Sans serif · Justin Bihan
VG5000
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CSSfont-family: 'VG5000', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
VG5000 is a free sans serif by Justin Bihan, from Velvetyne. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, VG5000 has an average x-height, is of average width 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 Grotesk
VG5000 on one light table with its two closest fonts, Grotesk (67 out of 100) and Technor (65). Grotesk is 17% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 4% taller; Technor is 14% wider and 17% lighter.
VG5000 and Grotesk laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with VG5000Grotesk…
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 VG5000 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
VG5000 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 VG5000, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Justin Bihan
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- Velvetyne
- 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.
VG5000 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. Docs adds Google Fonts, and VG5000 comes from Velvetyne. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from Velvetyne 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 VG5000, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists VG5000 under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
VG5000, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.2% 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-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkDarker than 83% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to VG5000
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Grotesk6717% lighter · 7% wider · x-height 4% taller
- Technor6514% wider · 17% lighter
- DIN 1451-4H63Nearly identical proportions
- Asimovian61x-height 7% taller · 5% wider · more stroke contrast
- Inder60more stroke contrast · 14% lighter · 6% wider
- Anta597% wider
All 100 fonts similar to VG5000 →Compare side by side →Get VG5000 on Velvetyne
07 / Swap
Swap VG5000 without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- DIN 1451-4H63text 3.0% wider · same x-height
- LCT-Ciburial53text 2.0% wider · same x-height
- SUSE52text 0.8% narrower · x-height 3.8% shorter
- Liga Sans51text 1.4% narrower · same x-height
- Geom50text 2.8% wider · x-height 1.8% shorter
- Cal Sans48text 0.7% wider · x-height 4.0% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until VG5000 loads, this sets Arial in its place at 99.8% of its size, so running text keeps VG5000’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'VG5000 Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 99.84%;
ascent-override: 80.13%;
descent-override: 20.03%;
line-gap-override: 20.03%;
}
font-family: 'VG5000', 'VG5000 Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about VG5000
Answered from its licence, Velvetyne and each app’s own font list
Is VG5000 free for commercial use?
Yes. VG5000 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 VG5000?
VG5000 comes free from Velvetyne . On its repository there, download the files as a ZIP and unzip it: the fonts are in its fonts/webfonts 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 are FontKind’s own copy, kept with its licence file .
Is VG5000 in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and VG5000 comes from Velvetyne. 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 VG5000 have?
VG5000 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 VG5000?
VG5000 was designed by Justin Bihan.
What fonts are similar to VG5000?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Grotesk (67), Technor (65) and DIN 1451-4H (63), out of 100. Next to VG5000, Grotesk is 17% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 4% taller. See all 100 fonts like VG5000.