Display · Marco Goran Romano
Riottosa
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CSSfont-family: 'Riottosa', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Riottosa is a free display font by Marco Goran Romano, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Riottosa has an x-height taller than 97%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 0.6 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of RiottosaVF
Riottosa on one light table with its two closest fonts, RiottosaVF (100 out of 100) and Nabla (83). RiottosaVF is 66% heavier; Nabla is 47% heavier, with an x-height 13% shorter.
Riottosa and RiottosaVF laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with RiottosaRiottosaVF…
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 Riottosa 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 / Weights
Riottosa in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Riottosa, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Marco Goran Romano
- Kind
- Display
- 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 “Riottosa”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Riottosa 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 Riottosa 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 Riottosa, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Riottosa under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Riottosa, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 80.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 47%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.65 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 97% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 99% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Riottosa
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Riottosa's own familyRiottosa Wide
- RiottosaVF10066% heavier
- Nabla8347% heavier · x-height 13% shorter
- Liber Struct6829% wider · x-height 17% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Bungee Inline6437% wider · 30% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
- Bungee6337% wider · 36% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
- Bungee Spice6337% wider · 36% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Riottosa →Compare side by side →Get Riottosa on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Riottosa without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Riottosa loads, this sets Arial in its place at 106.1% of its size, so running text keeps Riottosa’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Riottosa Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 106.07%;
ascent-override: 103.71%;
descent-override: 9.43%;
line-gap-override: 18.86%;
}
font-family: 'Riottosa', 'Riottosa Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Riottosa
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Riottosa free for commercial use?
Yes. Riottosa 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 “Riottosa”.
How do I download and install Riottosa?
Riottosa 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/otf 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 Riottosa in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Riottosa 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 Riottosa have?
Riottosa comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Riottosa?
Riottosa was designed by Marco Goran Romano. Marco Goran Romano also made RiottosaVF.
What fonts are similar to Riottosa?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are RiottosaVF (100), Nabla (83) and Liber Struct (68), out of 100. Next to Riottosa, RiottosaVF is 66% heavier. Its own family, listed apart, adds Riottosa Wide. See all 100 fonts like Riottosa.