Sans serif · Charles Daoud
Radio Canada
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CSSfont-family: 'Radio Canada', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Radio Canada is a free sans serif by Charles Daoud, Coppers and Brasses, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Jacques Le Bailly, on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Radio Canada has an average x-height, is wider than 61% 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 Amiko
Radio Canada on one light table with its two closest fonts, Amiko (83 out of 100) and Overpass (80). Amiko is 8% wider and 8% lighter; Overpass is 3% narrower.
Radio Canada and Amiko laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Radio CanadaAmiko…
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 Radio Canada 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
Radio Canada in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–700, with italics · variable from 300 to 700
Variable weight, 300 to 700
- 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
04 / Facts
Who made Radio Canada, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Charles Daoud, Coppers and Brasses, Alexandre Saumier Demers, Jacques Le Bailly
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–700, with italics
- Variable axes
- Width 75–100, Weight 300–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2022
- Character sets
- canadian-aboriginal, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Radio Canada 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 Radio Canada, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Radio Canada under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Radio Canada, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 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 61% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Radio Canada
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Radio Canada's own familyRadio Canada Big
- Amiko838% wider · 8% lighter
- Overpass803% narrower
- Telex79Nearly identical proportions
- Clear Sans784% narrower
- Martel Sans764% wider · x-height 4% taller · 7% lighter
- Zamero Sans7616% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Radio Canada →Compare side by side →Get Radio Canada on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Radio Canada without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Telex79same text width · same x-height
- Clear Sans78text 2.8% narrower · x-height 0.5% shorter
- Martel Sans76text 2.9% wider · x-height 3.7% taller
- Zamero Sans76text 2.1% wider · x-height 2.7% shorter
- Andika72same text width · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Fixel71same text width · x-height 1.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Radio Canada loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.2% of its size, so running text keeps Radio Canada’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Radio Canada Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.17%;
ascent-override: 89.85%;
descent-override: 24.25%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Radio Canada', 'Radio Canada Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Radio Canada
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Radio Canada free for commercial use?
Yes. Radio Canada 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 Radio Canada?
FontKind doesn’t host Radio Canada’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 Radio Canada in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Radio Canada 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 Radio Canada Light and Radio Canada SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Radio Canada in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Radio Canada under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Radio Canada in Figma?
Yes: Radio Canada is in Figma’s font menu with all five weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Radio Canada have?
Radio Canada comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 700 and widths from 75% to 100%.
Who designed Radio Canada?
Radio Canada was designed by Charles Daoud, Coppers and Brasses, Alexandre Saumier Demers and Jacques Le Bailly. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2022. Jacques Le Bailly also made Montserrat, Nunito, Mulish and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Radio Canada?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Amiko (83), Overpass (80) and Telex (79), out of 100. Next to Radio Canada, Amiko is 8% wider and 8% lighter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Radio Canada Big. See all 100 fonts like Radio Canada.