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Sofia Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Sofia Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Sofia Sans is a free sans serif by Lettersoup, Botio Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova, on Google Fonts since 2021. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Sofia Sans has an x-height shorter than 77%, is narrower than 62% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 62%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Barlow
Sofia Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Barlow (77 out of 100) and Barlow Semi Condensed (74). Barlow is 17% lighter, with an x-height 4% taller; Barlow Semi Condensed is 11% narrower and 11% lighter, with an x-height 4% taller.
Sofia Sans and Barlow laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Sofia SansBarlow…
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 Sofia Sans 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
Sofia Sans in 11 weights
11 weights, 1–1000, with italics · variable from 1 to 1000
Variable weight, 1 to 1000
- 1, with its italic
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
- 1000, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Sofia Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Lettersoup, Botio Nikoltchev, Ani Petrova
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 11 weights, 1–1000, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 1–1000
- On Google Fonts since
- 2021
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Sofia Sans 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 Sofia Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Sofia Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Sofia Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 77% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 62% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 62% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 63% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Sofia Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Sofia Sans's own familySofia Sans Semi CondensedSofia Sans CondensedSofia Sans Extra CondensedSofia
- Barlow7717% lighter · x-height 4% taller
- Barlow Semi Condensed7411% narrower · 11% lighter · x-height 4% taller
- Recursive6816% wider · x-height 9% taller
- Anek Latin66Nearly identical proportions
- Ropa Sans6512% narrower
- Miriam Libre61x-height 16% taller · 12% wider · 18% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Sofia Sans →Compare side by side →Get Sofia Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Sofia Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Barlow77same text width · x-height 3.7% taller
- Anek Latin66text 2.1% narrower · same x-height
- Inria Sans59same text width · x-height 1.4% taller
- Signika Negative57text 1.3% narrower · x-height 2.8% taller
- Boon57text 2.9% wider · x-height 2.5% taller
- Arya56text 1.7% narrower · x-height 1.6% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Sofia Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.5% of its size, so running text keeps Sofia Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Sofia Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 97.47%;
ascent-override: 92.34%;
descent-override: 30.78%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Sofia Sans', 'Sofia Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Sofia Sans
Of the 3,076 home pages that load Sofia Sans, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.
Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026
- Roboto9.9%306 sites · 0.5× chance
- Sofia Sans Semi Condensed8.1%249 sites · 744× chanceSofia Sans’s own family
- Sofia Sans Condensed7.9%243 sites · 472× chanceSofia Sans’s own family
- Inter6.6%203 sites · 0.6× chance
- Open Sans4.9%150 sites · 0.3× chance
- Poppins4.8%147 sites · 0.4× chance
More than chanceSofia Sans Semi Condensed 744×Sofia Sans Condensed 472×Sofia Sans Extra Condensed 192×
Fonts that go with Sofia Sans: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerSofia Sans + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other09 / Questions
Questions about Sofia Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Sofia Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Sofia Sans 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 Sofia Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Sofia Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Sofia Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Sofia Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Sofia Sans Thin and Sofia Sans Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Sofia Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Sofia Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Sofia Sans in Figma?
Yes: Sofia Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all eleven weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Sofia Sans have?
Sofia Sans comes in eleven weights, from 1 to 1000, each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 1 to 1000.
Who designed Sofia Sans?
Sofia Sans was designed by Lettersoup, Botio Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2021. Ani Petrova also made Pacifico.
What fonts are similar to Sofia Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Barlow (77), Barlow Semi Condensed (74) and Recursive (68), out of 100. Next to Sofia Sans, Barlow is 17% lighter, with an x-height 4% taller. Its own family, listed apart, adds Sofia Sans Semi Condensed, Sofia Sans Condensed, Sofia Sans Extra Condensed and one more. See all 100 fonts like Sofia Sans.