Sans serif · John Hudson

Skeena Indigenous

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Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Skeena Indigenous is a free sans serif by John Hudson and Paul Hanslow, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Skeena Indigenous has an x-height shorter than 89%, is narrower than 73% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.5 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Mukta

Skeena Indigenous on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mukta (85 out of 100) and Average Sans (84). Mukta has less stroke contrast; Average Sans is 7% heavier and 3% narrower.

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Ink shared with Skeena IndigenousMukta…

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 Skeena Indigenous alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Weights

Skeena Indigenous in 2 weights

2 weights, 400–900, with italics

400 Regular, with its italic
900 Black, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Skeena Indigenous, and can you use it?

Designer: John Hudson, Paul Hanslow
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 2 weights, 400–900, with italics
From: GitHub
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, under another name. Not as “Skeena”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Skeena Indigenous 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 Skeena Indigenous 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 Skeena Indigenous, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Skeena Indigenous under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Skeena Indigenous on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Skeena Indigenous, measured

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

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

x-height: 46.2% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 64.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.72lowercase against capitals
Width: 46.6% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 43%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.54 : 1moderate stroke contrast

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Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 89% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 73% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 92% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Skeena Indigenous

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Skeena Indigenous →Compare side by side →Get Skeena Indigenous on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Skeena Indigenous without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Skeena Indigenous loads, this sets Arial in its place at 94.2% of its size, so running text keeps Skeena Indigenous’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Skeena Indigenous Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 94.20%;
  ascent-override: 97.97%;
  descent-override: 39.91%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Skeena Indigenous', 'Skeena Indigenous Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Skeena Indigenous

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

Is Skeena Indigenous free for commercial use?

Yes. Skeena Indigenous 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 “Skeena”.

How do I download and install Skeena Indigenous?

Skeena Indigenous 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 source 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 Skeena Indigenous in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Skeena Indigenous 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 Skeena Indigenous have?

Skeena Indigenous comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Black (900), each with an italic.

Who designed Skeena Indigenous?

Skeena Indigenous was designed by John Hudson and Paul Hanslow. John Hudson also made Slabo 13px, STIX Two Text, Slabo 27px and two more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Skeena Indigenous?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mukta (85), Average Sans (84) and Paysage (83), out of 100. Next to Skeena Indigenous, Mukta has less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Skeena Indigenous.