Display · Christian Thalmann
Ravkan
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CSSfont-family: 'Ravkan', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ravkan is a free display font by Christian Thalmann and David J. Peterson, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Ravkan has an x-height taller than 84%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 4.1 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Exile
Ravkan on one light table with its two closest fonts, Exile (79 out of 100) and Borges (75). Exile is 19% heavier and 4% narrower, with an x-height 10% taller; Borges is 35% wider and 14% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter.
Ravkan and Exile laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with RavkanExile…
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 Ravkan 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Ravkan 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 Ravkan, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Christian Thalmann, David J. Peterson
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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.
Ravkan 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 Ravkan 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 Ravkan, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ravkan under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Ravkan, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 65.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.81lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 74.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 53%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 4.10 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 84% of display faces
WidthWider than 93% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 93% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ravkan
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Exile79x-height 10% taller · 19% heavier · 4% narrower
- Borges7535% wider · x-height 15% shorter · 14% heavier
- Revalia66less stroke contrast · x-height 15% shorter · 14% lighter
- Warnes64x-height 17% shorter · 20% lighter · 8% narrower
- Boxing63x-height 31% shorter · less stroke contrast · 35% heavier
- Ouroboros62x-height 23% shorter · 13% narrower · 17% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Ravkan →Compare side by side →Get Ravkan on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Ravkan without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Ravkan loads, this sets Arial in its place at 143.8% of its size, so running text keeps Ravkan’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ravkan Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 143.81%;
ascent-override: 71.05%;
descent-override: 21.16%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Ravkan', 'Ravkan Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ravkan
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Ravkan free for commercial use?
Yes. Ravkan 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 Ravkan?
Ravkan 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 2. TrueType font files 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 Ravkan in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ravkan 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 Ravkan have?
Ravkan 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 Ravkan?
Ravkan was designed by Christian Thalmann and David J. Peterson. Christian Thalmann also made Cormorant Garamond, Cormorant, Cormorant Infant and seven more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Ravkan?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Exile (79), Borges (75) and Revalia (66), out of 100. Next to Ravkan, Exile is 19% heavier and 4% narrower, with an x-height 10% taller. See all 100 fonts like Ravkan.