Sans serif · GGBotNet
Unsightly
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CSSfont-family: 'Unsightly', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Unsightly is a free sans serif by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Unsightly has an x-height taller than 99%, is wider than 98% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Runic Sans
Unsightly on one light table with its two closest fonts, Runic Sans (76 out of 100) and Covid19 (64). Runic Sans is 23% narrower and 13% lighter, with an x-height 9% taller; Covid19 is 30% narrower and 41% heavier, with an x-height 17% shorter.
Unsightly and Runic Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with UnsightlyRunic Sans…
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 Unsightly 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
Unsightly 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 Unsightly, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin
- 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.
Unsightly 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 Unsightly 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 Unsightly, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Unsightly under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Unsightly, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 73.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 85.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.86lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 83.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.16 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 99% of sans serifs
WidthWider than 98% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Unsightly
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Runic Sans7623% narrower · x-height 9% taller · 13% lighter
- Covid196430% narrower · 41% heavier · x-height 17% shorter
- Stick6440% narrower · x-height 29% shorter · 9% heavier
- Borges61x-height 25% shorter · 47% heavier · 19% wider
- Delta Block5439% narrower · 51% heavier · x-height 15% shorter
- ZCOOL KuaiLe5436% narrower · x-height 23% shorter · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Unsightly →Compare side by side →Get Unsightly on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Unsightly without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Unsightly loads, this sets Arial in its place at 169.1% of its size, so running text keeps Unsightly’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Unsightly Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 169.13%;
ascent-override: 66.00%;
descent-override: 11.03%;
line-gap-override: 5.31%;
}
font-family: 'Unsightly', 'Unsightly Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Unsightly
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Unsightly free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Unsightly 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 Unsightly?
Unsightly 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 Unsightly/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 Unsightly in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Unsightly 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 Unsightly have?
Unsightly 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 Unsightly?
Unsightly was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Alpha Prota, Blaec, Crayon Libre and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Unsightly?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Runic Sans (76), Covid19 (64) and Stick (64), out of 100. Next to Unsightly, Runic Sans is 23% narrower and 13% lighter, with an x-height 9% taller. See all 100 fonts like Unsightly.