Display · Aleksandr Andreev
Shafarik
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CSSfont-family: 'Shafarik', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Shafarik is a free display font by Aleksandr Andreev, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Shafarik has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 69% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 61%. Its thickest strokes are 3.0 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Radley
Shafarik on one light table with its two closest fonts, Radley (71 out of 100) and Lancelot (70). Radley is 8% wider; Lancelot is 12% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 10% shorter.
Shafarik and Radley laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with ShafarikRadley…
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 Shafarik 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
Shafarik 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 Shafarik, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Aleksandr Andreev
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, glagolitic, 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.
Shafarik 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 Shafarik, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Shafarik under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Shafarik, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 43.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.67lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 3.00 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 91% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 69% of display faces
InkLighter than 61% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 89% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Shafarik
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Radley718% wider
- Lancelot7012% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 10% shorter
- Castoro Titling67x-height 60% taller · 51% wider · 49% lighter
- Bona Nova SC65less stroke contrast · 6% wider · 8% lighter
- Linden Hill63x-height 10% shorter · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower
- Bona Nova62less stroke contrast · 6% wider · 8% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Shafarik →Compare side by side →Get Shafarik on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Shafarik without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Joan61text 2.3% narrower · x-height 4.1% taller
- Buenard59text 1.4% narrower · x-height 3.4% shorter
- Cardo57text 0.6% wider · same x-height
- Forum53text 2.3% narrower · x-height 4.1% shorter
- Gentium Book Plus52text 0.7% wider · x-height 3.7% taller
- Ibarra Real Nova51text 1.2% narrower · x-height 2.7% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Shafarik loads, this sets Arial in its place at 94.7% of its size, so running text keeps Shafarik’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Shafarik Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 94.74%;
ascent-override: 114.00%;
descent-override: 48.77%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Shafarik', 'Shafarik Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Shafarik
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Shafarik free for commercial use?
Yes. Shafarik 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 Shafarik?
FontKind doesn’t host Shafarik’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 Shafarik in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Shafarik 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 Shafarik in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Shafarik under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Shafarik in Figma?
Yes: Shafarik is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Shafarik have?
Shafarik 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 Shafarik?
Shafarik was designed by Aleksandr Andreev. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2025. Aleksandr Andreev also made Monomakh.
What fonts are similar to Shafarik?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Radley (71), Lancelot (70) and Castoro Titling (67), out of 100. Next to Shafarik, Radley is 8% wider. See all 100 fonts like Shafarik.