nearly identical proportions
- Moderustic815% wider
- Cortado Sans81Nearly identical proportions
- Nata Sans805% wider · 7% lighter
- Albert Sans798% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Prodigy Sans →Compare side by side →Get Prodigy Sans on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Prodigy Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Figtree81text 2.9% narrower · same x-height
- NT Somic81same text width · same x-height
- Moderustic81text 1.7% wider · same x-height
- Cortado Sans81text 1.1% wider · same x-height
- Albert Sans79same text width · same x-height
- Fustat77text 2.9% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Prodigy Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.5% of its size, so running text keeps Prodigy Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Prodigy Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.54%;
ascent-override: 97.28%;
descent-override: 20.76%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Prodigy Sans', 'Prodigy Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Prodigy Sans
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Prodigy Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Prodigy Sans 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 Prodigy Sans?
Prodigy Sans 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 fonts/webfonts/TTF 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 Prodigy Sans in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Prodigy Sans 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 Prodigy Sans have?
Prodigy Sans comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic.
Who designed Prodigy Sans?
Prodigy Sans was designed by Wei Huang. Wei Huang also made Fragment Mono.
What fonts are similar to Prodigy Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Figtree (81), NT Somic (81) and Moderustic (81), out of 100. Next to Prodigy Sans, Figtree has nearly identical proportions. See all 100 fonts like Prodigy Sans.