Sans serif · GGBotNet
Unitblock
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CSSfont-family: 'Unitblock', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Unitblock is a free sans serif by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Unitblock has an x-height taller than 68%, is narrower than 89% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 83%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Gemunu Libre
Unitblock on one light table with its two closest fonts, Gemunu Libre (81 out of 100) and New Amsterdam (80). Gemunu Libre is 9% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter and more stroke contrast; New Amsterdam is 6% narrower and 12% heavier, with an x-height 24% taller.
Unitblock and Gemunu Libre laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with UnitblockGemunu Libre…
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 Unitblock 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
Unitblock 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 Unitblock, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- CC0 1.0, public domain
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.
Unitblock is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. 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 Unitblock comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Unitblock, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Unitblock under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Unitblock, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.75lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 41.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 51%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 68% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 89% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 83% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Unitblock
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Gemunu Libre81x-height 7% shorter · more stroke contrast · 9% lighter
- New Amsterdam80x-height 24% taller · 6% narrower · 12% heavier
- Gulax74x-height 11% shorter · 11% wider
- Geo68x-height 16% shorter · 9% wider · 15% lighter
- Covid196740% wider · x-height 17% taller · 14% heavier
- Kdam Thmor Pro6624% wider · x-height 17% taller · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Unitblock →Compare side by side →Get Unitblock on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Unitblock without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Jockey One57text 2.2% narrower · x-height 2.7% shorter
- Monomaniac One44same text width · x-height 1.4% shorter
- Stick No Bills41text 1.2% narrower · x-height 2.4% taller
- Changa Condensed39same text width · x-height 0.9% taller
- Kenia36text 1.3% narrower · x-height 3.3% shorter
- Mohave26text 0.9% narrower · x-height 3.3% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Unitblock loads, this sets Arial in its place at 86% of its size, so running text keeps Unitblock’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Unitblock Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 86.03%;
ascent-override: 108.58%;
descent-override: 23.78%;
line-gap-override: 1.36%;
}
font-family: 'Unitblock', 'Unitblock Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Unitblock
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Unitblock free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Unitblock is in the public domain, under CC0 1.0 . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.
How do I download and install Unitblock?
Unitblock comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its Unitblock/TrueType (.ttf) folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is Unitblock in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Unitblock comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does Unitblock have?
Unitblock 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 Unitblock?
Unitblock was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Alpha Prota, Blaec, Crayon Libre and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Unitblock?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Gemunu Libre (81), New Amsterdam (80) and Gulax (74), out of 100. Next to Unitblock, Gemunu Libre is 9% lighter, with an x-height 7% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Unitblock.