Display · Shantell Martin

Shantell Sans

Q: Is Shantell Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Shantell Sans 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

More axes (3)More axes (3)

BNCE0, default

INFM0, default

SPAC0, default

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

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Single Day

Shantell Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Single Day (72 out of 100) and Akaya Kanadaka (70). Single Day is 23% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter; Akaya Kanadaka is 18% narrower and 29% heavier, with an x-height 19% shorter.

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Ink shared with Shantell SansSingle Day…

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 Shantell Sans alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Weights

Shantell Sans in 6 weights

6 weights, 300–800, with italics · variable from 300 to 800

Variable weight, 300 to 800

300 Light, with its italic
400 Regular, with its italic
500 Medium, with its italic
600 Semibold, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic
800 Extra bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Shantell Sans, and can you use it?

Designer: Shantell Martin, Arrow Type, Anya Danilova
Kind: Display
Styles: 6 weights, 300–800, with italics
Variable axes: BNCE -100–100, INFM 0–100, SPAC 0–100, Weight 300–800
On Google Fonts since: 2023
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.

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

05 / Measurements

Shantell Sans, measured

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

Hxgp in Shantell Sans. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 50.3% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.9% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 54.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 60% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkLighter than 63% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Shantell Sans

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Shantell Sans →Compare side by side →Get Shantell Sans on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Shantell Sans without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Shantell Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 114.1% of its size, so running text keeps Shantell Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Shantell Sans Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 114.15%;
  ascent-override: 89.36%;
  descent-override: 28.03%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Shantell Sans', 'Shantell Sans Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Shantell Sans

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

Is Shantell Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Shantell Sans 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 Shantell Sans?

FontKind doesn’t host Shantell Sans’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 variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, 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 Shantell Sans in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Shantell Sans 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 Shantell Sans Light and Shantell Sans ExtraBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Shantell Sans in Google Docs?

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

Is Shantell Sans in Figma?

Yes: Shantell Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all six weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Shantell Sans have?

Shantell Sans comes in six weights, from Light (300) to ExtraBold (800), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 800, plus three axes of its own.

Who designed Shantell Sans?

Shantell Sans was designed by Shantell Martin, Arrow Type and Anya Danilova. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2023. Arrow Type also made Recursive.

What fonts are similar to Shantell Sans?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Single Day (72), Akaya Kanadaka (70) and Gluten (69), out of 100. Next to Shantell Sans, Single Day is 23% narrower, with an x-height 12% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Shantell Sans.