Sans serif · Deni Anggara

Utara

Q: Is Utara free for commercial use?

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

Q: How do I download and install Utara?

Utara 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/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.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Utara is a free sans serif by Deni Anggara, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Utara has an average x-height, is wider than 62% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with LCT-Ciburial →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of LCT-Ciburial

Utara on one light table with its two closest fonts, LCT-Ciburial (71 out of 100) and Carme (67). LCT-Ciburial is 8% heavier; Carme has nearly identical proportions.

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Ink shared with UtaraLCT-Ciburial…

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 Utara 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 / Weights

Utara in 5 weights

5 weights, 300–700

300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 Semibold
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Who made Utara, and can you use it?

Designer: Deni Anggara
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 5 weights, 300–700
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin
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.

Utara 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 Utara 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 Utara, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Utara under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Utara on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Utara, measured

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

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

x-height: 50.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 72.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.69lowercase against capitals
Width: 52.1% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 42%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.13 : 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 62% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 65% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Utara

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Utara without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Utara loads, this sets Arial in its place at 103.7% of its size, so running text keeps Utara’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Utara Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 103.67%;
  ascent-override: 96.46%;
  descent-override: 19.29%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Utara', 'Utara Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Utara

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

Is Utara free for commercial use?

Yes. Utara 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 Utara?

Utara 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/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 Utara in Google Docs?

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

Utara comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700).

Who designed Utara?

Utara was designed by Deni Anggara. Deni Anggara also made BDO Grotesk, LC Mogi, LCT-Ciburial and one more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Utara?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are LCT-Ciburial (71), Carme (67) and Syne (67), out of 100. Next to Utara, LCT-Ciburial is 8% heavier. See all 100 fonts like Utara.