Sans serif · Octavio Pardo
REM
Find the font. Find its kind.
CSSfont-family: 'REM', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
REM is a free sans serif by Octavio Pardo, on Google Fonts since 2023. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, REM has an average x-height, is wider than 70% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 76%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Spinnaker
REM on one light table with its two closest fonts, Spinnaker (80 out of 100) and Argentum Sans (78). Spinnaker is 9% lighter; Argentum Sans is 7% wider, with an x-height 6% taller.
REM and Spinnaker laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with REMSpinnaker…
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 REM 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
REM in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 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
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made REM, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Octavio Pardo
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2023
- Character sets
- 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.
REM 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 REM, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists REM under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
REM, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.17 : 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 70% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 76% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to REM
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Spinnaker809% lighter
- Argentum Sans787% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Zamero Sans76Nearly identical proportions
- Biryani75x-height 10% taller · 5% wider · 11% lighter
- Inder748% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Geologica748% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to REM →Compare side by side →Get REM on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap REM without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Spinnaker80text 1.5% wider · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Zamero Sans76same text width · same x-height
- Inder74text 0.7% wider · same x-height
- Geologica74text 1.3% wider · x-height 1.6% shorter
- Cantarell73text 2.8% narrower · x-height 4.1% shorter
- Varela72same text width · x-height 1.4% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until REM loads, this sets Arial in its place at 107.6% of its size, so running text keeps REM’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'REM Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 107.63%;
ascent-override: 91.05%;
descent-override: 25.09%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'REM', 'REM Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about REM
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is REM free for commercial use?
Yes. REM 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 REM?
FontKind doesn’t host REM’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 REM in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: REM 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 REM Thin and REM Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is REM in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for REM under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is REM in Figma?
Yes: REM is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does REM have?
REM comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900.
Who designed REM?
REM was designed by Octavio Pardo. It has been on Google Fonts since July 2023. Octavio Pardo also made EB Garamond, Gupter, Ibarra Real Nova and four more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to REM?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Spinnaker (80), Argentum Sans (78) and Zamero Sans (76), out of 100. Next to REM, Spinnaker is 9% lighter. See all 100 fonts like REM.