Serif · Noopur Choksi
Sentient
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CSSfont-family: 'Sentient', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Sentient is a free serif by Noopur Choksi, from Fontshare. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Sentient has an x-height taller than 69%, is wider than 76% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 60%. Its thickest strokes are 2.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Epistle
Sentient on one light table with its two closest fonts, Epistle (88 out of 100) and Donegal One (84). Epistle is 7% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter; Donegal One is 9% heavier.
Sentient and Epistle laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SentientEpistle…
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 Sentient 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.
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- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Sentient in 5 weights
5 weights, 200–700, with italics
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Sentient, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Noopur Choksi
- Kind
- Serif
- Styles
- 5 weights, 200–700, with italics
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Sentient is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. 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 Sentient comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Sentient comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Sentient, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Sentient under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Sentient, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 68.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 55.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.28 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among serifs
Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 69% of serifs
WidthWider than 76% of serifs
InkDarker than 60% of serifs
ContrastNear the middle of serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Sentient
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Epistle887% narrower · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
- Donegal One849% heavier
- Mattern83Nearly identical proportions
- Bespoke Serif827% lighter
- Hedvig Letters Serif81x-height 4% taller · 3% narrower
- Gambetta7920% lighter · x-height 10% shorter · 8% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Sentient →Compare side by side →Get Sentient on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Sentient without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Mattern83same text width · same x-height
- Bespoke Serif82text 1.5% narrower · x-height 0.8% taller
- Literata77text 0.6% narrower · x-height 1.0% taller
- Volkhov76text 1.1% wider · same x-height
- Amethysta75text 1.8% wider · same x-height
- Sawarabi Mincho74text 1.6% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Sentient loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 120.1% of its size, so running text keeps Sentient’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Sentient Fallback';
src: local('Times New Roman');
size-adjust: 120.13%;
ascent-override: 79.91%;
descent-override: 26.64%;
line-gap-override: 6.66%;
}
font-family: 'Sentient', 'Sentient Fallback', serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Sentient
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Sentient free for commercial use?
Yes. Sentient is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Sentient?
FontKind doesn’t host Sentient’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Sentient in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Sentient 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 Sentient ExtraLight and Sentient Medium. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Sentient in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Sentient comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Sentient in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Sentient comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Sentient have?
Sentient comes in five weights: ExtraLight (200), Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Sentient?
Sentient was designed by Noopur Choksi.
What fonts are similar to Sentient?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Epistle (88), Donegal One (84) and Mattern (83), out of 100. Next to Sentient, Epistle is 7% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Sentient.