Sans serif · Eben Sorkin
Spline Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Spline Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Spline Sans is a free sans serif by Eben Sorkin and Mirko Velimirović, on Google Fonts since 2021. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Spline Sans has an x-height taller than 82%, is wider than 62% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Roboto
Spline Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Roboto (81 out of 100) and Hedvig Letters Sans (79). Roboto is 4% narrower, with an x-height 3% shorter; Hedvig Letters Sans has an x-height 5% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Spline Sans and Roboto laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Spline SansRoboto…
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 Spline 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
Spline Sans in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–700 · variable from 300 to 700
Variable weight, 300 to 700
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Spline Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Eben Sorkin, Mirko Velimirović
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–700
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2021
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Spline 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 Spline Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Spline Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Spline Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 43%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 82% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 62% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Spline Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Spline Sans's own familySpline Sans Mono
- Roboto814% narrower · x-height 3% shorter
- Hedvig Letters Sans79x-height 5% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Cossette Texte78x-height 10% taller · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower
- Miedinger757% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
- Kecal75x-height 7% shorter · 4% narrower
- Radio Canada Big7513% heavier · 3% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Spline Sans →Compare side by side →Get Spline Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Spline Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Roboto81text 2.0% narrower · x-height 3.1% shorter
- Hedvig Letters Sans79same text width · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Radio Canada Big75text 1.6% narrower · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Plainsound75text 0.7% narrower · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Aileron74text 1.6% narrower · x-height 2.9% shorter
- Miranda Sans73text 1.8% wider · x-height 4.7% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Spline Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 102.6% of its size, so running text keeps Spline Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Spline Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 102.60%;
ascent-override: 93.91%;
descent-override: 23.05%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Spline Sans', 'Spline Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Spline Sans
Of the 1,200 home pages that load Spline 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
- Inter9.4%113 sites · 0.9× chance
- Roboto8.5%102 sites · 0.4× chance
- Outfit7.8%94 sites · 7× chance
- EB Garamond7%84 sites · 16× chance
- Montserrat4.8%58 sites · 0.4× chance
- Open Sans4.8%58 sites · 0.3× chance
More than chanceEB Garamond 16×Outfit 7×
Pair checkerSpline 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 Spline Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Spline Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Spline 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 Spline Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Spline 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 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 Spline Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Spline 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 Spline Sans Light and Spline Sans SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Spline Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Spline Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Spline Sans in Figma?
Yes: Spline Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all five weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Spline Sans have?
Spline Sans comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 700.
Who designed Spline Sans?
Spline Sans was designed by Eben Sorkin and Mirko Velimirović. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2021. Eben Sorkin also made Black Ops One, Agbalumo, Alata and seven more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Spline Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Roboto (81), Hedvig Letters Sans (79) and Cossette Texte (78), out of 100. Next to Spline Sans, Roboto is 4% narrower, with an x-height 3% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Spline Sans Mono. See all 100 fonts like Spline Sans.