Sans serif · Tuna Çağlar Gümüş
Saman Dere
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CSSfont-family: 'Saman Dere', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Saman Dere is a free sans serif by Tuna Çağlar Gümüş, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Saman Dere has an x-height shorter than 76%, is narrower than 76% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fehmarn Belt
Saman Dere on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fehmarn Belt (83 out of 100) and Do Hyeon (81). Fehmarn Belt is 35% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 43% taller; Do Hyeon is 6% lighter, with an x-height 4% taller.
Saman Dere and Fehmarn Belt laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Saman DereFehmarn Belt…
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 Saman Dere 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 / Sizes
Saman Dere 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 Saman Dere, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Tuna Çağlar Gümüş
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- 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 “Saman Dere”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Saman Dere 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 Saman Dere 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 Saman Dere, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Saman Dere under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Saman Dere, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 62%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.02 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 76% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 76% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 94% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 87% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Saman Dere
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fehmarn Belt83x-height 43% taller · 35% wider · 9% lighter
- Do Hyeon81x-height 4% taller · 6% lighter
- DIN 1451-4H7520% lighter · 4% wider
- Alatsi73more stroke contrast · 7% wider · 8% lighter
- Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift7318% lighter · x-height 4% taller
- Solitus73x-height 19% shorter · 5% narrower · 7% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Saman Dere →Compare side by side →Get Saman Dere on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Saman Dere without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Do Hyeon81text 2.7% narrower · x-height 4.2% taller
- Alatsi73same text width · x-height 2.0% taller
- Liga Sans64same text width · x-height 2.4% taller
- Simplex Sans54same text width · x-height 4.8% taller
- Overpass46text 3.0% wider · x-height 4.7% taller
- Basic45same text width · x-height 2.2% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Saman Dere loads, this sets Arial in its place at 98.2% of its size, so running text keeps Saman Dere’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Saman Dere Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 98.21%;
ascent-override: 102.27%;
descent-override: 19.89%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Saman Dere', 'Saman Dere Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Saman Dere
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Saman Dere free for commercial use?
Yes. Saman Dere 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 “Saman Dere”.
How do I download and install Saman Dere?
Saman Dere 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 master_ttf 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 Saman Dere in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Saman Dere 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 Saman Dere have?
Saman Dere 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 Saman Dere?
Saman Dere was designed by Tuna Çağlar Gümüş.
What fonts are similar to Saman Dere?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fehmarn Belt (83), Do Hyeon (81) and DIN 1451-4H (75), out of 100. Next to Saman Dere, Fehmarn Belt is 35% wider and 9% lighter, with an x-height 43% taller. See all 100 fonts like Saman Dere.