Sans serif · Thomas Phinney

Science Gothic

Q: Is Science Gothic free for commercial use?

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

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Width100, default

Slant0, default

More axes (3)More axes (1)

Width100, default

Slant0, default

CTRS0, default

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

Science Gothic is a free sans serif by Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev and Brandon Buerkle, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Science Gothic has an average x-height, is wider than 92% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 86%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Aldrich

Science Gothic on one light table with its two closest fonts, Aldrich (96 out of 100) and Alfphabet (96). Aldrich is 9% narrower and 17% lighter, with an x-height 4% taller; Alfphabet is 29% wider and 16% lighter, with an x-height 42% taller.

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Ink shared with Science GothicAldrich…

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 Science Gothic alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Weights

Science Gothic in 9 weights

9 weights, 100–900 · variable from 100 to 900

Variable weight, 100 to 900

100 Thin
200 Extra light
300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 Semibold
700 Bold
800 Extra bold
900 Black

04 / Facts

Who made Science Gothic, and can you use it?

Designer: Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev, Brandon Buerkle
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 9 weights, 100–900
Variable axes: CTRS 0–85, Slant -10–0, Width 50–200, Weight 100–900
On Google Fonts since: 2025
Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
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.

Science Gothic 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 Science Gothic, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Science Gothic 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 Science Gothic on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Science Gothic, measured

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

Hxgp in Science Gothic. 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: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 61.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 53%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 92% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 86% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 71% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Science Gothic

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Science Gothic without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Science Gothic loads, this sets Arial in its place at 126.9% of its size, so running text keeps Science Gothic’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Science Gothic Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 126.93%;
  ascent-override: 85.72%;
  descent-override: 30.57%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Science Gothic', 'Science Gothic Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Science Gothic

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

Is Science Gothic free for commercial use?

Yes. Science Gothic 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 Science Gothic?

FontKind doesn’t host Science Gothic’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, 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 Science Gothic in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Science Gothic 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 Science Gothic Thin and Science Gothic 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 Science Gothic in Google Docs?

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

Is Science Gothic in Figma?

Yes: Science Gothic is in Figma’s font menu with all nine weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Science Gothic have?

Science Gothic comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900, a slant of up to 10° and widths from 50% to 200%, plus one axis of its own.

Who designed Science Gothic?

Science Gothic was designed by Thomas Phinney, Vassil Kateliev and Brandon Buerkle. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2025.

What fonts are similar to Science Gothic?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Aldrich (96), Alfphabet (96) and Russo One (81), out of 100. Next to Science Gothic, Aldrich is 9% narrower and 17% lighter, with an x-height 4% taller. See all 100 fonts like Science Gothic.