Sans serif · Vernon Adams
Six Caps
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CSSfont-family: 'Six Caps', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Six Caps is a free sans serif by Vernon Adams, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Six Caps has an x-height taller than 99%, is narrower than 100% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 80%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Dorsa
Six Caps on one light table with its two closest fonts, Dorsa (88 out of 100) and Pramukh Rounded (76). Dorsa is 18% narrower, with an x-height 33% shorter and more stroke contrast; Pramukh Rounded is 7% wider, with an x-height 24% shorter.
Six Caps and Dorsa laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Six CapsDorsa…
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 Six Caps 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
Six Caps 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 Six Caps, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Vernon Adams
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes, under another name. Not as “Six Caps” or “SixCaps”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Six Caps 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 Six Caps, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Six Caps under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Six Caps, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 75.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 84.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.89lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 22.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 49%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.32 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 100% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 80% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 80% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Six Caps
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Dorsa88x-height 33% shorter · more stroke contrast · 18% narrower
- Pramukh Rounded76x-height 24% shorter · 7% wider
- New Title75x-height 23% shorter · 5% wider
- Le Murmure6728% wider · x-height 11% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Antonio6283% wider
- League Gothic6131% wider · x-height 27% shorter · 38% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Six Caps →Compare side by side →Get Six Caps on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Six Caps without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Six Caps sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Six Caps loads, this sets Arial in its place at 45.3% of its size, so running text keeps Six Caps’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Six Caps Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 45.31%;
ascent-override: 243.88%;
descent-override: 46.55%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Six Caps', 'Six Caps Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Six Caps
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Six Caps free for commercial use?
Yes. Six Caps is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Six Caps” or “SixCaps”.
How do I download and install Six Caps?
FontKind doesn’t host Six Caps’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 Six Caps in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Six Caps 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 Six Caps in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Six Caps under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Six Caps in Figma?
Yes: Six Caps is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Six Caps have?
Six Caps 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 Six Caps?
Six Caps was designed by Vernon Adams. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2011. Vernon Adams also made Bangers, Nunito, Oswald and 53 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Six Caps?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Dorsa (88), Pramukh Rounded (76) and New Title (75), out of 100. Next to Six Caps, Dorsa is 18% narrower, with an x-height 33% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Six Caps.