Sans serif · Koto
Stack Sans Headline
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CSSfont-family: 'Stack Sans Headline', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Stack Sans Headline is a free sans serif by Koto, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Stack Sans Headline has an x-height taller than 86%, is wider than 70% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 86%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Host Grotesk
Stack Sans Headline on one light table with its two closest fonts, Host Grotesk (76 out of 100) and BDO Grotesk (74). Host Grotesk is 15% lighter, with an x-height 11% shorter; BDO Grotesk is 15% lighter and 4% wider.
Stack Sans Headline and Host Grotesk laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Stack Sans HeadlineHost Grotesk…
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 Stack Sans Headline 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
Stack Sans Headline in 6 weights
6 weights, 200–700 · variable from 200 to 700
Variable weight, 200 to 700
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 600 Semibold
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Stack Sans Headline, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Koto
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 6 weights, 200–700
- Variable axes
- Weight 200–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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.
Stack Sans Headline 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 Stack Sans Headline, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Stack Sans Headline under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Stack Sans Headline, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 56.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 53.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 52%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 86% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 70% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 86% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 63% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Stack Sans Headline
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Stack Sans Headline's own familyStack Sans TextStack Sans Notch
- Host Grotesk76x-height 11% shorter · 15% lighter
- BDO Grotesk7415% lighter · 4% wider
- Radio Canada Big74x-height 5% shorter · 5% narrower · 7% lighter
- Be Vietnam Pro7319% lighter · x-height 5% shorter · 5% wider
- Zalando Sans SemiExpanded7220% lighter · x-height 8% shorter · 6% wider
- Liga Sans71x-height 11% shorter · 11% heavier · 5% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Stack Sans Headline →Compare side by side →Get Stack Sans Headline on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Stack Sans Headline without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Micro Grotesk66text 2.4% wider · same x-height
- Spline Sans64text 2.4% narrower · x-height 2.6% shorter
- Inter63text 2.3% wider · x-height 2.5% shorter
- Sawarabi Gothic61text 2.0% narrower · x-height 3.9% shorter
- Mluvka60text 2.8% wider · x-height 4.3% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Stack Sans Headline loads, this sets Arial in its place at 105.1% of its size, so running text keeps Stack Sans Headline’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Stack Sans Headline Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 105.10%;
ascent-override: 95.14%;
descent-override: 28.54%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Stack Sans Headline', 'Stack Sans Headline Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Stack Sans Headline
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Stack Sans Headline free for commercial use?
Yes. Stack Sans Headline 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 Stack Sans Headline?
FontKind doesn’t host Stack Sans Headline’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 Stack Sans Headline in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Stack Sans Headline 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 Stack Sans Headline ExtraLight and Stack Sans Headline 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 Stack Sans Headline in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Stack Sans Headline under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Stack Sans Headline in Figma?
Yes: Stack Sans Headline is in Figma’s font menu with all six weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Stack Sans Headline have?
Stack Sans Headline comes in six weights, from ExtraLight (200) to Bold (700). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 200 to 700.
Who designed Stack Sans Headline?
Stack Sans Headline was designed by Koto. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2025.
What fonts are similar to Stack Sans Headline?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Host Grotesk (76), BDO Grotesk (74) and Radio Canada Big (74), out of 100. Next to Stack Sans Headline, Host Grotesk is 15% lighter, with an x-height 11% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Stack Sans Text and Stack Sans Notch. See all 100 fonts like Stack Sans Headline.