Sans serif · Tyler Finck
Sono
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CSSfont-family: 'Sono', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Sono is a free sans serif by Tyler Finck, on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Sono has an x-height shorter than 81%, is wider than 92% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 86%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Maple Mono
Sono on one light table with its two closest fonts, Maple Mono (83 out of 100) and Mononoki (71). Maple Mono is 7% heavier, with an x-height 16% taller and less stroke contrast; Mononoki is 9% narrower and 8% heavier, with less stroke contrast.
Sono and Maple Mono laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SonoMaple Mono…
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 Sono 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
Sono in 7 weights
7 weights, 200–800 · variable from 200 to 800
Variable weight, 200 to 800
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
04 / Facts
Who made Sono, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Tyler Finck
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 200–800
- Variable axes
- MONO 0–1, Weight 200–800
- On Google Fonts since
- 2022
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Sono 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 Sono, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Sono under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Sono, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 62.4% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.77lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 61.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 35%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.32 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 81% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 92% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 86% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 80% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Sono
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Maple Mono83x-height 16% taller · less stroke contrast · 7% heavier
- Mononoki719% narrower · less stroke contrast · 8% heavier
- Nanum Gothic Coding7019% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · 7% heavier
- Kosugi Maru6219% narrower · x-height 11% taller · 15% heavier
- Baloo 25921% narrower · 14% heavier
- National Park5720% narrower · x-height 9% taller · 16% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Sono →Compare side by side →Get Sono on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Sono without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Necto Mono23text 1.5% narrower · x-height 2.6% shorter
- Intel One Mono23text 0.8% narrower · x-height 3.6% shorter
- Photonico Code22text 0.5% narrower · x-height 2.0% taller
- Atkinson Hyperlegible Mono17text 2.1% wider · x-height 2.8% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Sono loads, this sets Arial in its place at 138.6% of its size, so running text keeps Sono’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Sono Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 138.57%;
ascent-override: 65.81%;
descent-override: 20.78%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Sono', 'Sono Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Sono
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Sono free for commercial use?
Yes. Sono 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 Sono?
FontKind doesn’t host Sono’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, 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 Sono in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Sono 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 Sono ExtraLight and Sono ExtraBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Sono in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Sono under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Sono in Figma?
Yes: Sono is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Sono have?
Sono comes in seven weights, from ExtraLight (200) to ExtraBold (800). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 200 to 800, plus one axis of its own.
Who designed Sono?
Sono was designed by Tyler Finck. It has been on Google Fonts since July 2022. Tyler Finck also made League Gothic, Epilogue, League Spartan and nine more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Sono?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Maple Mono (83), Mononoki (71) and Nanum Gothic Coding (70), out of 100. Next to Sono, Maple Mono is 7% heavier, with an x-height 16% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Sono.