Display · Nicole Fally

Rye

Q: Is Rye free for commercial use?

Yes. Rye 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 “Rye”.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Sancreek

Rye on one light table with its two closest fonts, Sancreek (100 out of 100) and Harry Piel (100). Sancreek is 11% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 13% taller; Harry Piel is 50% wider and 55% lighter, with an x-height 24% taller.

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Ink shared with RyeSancreek…

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 Rye 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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With this font

Write your ownWestern font generator →Your words in Rye and 3 more western fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Rye at every size

1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Rye, and can you use it?

Designer: Nicole Fally
Kind: Display
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2012
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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes, under another name. Not as “Rye”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Rye 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

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 Rye, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Rye under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Rye on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Rye, measured

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

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

x-height: 56.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 75.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.75lowercase against capitals
Width: 60.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 55%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 70% of display faces
WidthWider than 74% of display faces
InkDarker than 64% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Rye

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Rye →Compare side by side →Get Rye on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Rye without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Rye loads, this sets Arial in its place at 119.2% of its size, so running text keeps Rye’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Rye Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 119.16%;
  ascent-override: 82.77%;
  descent-override: 22.13%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Rye

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

Is Rye free for commercial use?

Yes. Rye 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 “Rye”.

How do I download and install Rye?

FontKind doesn’t host Rye’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Rye in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Rye isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Rye in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Rye under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Rye in Figma?

Yes: Rye is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Rye have?

Rye comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Rye?

Rye was designed by Nicole Fally. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2012. Nicole Fally also made Hammersmith One, Pinyon Script, Stoke and four more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Rye?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Sancreek (100), Harry Piel (100) and Ewert (94), out of 100. Next to Rye, Sancreek is 11% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 13% taller. See all 100 fonts like Rye.