Sans serif · Keita Imatomi

VIVITA

Q: Is VIVITA free for commercial use?

Yes. VIVITA is under the Apache License 2.0, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.

Q: How do I download and install VIVITA?

VIVITA 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 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: 'VIVITA', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

VIVITA is a free sans serif by Keita Imatomi, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, VIVITA has an x-height shorter than 88%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Nova Gothic

VIVITA on one light table with its two closest fonts, Nova Gothic (84 out of 100) and Outfit (82). Nova Gothic is 7% lighter and 3% wider, with an x-height 7% taller; Outfit is 12% heavier and 3% narrower.

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Ink shared with VIVITANova Gothic…

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 VIVITA 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

VIVITA in 4 weights

4 weights, 300–700

300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Who made VIVITA, and can you use it?

Designer: Keita Imatomi
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 4 weights, 300–700
From: GitHub
Character sets: latin
Licence: Apache License 2.0

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes. Mark the files you changed.
Sharing the files: Yes. With its notices, even for a fee.

VIVITA is under the Apache License 2.0. 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 VIVITA 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 VIVITA, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists VIVITA under System. Fonts for Cricut →

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get VIVITA on GitHub

05 / Measurements

VIVITA, measured

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

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

x-height: 46.7% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.67lowercase against capitals
Width: 51.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 43%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.01 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 88% of sans serifs
WidthNear the middle of sans serifs
InkNear the middle of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 88% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to VIVITA

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap VIVITA without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until VIVITA loads, this sets Arial in its place at 115.4% of its size, so running text keeps VIVITA’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'VIVITA Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 115.45%;
  ascent-override: 86.62%;
  descent-override: 17.32%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about VIVITA

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

Is VIVITA free for commercial use?

Yes. VIVITA is under the Apache License 2.0 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.

How do I download and install VIVITA?

VIVITA 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 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 VIVITA in Google Docs?

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

VIVITA comes in four weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500) and Bold (700).

Who designed VIVITA?

VIVITA was designed by Keita Imatomi.

What fonts are similar to VIVITA?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Nova Gothic (84), Outfit (82) and Jost (79), out of 100. Next to VIVITA, Nova Gothic is 7% lighter and 3% wider, with an x-height 7% taller. See all 100 fonts like VIVITA.