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Snowburst One
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CSSfont-family: 'Snowburst One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Snowburst One is a free display font by Annet Stirling, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Snowburst One has an x-height taller than 90%, is wider than 73% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Life Savers
Snowburst One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Life Savers (75 out of 100) and Miltonian (64). Life Savers is 21% narrower and 38% heavier, with an x-height 38% shorter; Miltonian is 113% heavier and 3% narrower, with an x-height 40% shorter.
Snowburst One and Life Savers laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Snowburst OneLife Savers…
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 Snowburst One 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
Snowburst One 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 Snowburst One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Annet Stirling
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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 “Snowburst”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Snowburst One 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 Snowburst One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Snowburst One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Snowburst One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 70.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 87.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 21%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.24 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 90% of display faces
WidthWider than 73% of display faces
InkLighter than 95% of display faces
ContrastNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Snowburst One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Life Savers75x-height 38% shorter · 21% narrower · 38% heavier
- Miltonian64113% heavier · x-height 40% shorter · 3% narrower
- Tilt Prism63x-height 16% shorter · 14% heavier · 6% narrower
- Griffy6395% heavier · x-height 29% shorter · 26% narrower
- Risque62130% heavier · x-height 29% shorter · 21% narrower
- Oldenburg60116% heavier · x-height 29% shorter · 4% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Snowburst One →Compare side by side →Get Snowburst One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Snowburst One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Snowburst One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 128% of its size, so running text keeps Snowburst One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Snowburst One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 128.01%;
ascent-override: 81.40%;
descent-override: 17.32%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Snowburst One', 'Snowburst One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Snowburst One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Snowburst One free for commercial use?
Yes. Snowburst One 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 “Snowburst”.
How do I download and install Snowburst One?
FontKind doesn’t host Snowburst One’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 Snowburst One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Snowburst One 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 Snowburst One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Snowburst One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Snowburst One in Figma?
Yes: Snowburst One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Snowburst One have?
Snowburst One 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 Snowburst One?
Snowburst One was designed by Annet Stirling. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2012.
What fonts are similar to Snowburst One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Life Savers (75), Miltonian (64) and Tilt Prism (63), out of 100. Next to Snowburst One, Life Savers is 21% narrower and 38% heavier, with an x-height 38% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Snowburst One.