Sans serif · Micah Stupak-Hahn
Russolo
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CSSfont-family: 'Russolo', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Russolo is a free sans serif by Micah Stupak-Hahn, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Russolo has an x-height shorter than 70%, is wider than 63% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 61%. Its thickest strokes are 1.6 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Melodrama
Russolo on one light table with its two closest fonts, Melodrama (100 out of 100) and Italiana (99). Melodrama is 32% lighter and 11% narrower, with more stroke contrast; Italiana is 35% lighter and 9% narrower, with more stroke contrast.
Russolo and Melodrama laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with RussoloMelodrama…
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 Russolo 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
Russolo in 7 weights
7 weights, 200–800
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
04 / Facts
Who made Russolo, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Micah Stupak-Hahn
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 200–800
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
Russolo 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 Russolo 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 Russolo, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Russolo under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Russolo, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.70lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.55 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 70% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 63% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 61% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 92% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Russolo
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Melodrama100more stroke contrast · 32% lighter · 11% narrower
- Italiana99more stroke contrast · 35% lighter · 9% narrower
- Aboreto82x-height 40% taller · 30% wider · 54% lighter
- Tenor Sans76more stroke contrast · 10% lighter
- Belleza69more stroke contrast · 15% narrower · x-height 9% shorter
- Federo6814% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 8% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Russolo →Compare side by side →Get Russolo on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Russolo without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Bagnard Sans51text 0.7% wider · x-height 4.0% shorter
- LXGW Marker Gothic46text 2.1% wider · x-height 3.3% taller
- Mulish36text 0.9% narrower · x-height 0.7% taller
- Amulya33text 1.9% wider · x-height 0.8% taller
- Sansation30text 2.7% narrower · x-height 2.8% taller
- Moderustic29same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Russolo loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.9% of its size, so running text keeps Russolo’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Russolo Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.87%;
ascent-override: 72.21%;
descent-override: 22.25%;
line-gap-override: 23.61%;
}
font-family: 'Russolo', 'Russolo Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Russolo
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Russolo free for commercial use?
Yes. Russolo 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 Russolo?
Russolo 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/variable 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 Russolo in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Russolo 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 Russolo have?
Russolo comes in seven weights, from ExtraLight (200) to ExtraBold (800).
Who designed Russolo?
Russolo was designed by Micah Stupak-Hahn.
What fonts are similar to Russolo?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Melodrama (100), Italiana (99) and Aboreto (82), out of 100. Next to Russolo, Melodrama is 32% lighter and 11% narrower, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Russolo.