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Ranchers
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CSSfont-family: 'Ranchers', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ranchers is a free display font by Impallari Type, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Ranchers has an x-height taller than 78%, is narrower than 74% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 0.7 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Luckiest Guy
Ranchers on one light table with its two closest fonts, Luckiest Guy (78 out of 100) and Boldonse (76). Luckiest Guy is 34% wider, with an x-height 16% taller and more stroke contrast; Boldonse is 51% wider, with an x-height 45% taller and more stroke contrast.
Ranchers and Luckiest Guy laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with RanchersLuckiest Guy…
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 Ranchers 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 / Sizes
Ranchers at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Ranchers, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Impallari Type
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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 “Ranchers”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Ranchers 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 Ranchers, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ranchers under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Ranchers, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 59.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 81.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 78%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.67 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 78% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 74% of display faces
InkDarker than 95% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 98% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ranchers
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Luckiest Guy7834% wider · x-height 16% taller · more stroke contrast
- Boldonse7651% wider · x-height 45% taller · more stroke contrast
- Dela Gothic One7650% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 9% shorter
- Bowlby One7358% wider · more stroke contrast · 8% heavier
- Protest Strike72more stroke contrast · 9% wider · x-height 4% shorter
- Rowdies68more stroke contrast · 24% wider · x-height 21% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Ranchers →Compare side by side →Get Ranchers on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Ranchers without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Ranchers sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Ranchers loads, this sets Arial in its place at 86.2% of its size, so running text keeps Ranchers’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ranchers Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 86.23%;
ascent-override: 121.18%;
descent-override: 23.77%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Ranchers', 'Ranchers Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ranchers
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Ranchers free for commercial use?
Yes. Ranchers 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 “Ranchers”.
How do I download and install Ranchers?
FontKind doesn’t host Ranchers’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Ranchers in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Ranchers 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 Ranchers in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Ranchers under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Ranchers in Figma?
Yes: Ranchers is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Ranchers have?
Ranchers comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Ranchers?
Ranchers was designed by Impallari Type. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2012. Impallari Type also made Libre Baskerville, Dancing Script, Libre Franklin and 29 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Ranchers?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Luckiest Guy (78), Boldonse (76) and Dela Gothic One (76), out of 100. Next to Ranchers, Luckiest Guy is 34% wider, with an x-height 16% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Ranchers.