Sans serif · Ruosi Huang
Tanker
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CSSfont-family: 'Tanker', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Tanker is a free sans serif by Ruosi Huang, from Fontshare. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Tanker has an x-height taller than 99%, is narrower than 82% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 93%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Denk One
Tanker on one light table with its two closest fonts, Denk One (93 out of 100) and Norwester (88). Denk One is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 22% shorter; Norwester is 16% wider and 14% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter.
Tanker and Denk One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with TankerDenk One…
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 Tanker 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Tanker 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
Who made Tanker, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ruosi Huang
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Tanker is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Tanker comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Tanker comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Tanker, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Tanker under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Tanker, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 75.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.00lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 61%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.01 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 82% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 93% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 87% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Tanker
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Denk One93more stroke contrast · x-height 22% shorter · 10% wider
- Norwester8816% wider · 14% lighter · x-height 7% shorter
- Chau Philomene One79x-height 32% shorter · more stroke contrast · 6% heavier
- Concert One73x-height 35% shorter · more stroke contrast · 7% wider
- Monomaniac One73x-height 31% shorter · 5% narrower
- Madimi One69x-height 32% shorter · 15% wider · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Tanker →Compare side by side →Get Tanker on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Tanker without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Tanker loads, this sets Arial in its place at 86.9% of its size, so running text keeps Tanker’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Tanker Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 86.86%;
ascent-override: 115.13%;
descent-override: 29.93%;
line-gap-override: 10.36%;
}
font-family: 'Tanker', 'Tanker Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Tanker
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Tanker free for commercial use?
Yes. Tanker is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Tanker?
FontKind doesn’t host Tanker’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Tanker in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Tanker isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Tanker in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Tanker comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Tanker in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Tanker comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Tanker have?
Tanker comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Tanker?
Tanker was designed by Ruosi Huang. Ruosi Huang also made Boxing.
What fonts are similar to Tanker?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Denk One (93), Norwester (88) and Chau Philomene One (79), out of 100. Next to Tanker, Denk One is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 22% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Tanker.