Serif · Sebastián Salazar
Sedan
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CSSfont-family: 'Sedan', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Sedan is a free serif by Sebastián Salazar, on Google Fonts since 2024. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Sedan has an x-height shorter than 79%, is narrower than 60% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.8 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Sorts Mill Goudy
Sedan on one light table with its two closest fonts, Sorts Mill Goudy (84 out of 100) and Fanwood Text (84). Sorts Mill Goudy is 11% lighter; Fanwood Text is 12% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter and less stroke contrast.
Sedan and Sorts Mill Goudy laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SedanSorts Mill Goudy…
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 Sedan 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 / Styles
Sedan, upright and italic
1 weight (400), with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Sedan, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sebastián Salazar
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400), with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2024
- 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.
Sedan 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 Sedan, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Sedan under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Sedan, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 67.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.78 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 79% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 60% of serifs
InkNear the middle of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 77% of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Sedan
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Sedan's own familySedan SC
- Sorts Mill Goudy8411% lighter
- Fanwood Text84x-height 12% shorter · 12% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Rosarivo80x-height 16% taller · 6% wider · less stroke contrast
- Linden Hill8012% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Jacques Francois79more stroke contrast
- IM Fell French Canon79more stroke contrast · x-height 9% taller · 13% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Sedan →Compare side by side →Get Sedan on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Sedan without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Sorts Mill Goudy84text 2.7% narrower · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Ovo72same text width · x-height 4.2% taller
- Alice69text 2.8% wider · x-height 4.4% taller
- Radley69text 0.5% narrower · same x-height
- Baskervville68text 0.5% wider · same x-height
- Bona Nova62text 0.7% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Sedan loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 109.4% of its size, so running text keeps Sedan’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Sedan Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 109.36%;
ascent-override: 86.87%;
descent-override: 22.86%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Sedan', 'Sedan Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Sedan
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Sedan free for commercial use?
Yes. Sedan 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 Sedan?
FontKind doesn’t host Sedan’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 font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Sedan in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Sedan 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 Sedan in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Sedan under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Sedan in Figma?
Yes: Sedan is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Sedan have?
Sedan comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Sedan?
Sedan was designed by Sebastián Salazar. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2024.
What fonts are similar to Sedan?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Sorts Mill Goudy (84), Fanwood Text (84) and Rosarivo (80), out of 100. Next to Sedan, Sorts Mill Goudy is 11% lighter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Sedan SC. See all 100 fonts like Sedan.