Sans serif · Dr Anirban Mitra

Samaano

Q: Is Samaano free for commercial use?

Yes. Samaano is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Q: How do I download and install Samaano?

Samaano 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 build 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

Weight700 BoldThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Samaano', sans-serif; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Samaano is a free sans serif by Dr Anirban Mitra, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Samaano has an x-height shorter than 69%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 89%.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Geo

Samaano on one light table with its two closest fonts, Geo (79 out of 100) and Alpha Prota (76). Geo is 23% lighter and 9% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter; Alpha Prota is 50% wider and 84% lighter, with an x-height 49% taller.

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Ink shared with SamaanoGeo…

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 Samaano alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 700

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 / Sizes

Samaano at every size

1 weight (700) · six sizes, in your words

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

04 / Facts

Who made Samaano, and can you use it?

Designer: Dr Anirban Mitra
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (700)
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.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Samaano on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Samaano, measured

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

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

x-height: 50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 75.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.67lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 56%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 69% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 89% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Samaano

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Samaano without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Samaano loads, this sets Arial in its place at 111.9% of its size, so running text keeps Samaano’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Samaano Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 111.93%;
  ascent-override: 107.18%;
  descent-override: 26.83%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Samaano

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

Is Samaano free for commercial use?

Yes. Samaano 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 Samaano?

Samaano 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 build 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 Samaano in Google Docs?

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

Samaano comes in one weight, Bold (700). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Samaano?

Samaano was designed by Dr Anirban Mitra.

What fonts are similar to Samaano?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Geo (79), Alpha Prota (76) and Pescante (63), out of 100. Next to Samaano, Geo is 23% lighter and 9% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Samaano.