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Solitus

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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

Solitus is a free sans serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Solitus has an x-height shorter than 97%, is narrower than 84% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Fundamental

Solitus on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fundamental (79 out of 100) and Optician Sans (78). Fundamental is 18% lighter and 8% narrower, with an x-height 13% taller; Optician Sans is 37% wider and 39% lighter, with an x-height 26% taller.

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Solitus and Fundamental laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with SolitusFundamental…

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 Solitus 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

Solitus 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

Can you use Solitus?

Designer
Not listed
Kind
Sans 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.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Solitus on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Solitus, measured

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

Hxgp in Solitus. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
39.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
61.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.64lowercase against capitals
Width
44.0% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
66%letter box filled
Contrast
1.05 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 97% of sans serifs

  • WidthNarrower than 84% of sans serifs

  • InkDarker than 96% of sans serifs

  • ContrastMore even than 83% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Solitus

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Solitus without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Solitus loads, this sets Arial in its place at 91% of its size, so running text keeps Solitus’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Solitus Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 91.02%;
  ascent-override: 93.61%;
  descent-override: 24.25%;
  line-gap-override: 9.87%;
}

font-family: 'Solitus', 'Solitus Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Solitus

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

Is Solitus free for commercial use?

Yes. Solitus 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 Solitus?

Solitus comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file. 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 Solitus in Google Docs?

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

Solitus comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to Solitus?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fundamental (79), Optician Sans (78) and Zerove (78), out of 100. Next to Solitus, Fundamental is 18% lighter and 8% narrower, with an x-height 13% taller. See all 100 fonts like Solitus.