Display · Jules Durand
Sinistre
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CSSfont-family: 'Sinistre', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Sinistre is a free display font by Jules Durand, from Collletttivo. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Sinistre has an x-height shorter than 62%, is narrower than 64% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 89%. Its thickest strokes are 3.0 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Cinzel Decorative
Sinistre on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cinzel Decorative (69 out of 100) and Cinzel (62). Cinzel Decorative is 44% wider and 31% lighter, with an x-height 40% taller; Cinzel is 35% wider and 22% lighter, with an x-height 20% taller.
Sinistre and Cinzel Decorative laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SinistreCinzel Decorative…
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 Sinistre 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 / Weights
Sinistre in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Sinistre, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Jules Durand
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700
- From
- Collletttivo
- 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.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Sinistre 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
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Sinistre comes from Collletttivo. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Collletttivo first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Sinistre, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Sinistre under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Sinistre, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.69lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 30%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.96 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 64% of display faces
InkLighter than 89% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 88% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Sinistre
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Cinzel Decorative6944% wider · x-height 40% taller · 31% lighter
- Cinzel6235% wider · x-height 20% taller · 22% lighter
- Viaoda Libre58more stroke contrast · 11% narrower · x-height 7% shorter
- Modern Antiqua5818% wider · 32% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Anticva58x-height 58% taller · 52% wider · 16% lighter
- Forum57x-height 16% shorter · less stroke contrast · 14% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Sinistre →Compare side by side →Get Sinistre on Collletttivo
07 / Swap
Swap Sinistre without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Boska39text 1.4% narrower · x-height 3.0% shorter
- Siren and Sailor32text 2.0% narrower · same x-height
- Almendra Display31same text width · x-height 1.0% taller
- Victorianna30text 0.8% wider · x-height 2.4% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Sinistre loads, this sets Arial in its place at 92.4% of its size, so running text keeps Sinistre’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Sinistre Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 92.41%;
ascent-override: 115.68%;
descent-override: 37.87%;
line-gap-override: 8.66%;
}
font-family: 'Sinistre', 'Sinistre Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Sinistre
Answered from its licence, Collletttivo and each app’s own font list
Is Sinistre free for commercial use?
Yes. Sinistre 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 Sinistre?
Sinistre comes free from Collletttivo . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Sinistre in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Sinistre comes from Collletttivo. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Sinistre have?
Sinistre comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Sinistre?
Sinistre was designed by Jules Durand.
What fonts are similar to Sinistre?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cinzel Decorative (69), Cinzel (62) and Viaoda Libre (58), out of 100. Next to Sinistre, Cinzel Decorative is 44% wider and 31% lighter, with an x-height 40% taller. See all 100 fonts like Sinistre.