Sans serif · Luigi Gorlero
Ribes
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CSSfont-family: 'Ribes', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ribes is a free sans serif by Luigi Gorlero, from Collletttivo. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Ribes has an average x-height, is narrower than 65% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 0.4 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Savate
Ribes on one light table with its two closest fonts, Savate (90 out of 100) and Syncopate (79). Savate is 29% heavier and 5% wider, with an x-height 6% taller; Syncopate is 76% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 29% taller.
Ribes and Savate laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with RibesSavate…
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 Ribes 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
Ribes in 3 weights
3 weights, 200–900
- 200 Extra light
- 400 Regular
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Ribes, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Luigi Gorlero
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 3 weights, 200–900
- From
- Collletttivo
- 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.
Ribes 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 Ribes comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo 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 Ribes, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ribes under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Ribes, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 30%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.41 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 65% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 96% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 99% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ribes
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Savate9029% heavier · x-height 6% taller · 5% wider
- Syncopate7976% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 29% taller
- Absans67more stroke contrast · 25% heavier · 10% wider
- Clash Display64more stroke contrast · 13% wider · 17% heavier
- Cabinet Grotesk64more stroke contrast · 18% heavier · x-height 8% shorter
- Roundo64more stroke contrast · 11% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Ribes →Compare side by side →Get Ribes on Collletttivo
07 / Swap
Swap Ribes without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Urbanist60text 2.7% wider · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Melodrama59text 2.4% narrower · x-height 2.7% shorter
- Syne58text 2.0% wider · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Red Hat Display58text 1.9% wider · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Questrial56text 3.0% wider · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Apfel Grotezk52text 0.6% narrower · x-height 3.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Ribes loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.6% of its size, so running text keeps Ribes’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ribes Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.58%;
ascent-override: 99.92%;
descent-override: 29.21%;
line-gap-override: 12.81%;
}
font-family: 'Ribes', 'Ribes Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ribes
Answered from its licence, Collletttivo and each app’s own font list
Is Ribes free for commercial use?
Yes. Ribes 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 Ribes?
Ribes comes free from Collletttivo . 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 Ribes in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Ribes comes from Collletttivo. 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 Ribes have?
Ribes comes in three weights: ExtraLight (200), Regular (400) and Black (900).
Who designed Ribes?
Ribes was designed by Luigi Gorlero. Luigi Gorlero also made Apfel Grotezk.
What fonts are similar to Ribes?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Savate (90), Syncopate (79) and Absans (67), out of 100. Next to Ribes, Savate is 29% heavier and 5% wider, with an x-height 6% taller. See all 100 fonts like Ribes.