Sans serif · Plomb Type
Savate
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CSSfont-family: 'Savate', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Savate is a free sans serif by Plomb Type and Max Esnée, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Savate has an x-height taller than 84%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 0.4 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Ribes
Savate on one light table with its two closest fonts, Ribes (90 out of 100) and Syncopate (73). Ribes is 23% lighter and 5% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter; Syncopate is 68% wider and 48% lighter, with more stroke contrast.
Savate and Ribes laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SavateRibes…
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 Savate 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
Savate in 8 weights
8 weights, 200–900, with italics · variable from 200 to 900
Variable weight, 200 to 900
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Savate, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Plomb Type, Max Esnée
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 8 weights, 200–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 200–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Savate 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
- 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 Savate, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Savate under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Savate, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 55.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 73.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 38%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.41 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 84% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkLighter than 73% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 99% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Savate
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Ribes9023% lighter · x-height 6% shorter · 5% narrower
- Syncopate7368% wider · more stroke contrast · 48% lighter
- M PLUS U71more stroke contrast · 17% wider · x-height 6% shorter
- Guidy68more stroke contrast · 9% wider · x-height 6% shorter
- Spinnaker65more stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter · 12% heavier
- BIZ UDPGothic64more stroke contrast · 22% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Savate →Compare side by side →Get Savate on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Savate without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Manrope53text 2.7% wider · x-height 1.9% shorter
- Glide53text 1.1% wider · x-height 3.4% shorter
- Gothic A150same text width · x-height 4.6% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Savate loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101.5% of its size, so running text keeps Savate’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Savate Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 101.54%;
ascent-override: 99.96%;
descent-override: 28.07%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Savate', 'Savate Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Savate
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Savate free for commercial use?
Yes. Savate 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 Savate?
FontKind doesn’t host Savate’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Savate in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Savate isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Savate ExtraLight and Savate Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Savate in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Savate under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Savate in Figma?
Yes: Savate is in Figma’s font menu with all eight weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Savate have?
Savate comes in eight weights, from ExtraLight (200) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 200 to 900.
Who designed Savate?
Savate was designed by Plomb Type and Max Esnée. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2025.
What fonts are similar to Savate?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Ribes (90), Syncopate (73) and M PLUS U (71), out of 100. Next to Savate, Ribes is 23% lighter and 5% narrower, with an x-height 6% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Savate.