Sans serif · Easha Ranade
Ranade
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CSSfont-family: 'Ranade', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ranade is a free sans serif by Easha Ranade and Indian Type Foundry, from Fontshare. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Ranade has an x-height taller than 66%, is wider than 90% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 1.8 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fahkwang
Ranade on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fahkwang (85 out of 100) and Hedvig Letters Sans (83). Fahkwang is 5% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter and more stroke contrast; Hedvig Letters Sans is 13% narrower, with less stroke contrast.
Ranade and Fahkwang laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with RanadeFahkwang…
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 Ranade 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
Ranade in 5 weights
5 weights, 100–700, with italics
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Ranade, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Easha Ranade, Indian Type Foundry
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 5 weights, 100–700, with italics
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Ranade is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. 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 Ranade comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Ranade comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Ranade, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ranade under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Ranade, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.84 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 66% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 90% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 66% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 95% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ranade
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fahkwang85x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast · 5% narrower
- Hedvig Letters Sans8313% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Public Sans8012% narrower · less stroke contrast
- BDO Grotesk80less stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 7% narrower
- Aileron7915% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Roboto7817% narrower · less stroke contrast · 15% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Ranade →Compare side by side →Get Ranade on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Ranade without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Ranade loads, this sets Arial in its place at 120.4% of its size, so running text keeps Ranade’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ranade Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 120.44%;
ascent-override: 83.03%;
descent-override: 23.25%;
line-gap-override: 7.47%;
}
font-family: 'Ranade', 'Ranade Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ranade
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Ranade free for commercial use?
Yes. Ranade is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Ranade?
FontKind doesn’t host Ranade’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Ranade in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Ranade 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 Ranade Thin and Ranade Medium. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Ranade in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ranade comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Ranade in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Ranade comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Ranade have?
Ranade comes in five weights: Thin (100), Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Ranade?
Ranade was designed by Easha Ranade and Indian Type Foundry. Indian Type Foundry also made Poppins, Rajdhani, Teko and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Ranade?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fahkwang (85), Hedvig Letters Sans (83) and Public Sans (80), out of 100. Next to Ranade, Fahkwang is 5% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Ranade.