Sans serif · Thatcher Ulrich
Tuffy
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CSSfont-family: 'Tuffy', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Tuffy is a free sans serif by Thatcher Ulrich, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Tuffy has an x-height taller than 65%, is narrower than 76% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 68%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of Reddit Sans Condensed
Tuffy on one light table with its two closest fonts, Reddit Sans Condensed (84 out of 100) and Gothic A1 (77). Reddit Sans Condensed is 12% heavier; Gothic A1 is 9% wider.
Tuffy and Reddit Sans Condensed laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with TuffyReddit Sans Condensed…
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 Tuffy 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
Tuffy in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Tuffy, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Thatcher Ulrich
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700, with italics
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, phoenician
- 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 “Tuffy”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Tuffy 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 Tuffy, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Tuffy under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Tuffy, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.14 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 65% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 76% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 68% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 61% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Tuffy
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Reddit Sans Condensed8412% heavier
- Gothic A1779% wider
- Haskoy766% wider · x-height 5% shorter
- Gidole753% wider · 6% lighter
- Overpass7510% wider
- Livvic7310% wider · x-height 5% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Tuffy →Compare side by side →Get Tuffy on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Tuffy without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Gidole75text 2.5% wider · x-height 0.8% taller
- Special Gothic70same text width · x-height 3.8% shorter
- TikTok Sans70text 0.9% wider · x-height 2.5% shorter
- Inter Tight68text 1.7% wider · x-height 4.2% taller
- Pontano Sans65text 0.8% narrower · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Miedinger65text 2.4% wider · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Tuffy loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.3% of its size, so running text keeps Tuffy’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Tuffy Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.30%;
ascent-override: 119.90%;
descent-override: 35.71%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Tuffy', 'Tuffy Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Tuffy
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Tuffy free for commercial use?
Yes. Tuffy 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 “Tuffy”.
How do I download and install Tuffy?
FontKind doesn’t host Tuffy’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds four 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 Tuffy in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Tuffy 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 Tuffy in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Tuffy under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Tuffy in Figma?
Yes: Tuffy is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Tuffy have?
Tuffy comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.
Who designed Tuffy?
Tuffy was designed by Thatcher Ulrich. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2025.
What fonts are similar to Tuffy?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Reddit Sans Condensed (84), Gothic A1 (77) and Haskoy (76), out of 100. Next to Tuffy, Reddit Sans Condensed is 12% heavier. See all 100 fonts like Tuffy.