Sans serif · Impallari Type
Quattrocento Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Quattrocento Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Quattrocento Sans is a free sans serif by Impallari Type, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Quattrocento Sans has an x-height shorter than 89%, is narrower than 61% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 77%. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Mukta
Quattrocento Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mukta (82 out of 100) and Tajawal (79). Mukta is 19% heavier and 4% narrower; Tajawal is 5% narrower and 6% lighter.
Quattrocento Sans and Mukta laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Quattrocento SansMukta…
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 Quattrocento 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
Quattrocento Sans in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Quattrocento Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Impallari Type
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Quattrocento Sans”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Quattrocento 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
- 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 Quattrocento Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Quattrocento Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Quattrocento Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 46.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 37%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.36 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 89% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 61% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 77% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 85% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Quattrocento Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Quattrocento Sans's own familyQuattrocento
- Mukta8219% heavier · 4% narrower
- Tajawal795% narrower · 6% lighter
- Plein78x-height 10% taller
- Arsenal SC779% narrower · x-height 9% taller · more stroke contrast
- Martel Sans77x-height 16% taller · 10% wider
- Skeena Indigenous7713% heavier · 5% narrower · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Quattrocento Sans →Compare side by side →Get Quattrocento Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Quattrocento Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Mukta82text 2.6% narrower · x-height 2.2% taller
- Tajawal79text 2.4% narrower · x-height 1.3% shorter
- Molengo75text 2.9% narrower · same x-height
- CMU Sans Serif75text 3.0% narrower · x-height 3.3% shorter
- CMU Bright71text 1.3% narrower · x-height 2.6% taller
- Cabinet Grotesk70text 1.4% narrower · x-height 4.3% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Quattrocento Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.9% of its size, so running text keeps Quattrocento Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.94%;
ascent-override: 86.58%;
descent-override: 26.55%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans', 'Quattrocento Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Quattrocento Sans
Of the 4,141 home pages that load Quattrocento Sans, 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
- Open Sans11%442 sites · 0.6× chance
- Montserrat11%439 sites · 0.8× chance
- Quattrocento10%431 sites · 157× chanceQuattrocento Sans’s own family
- Roboto8.8%365 sites · 0.4× chance
- Lato6.1%252 sites · 0.8× chance
- PT Serif4.8%199 sites · 9.8× chance
More than chanceQuattrocento 157×Trirong 53×PT Serif 9.8×
Fonts that go with Quattrocento Sans: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerQuattrocento Sans + 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 Quattrocento Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Quattrocento Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Quattrocento Sans 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 “Quattrocento Sans”.
How do I download and install Quattrocento Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Quattrocento Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds four 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 Quattrocento Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Quattrocento Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Quattrocento Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Quattrocento Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Quattrocento Sans in Figma?
Yes: Quattrocento Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Quattrocento Sans have?
Quattrocento Sans comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Quattrocento Sans?
Quattrocento Sans was designed by Impallari Type. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2012. Impallari Type also made Libre Baskerville, Dancing Script, Libre Franklin and 28 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Quattrocento Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mukta (82), Tajawal (79) and Plein (78), out of 100. Next to Quattrocento Sans, Mukta is 19% heavier and 4% narrower. Its own family, listed apart, adds Quattrocento. See all 100 fonts like Quattrocento Sans.