Sans serif · Niklas Ekholm
Valley Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Valley Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Valley Sans is a free sans serif by Niklas Ekholm and Lari Mörö, on Google Fonts since 2026. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Valley Sans has an average x-height, is wider than 80% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Amarna
Valley Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Amarna (92 out of 100) and Andika (87). Amarna is 10% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Andika is 6% narrower and 7% heavier, with an x-height 4% shorter.
Valley Sans and Amarna laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Valley SansAmarna…
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 Valley Sans 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
Valley Sans in 9 weights
9 weights, 100–900, with italics · variable from 100 to 900
Variable weight, 100 to 900
- 100 Thin, with its italic
- 200 Extra light, with its italic
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Valley Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Niklas Ekholm, Lari Mörö
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 9 weights, 100–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 100–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2026
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Valley Sans 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
- Not verified. Look under More fonts. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts 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 Valley Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Valley Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Valley Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 52.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 54.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 42%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.34 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 80% of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 82% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Valley Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Amarna9210% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Andika876% narrower · x-height 4% shorter · 7% heavier
- Farro82x-height 15% taller · less stroke contrast
- Faculty Glyphic82x-height 6% taller
- AR One Sans65Nearly identical proportions
- OpenDyslexic6544% wider · less stroke contrast · 18% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Valley Sans →Compare side by side →Get Valley Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Valley Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- AR One Sans65text 2.0% narrower · x-height 1.9% shorter
- M PLUS 253text 0.6% wider · same x-height
- Rag52text 1.2% wider · same x-height
- Momo Trust Sans49text 0.9% narrower · x-height 1.9% taller
- Mluvka47text 1.6% narrower · x-height 3.1% taller
- DM Sans47text 2.5% narrower · x-height 1.1% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Valley Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 109.7% of its size, so running text keeps Valley Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Valley Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 109.69%;
ascent-override: 87.52%;
descent-override: 21.88%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Valley Sans', 'Valley Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Valley Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Valley Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Valley Sans 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 Valley Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Valley Sans’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Valley Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Valley Sans isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Valley Sans Thin and Valley Sans Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
How many weights does Valley Sans have?
Valley Sans comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 100 to 900.
Who designed Valley Sans?
Valley Sans was designed by Niklas Ekholm and Lari Mörö. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2026. Niklas Ekholm also made Finlandica Headline and Finlandica Text.
What fonts are similar to Valley Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Amarna (92), Andika (87) and Farro (82), out of 100. Next to Valley Sans, Amarna is 10% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Valley Sans.