Sans serif · Boutros Fonts
Tajawal
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CSSfont-family: 'Tajawal', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Tajawal is a free sans serif by Boutros Fonts, Mourad Boutros and Soulaf Khalifeh, on Google Fonts since 2018. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Tajawal has an x-height shorter than 91%, is narrower than 72% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 87%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Author
Tajawal on one light table with its two closest fonts, Author (81 out of 100) and Quattrocento Sans (79). Author is 6% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Quattrocento Sans is 5% wider and 6% heavier.
Tajawal and Author laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with TajawalAuthor…
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 Tajawal 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
Tajawal in 7 weights
7 weights, 200–900
- 200 Extra light
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 700 Bold
- 800 Extra bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Tajawal, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Boutros Fonts, Mourad Boutros, Soulaf Khalifeh
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 200–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2018
- Character sets
- arabic, latin
- 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.
Tajawal 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 Tajawal, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Tajawal under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Tajawal, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 45.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 63.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.8% 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 91% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 72% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 87% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 80% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Tajawal
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Author816% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Quattrocento Sans795% wider · 6% heavier
- Source Sans 37718% heavier · x-height 7% taller
- Kedebideri77x-height 10% taller · 3% wider
- Mukta7727% heavier · x-height 4% taller
- Varta77x-height 7% taller · 11% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Tajawal →Compare side by side →Get Tajawal on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Tajawal without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Quattrocento Sans79text 2.5% wider · x-height 1.3% taller
- Mukta77same text width · x-height 3.5% taller
- Skeena Indigenous75text 1.5% narrower · x-height 1.7% taller
- Molengo73text 0.5% narrower · x-height 0.9% taller
- CMU Bright73text 1.2% wider · x-height 4.0% taller
- Average Sans72text 2.9% narrower · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Tajawal loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.6% of its size, so running text keeps Tajawal’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Tajawal Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.59%;
ascent-override: 67.27%;
descent-override: 37.35%;
line-gap-override: 20.92%;
}
font-family: 'Tajawal', 'Tajawal Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Tajawal
Of the 8,605 home pages that load Tajawal, 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
- Roboto9.8%844 sites · 0.5× chance
- Google Sans4.7%406 sites · 1.8× chance
- Poppins3.9%335 sites · 0.4× chance
- Open Sans3.8%323 sites · 0.2× chance
- Montserrat2.8%241 sites · 0.2× chance
- Inter2.6%228 sites · 0.3× chance
Not all of Roboto with Google Sans is design: Google’s maps and other widgets load Roboto and Google Sans into the pages they sit on.
More than chanceChanga 36×Almarai 22×Amiri 17×
Fonts that go with Tajawal: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerTajawal + 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 Tajawal
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Tajawal free for commercial use?
Yes. Tajawal 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 Tajawal?
FontKind doesn’t host Tajawal’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds seven font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Tajawal in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Tajawal 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 Tajawal ExtraLight and Tajawal 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 Tajawal in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Tajawal under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Tajawal in Figma?
Yes: Tajawal 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 Tajawal have?
Tajawal comes in seven weights, from ExtraLight (200) to Black (900).
Who designed Tajawal?
Tajawal was designed by Boutros Fonts, Mourad Boutros and Soulaf Khalifeh. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2018. Boutros Fonts also made Almarai, Zain and Beiruti.
What fonts are similar to Tajawal?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Author (81), Quattrocento Sans (79) and Source Sans 3 (77), out of 100. Next to Tajawal, Author is 6% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Tajawal.