Serif · Jean-Marc Daecius

Siren and Sailor

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Siren and Sailor', serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Siren and Sailor is a free serif by Jean-Marc Daecius, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Siren and Sailor has an x-height taller than 68%, is narrower than 85% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 2.4 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Cantique

Siren and Sailor on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cantique (68 out of 100) and CAT Childs (67). Cantique is 31% wider and 59% heavier, with an x-height 12% shorter; CAT Childs is 108% heavier, with less stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with Siren and SailorCantique…

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 Siren and Sailor alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Sizes

Siren and Sailor 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 Siren and Sailor, and can you use it?

Designer: Jean-Marc Daecius
Kind: Serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin
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.

Siren and Sailor 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

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Siren and Sailor comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub 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 Siren and Sailor, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Siren and Sailor under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Siren and Sailor on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Siren and Sailor, measured

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

Hxgp in Siren and Sailor. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 74.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.68lowercase against capitals
Width: 45.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 20%letter box filled
Contrast: 2.37 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 68% of serifs
WidthNarrower than 85% of serifs
InkLighter than 99% of serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 65% of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Siren and Sailor

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Siren and Sailor →Compare side by side →Get Siren and Sailor on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Siren and Sailor without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Siren and Sailor loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 99.9% of its size, so running text keeps Siren and Sailor’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Siren and Sailor Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 99.88%;
  ascent-override: 102.28%;
  descent-override: 35.64%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Siren and Sailor', 'Siren and Sailor Fallback', serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Siren and Sailor

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

Is Siren and Sailor free for commercial use?

Yes. Siren and Sailor 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 Siren and Sailor?

Siren and Sailor comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf 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 Siren and Sailor in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Siren and Sailor comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. 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 Siren and Sailor have?

Siren and Sailor 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 Siren and Sailor?

Siren and Sailor was designed by Jean-Marc Daecius.

What fonts are similar to Siren and Sailor?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cantique (68), CAT Childs (67) and Germanica (55), out of 100. Next to Siren and Sailor, Cantique is 31% wider and 59% heavier, with an x-height 12% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Siren and Sailor.