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Victorianna

Case
72 px
Weight200 Extra lightThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Victorianna', sans-serif; font-weight: 200; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Victorianna is a free display font by Sébastien Hayez, from Velvetyne. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Victorianna has an x-height shorter than 75%, is narrower than 64% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Grandiflora One

Victorianna on one light table with its two closest fonts, Grandiflora One (89 out of 100) and Nixie One (83). Grandiflora One has an x-height 17% shorter; Nixie One is 45% heavier and 19% wider.

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Victorianna and Grandiflora One laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with VictoriannaGrandiflora One…

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 Victorianna alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 200

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

03 / Styles

Victorianna, upright and italic

1 weight (200), with italics

  • 200 Extra light, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Victorianna, and can you use it?

Designer
Sébastien Hayez
Kind
Display
Styles
1 weight (200), with italics
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.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Victorianna on Velvetyne

05 / Measurements

Victorianna, measured

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

Hxgp in Victorianna. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
48.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
78.8% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.62lowercase against capitals
Width
47.7% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
13%letter box filled
Contrast
1.01 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightSmaller than 75% of display faces

  • WidthNarrower than 64% of display faces

  • InkLighter than 97% of display faces

  • ContrastMore even than 80% of display faces

07 / Swap

Swap Victorianna without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Victorianna loads, this sets Arial in its place at 93.1% of its size, so running text keeps Victorianna’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Victorianna Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 93.13%;
  ascent-override: 85.88%;
  descent-override: 21.50%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Victorianna

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

Is Victorianna free for commercial use?

Yes. Victorianna 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 Victorianna?

Victorianna comes free from Velvetyne . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/VictoriannaThint_Web 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 Victorianna in Google Docs?

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

Victorianna comes in one weight, ExtraLight (200), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Victorianna?

Victorianna was designed by Sébastien Hayez. Sébastien Hayez also made Cantique.

What fonts are similar to Victorianna?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Grandiflora One (89), Nixie One (83) and Kalnia Glaze (73), out of 100. Next to Victorianna, Grandiflora One has an x-height 17% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Victorianna.