Sans serif · Designer not listed

Rena

Q: Is Rena free for commercial use?

Yes. Rena 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 “Rena”.

Q: How do I download and install Rena?

Rena 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 fonts 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.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Rena', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Rena is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Rena has an x-height taller than 87%, is wider than 85% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 65%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Shippori Antique B1 →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Shippori Antique B1

Rena on one light table with its two closest fonts, Shippori Antique B1 (100 out of 100) and Libre Franklin (85). Shippori Antique B1 is 9% heavier and 4% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter; Libre Franklin is 15% lighter and 6% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter.

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Ink shared with RenaShippori Antique B1…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Rena 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.

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03 / Weights

Rena in 2 weights

2 weights, 400–700

400 Regular
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Can you use Rena?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 2 weights, 400–700
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, under another name. Not as “Rena”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Rena is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Rena 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 Rena, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Rena under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Rena on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Rena, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Rena. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 56.3% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 78.1% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.72lowercase against capitals
Width: 56.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.17 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 87% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 85% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 65% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Rena

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Rena →Compare side by side →Get Rena on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Rena without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Rena loads, this sets Arial in its place at 113.5% of its size, so running text keeps Rena’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Rena Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 113.52%;
  ascent-override: 86.45%;
  descent-override: 19.27%;
  line-gap-override: 14.88%;
}

font-family: 'Rena', 'Rena Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Rena

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Rena free for commercial use?

Yes. Rena 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 “Rena”.

How do I download and install Rena?

Rena 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 fonts 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 Rena in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Rena 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 Rena have?

Rena comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).

What fonts are similar to Rena?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Shippori Antique B1 (100), Libre Franklin (85) and Rubik (77), out of 100. Next to Rena, Shippori Antique B1 is 9% heavier and 4% narrower, with an x-height 7% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Rena.