Sans serif · Julia Petretta
Text Me One
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CSSfont-family: 'Text Me One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Text Me One is a free sans serif by Julia Petretta, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Text Me One has an average x-height, is narrower than 78% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Jura
Text Me One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Jura (93 out of 100) and Dosis (88). Jura is 16% wider, with an x-height 5% shorter; Dosis is 36% heavier and 6% narrower, with an x-height 4% shorter.
Text Me One and Jura laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Text Me OneJura…
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 Text Me One 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 / Sizes
Text Me One 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 Text Me One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Julia Petretta
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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, under another name. Not as “Text Me”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Text Me One 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 Text Me One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Text Me One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Text Me One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 45.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 27%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 78% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 97% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Text Me One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Jura9316% wider · x-height 5% shorter
- Dosis8836% heavier · 6% narrower · x-height 4% shorter
- Zen Kurenaido85x-height 16% shorter · 14% heavier · 5% narrower
- Pilcrow Rounded7832% heavier · x-height 7% taller · 4% narrower
- Belgika77x-height 60% taller · 53% wider · 41% lighter
- Rajdhani76Nearly identical proportions
All 100 fonts similar to Text Me One →Compare side by side →Get Text Me One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Text Me One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Zen Maru Gothic68text 1.3% narrower · x-height 4.2% shorter
- Gayathri57text 1.3% narrower · x-height 2.3% shorter
- K2D53text 1.9% wider · x-height 1.8% taller
- Nunito50text 0.9% wider · x-height 1.3% shorter
- Mandali48text 1.0% wider · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Istok Web46text 0.9% wider · x-height 2.5% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Text Me One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 101% of its size, so running text keeps Text Me One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Text Me One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 100.99%;
ascent-override: 94.27%;
descent-override: 26.64%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Text Me One', 'Text Me One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Text Me One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Text Me One free for commercial use?
Yes. Text Me One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Text Me”.
How do I download and install Text Me One?
FontKind doesn’t host Text Me One’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Text Me One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Text Me One 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, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Text Me One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Text Me One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Text Me One in Figma?
Yes: Text Me One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Text Me One have?
Text Me One 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 Text Me One?
Text Me One was designed by Julia Petretta. It has been on Google Fonts since October 2012. Julia Petretta also made Kreon, Kenia, Lily Script One and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Text Me One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Jura (93), Dosis (88) and Zen Kurenaido (85), out of 100. Next to Text Me One, Jura is 16% wider, with an x-height 5% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Text Me One.