Sans serif · Typofactur
Winky Sans
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CSSfont-family: 'Winky Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Winky Sans is a free sans serif by Typofactur, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Winky Sans has an average x-height, is narrower than 74% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 79%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Averia Gruesa Libre
Winky Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Averia Gruesa Libre (77 out of 100) and Averia Libre (75). Averia Gruesa Libre is 7% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 5% shorter; Averia Libre is 8% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter.
Winky Sans and Averia Gruesa Libre laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Winky SansAveria Gruesa Libre…
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 Winky 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
Winky Sans in 7 weights
7 weights, 300–900, with italics · variable from 300 to 900
Variable weight, 300 to 900
- 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 Winky Sans, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Typofactur
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 300–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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.
Winky 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
- Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Winky Sans, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Winky Sans under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Winky Sans, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.25 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 74% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 79% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 68% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Winky Sans
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Averia Gruesa Libre777% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% shorter
- Averia Libre758% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 4% shorter
- Kuenstler Grotesk73x-height 23% taller · 13% wider · 22% lighter
- Averia Sans Libre70x-height 4% shorter · 4% wider · 8% lighter
- Comic Mono6717% wider
- Port Lligat Sans65x-height 7% shorter · 11% lighter · 4% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Winky Sans →Compare side by side →Get Winky Sans on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Winky Sans without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Alkatra37text 0.8% narrower · x-height 2.8% shorter
- Signika36text 1.5% wider · x-height 0.5% shorter
- Signika Negative35text 1.3% wider · x-height 0.7% shorter
- Gochi Hand26same text width · x-height 2.9% shorter
- Cantora One24text 1.3% narrower · x-height 1.0% shorter
- Winky Rough24same text width · same x-height
Fallback while it loads
Until Winky Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95% of its size, so running text keeps Winky Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Winky Sans Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 94.99%;
ascent-override: 106.86%;
descent-override: 33.16%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Winky Sans', 'Winky Sans Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Winky Sans
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Winky Sans free for commercial use?
Yes. Winky 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 Winky Sans?
FontKind doesn’t host Winky 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 Winky Sans in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Winky 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 Winky Sans Light and Winky 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.
Is Winky Sans in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Winky Sans under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Winky Sans in Figma?
Yes: Winky Sans is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Winky Sans have?
Winky Sans comes in seven weights, from Light (300) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 900.
Who designed Winky Sans?
Winky Sans was designed by Typofactur. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2025. Typofactur also made Epunda Slab, Epunda Sans and Winky Rough.
What fonts are similar to Winky Sans?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Averia Gruesa Libre (77), Averia Libre (75) and Kuenstler Grotesk (73), out of 100. Next to Winky Sans, Averia Gruesa Libre is 7% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 5% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Winky Sans.