Sans serif · Jonas Schneider

Urlaub Grotesk

Q: Is Urlaub Grotesk free for commercial use?

Yes. Urlaub Grotesk is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Urlaub Grotesk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Urlaub Grotesk is a free sans serif by Jonas Schneider, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Urlaub Grotesk has an average x-height, is wider than 73% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Kecal

Urlaub Grotesk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Kecal (79 out of 100) and Be Vietnam Pro (76). Kecal is 6% narrower and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Be Vietnam Pro is 4% wider, with an x-height 4% taller.

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Ink shared with Urlaub GroteskKecal…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Urlaub Grotesk 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.

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03 / Sizes

Urlaub Grotesk 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 Urlaub Grotesk, and can you use it?

Designer: Jonas Schneider
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
From: GitHub
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.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Urlaub Grotesk is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Urlaub Grotesk 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 Urlaub Grotesk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Urlaub Grotesk under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Urlaub Grotesk on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Urlaub Grotesk, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Urlaub Grotesk. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 51.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 74.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.69lowercase against capitals
Width: 53.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 41%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 73% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 70% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Urlaub Grotesk

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Urlaub Grotesk →Compare side by side →Get Urlaub Grotesk on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Urlaub Grotesk without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Urlaub Grotesk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 113.4% of its size, so running text keeps Urlaub Grotesk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Urlaub Grotesk Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 113.36%;
  ascent-override: 66.16%;
  descent-override: 22.05%;
  line-gap-override: 8.82%;
}

font-family: 'Urlaub Grotesk', 'Urlaub Grotesk Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Urlaub Grotesk

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is Urlaub Grotesk free for commercial use?

Yes. Urlaub Grotesk is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install Urlaub Grotesk?

Urlaub Grotesk 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 fonts 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 Urlaub Grotesk in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Urlaub Grotesk 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 Urlaub Grotesk have?

Urlaub Grotesk 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 Urlaub Grotesk?

Urlaub Grotesk was designed by Jonas Schneider.

What fonts are similar to Urlaub Grotesk?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Kecal (79), Be Vietnam Pro (76) and Inter (76), out of 100. Next to Urlaub Grotesk, Kecal is 6% narrower and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Urlaub Grotesk.