Sans serif · Vernon Adams
Seymour One
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CSSfont-family: 'Seymour One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Seymour One is a free sans serif by Vernon Adams, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Seymour One has an average x-height, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.9 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Goiters
Seymour One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Goiters (82 out of 100) and Mochiy Pop One (79). Goiters is 26% lighter, with an x-height 43% taller and less stroke contrast; Mochiy Pop One is 21% narrower, with an x-height 12% taller and less stroke contrast.
Seymour One and Goiters laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Seymour OneGoiters…
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 Seymour One 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
Seymour One 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 Seymour One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Vernon Adams
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- Character sets
- cyrillic, 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.
Seymour One 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 Seymour One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Seymour One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Seymour One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 83.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 71%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.92 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 98% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 97% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 95% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Seymour One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Goiters82x-height 43% taller · 26% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Mochiy Pop One7921% narrower · x-height 12% taller · less stroke contrast
- RocknRoll One6832% narrower · 28% lighter · x-height 12% taller
- Carter One6833% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 7% taller
- Bowlby One SC66x-height 32% taller · 19% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Bowlby One6516% narrower · x-height 15% taller · 19% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Seymour One →Compare side by side →Get Seymour One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Seymour One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Seymour One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 162.1% of its size, so running text keeps Seymour One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Seymour One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 162.10%;
ascent-override: 60.70%;
descent-override: 16.84%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Seymour One', 'Seymour One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Seymour One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Seymour One free for commercial use?
Yes. Seymour One 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 Seymour One?
FontKind doesn’t host Seymour One’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Seymour One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Seymour One 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 Seymour One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Seymour One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Seymour One in Figma?
Yes: Seymour One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Seymour One have?
Seymour One 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 Seymour One?
Seymour One was designed by Vernon Adams. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Vernon Adams also made Bangers, Nunito, Oswald and 53 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Seymour One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Goiters (82), Mochiy Pop One (79) and RocknRoll One (68), out of 100. Next to Seymour One, Goiters is 26% lighter, with an x-height 43% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Seymour One.