Sans serif · Cyreal
Wire One
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CSSfont-family: 'Wire One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Wire One is a free sans serif by Cyreal, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Wire One has an average x-height, is narrower than 99% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of Alumni Sans Pinstripe
Wire One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Alumni Sans Pinstripe (96 out of 100) and Dorsa (82). Alumni Sans Pinstripe is 26% wider and 36% lighter; Dorsa is 94% heavier and 28% narrower, with more stroke contrast.
Wire One and Alumni Sans Pinstripe laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Wire OneAlumni Sans Pinstripe…
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 Wire One 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
Wire One 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 Wire One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Cyreal
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Wire One 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 Wire One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Wire One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Wire One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 71.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 25.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 19%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
WidthNarrower than 99% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 99% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 89% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Wire One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Alumni Sans Pinstripe9626% wider · 36% lighter
- Dorsa8294% heavier · more stroke contrast · 28% narrower
- Gotho7938% wider · 14% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Ostrich Sans7542% wider · x-height 32% taller
- Zen Loop727% wider · x-height 6% shorter
- Rajdhani7074% wider · 45% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Wire One →Compare side by side →Get Wire One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Wire One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Wire One sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Wire One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 52.9% of its size, so running text keeps Wire One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Wire One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 52.92%;
ascent-override: 168.17%;
descent-override: 39.68%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Wire One', 'Wire One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Wire One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Wire One free for commercial use?
Yes. Wire One 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 Wire One?
FontKind doesn’t host Wire One’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Wire One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Wire One isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Wire One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Wire One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Wire One in Figma?
Yes: Wire One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Wire One have?
Wire One 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 Wire One?
Wire One was designed by Cyreal. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2011. Cyreal also made Nunito, Oswald, Mulish and 31 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Wire One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Alumni Sans Pinstripe (96), Dorsa (82) and Gotho (79), out of 100. Next to Wire One, Alumni Sans Pinstripe is 26% wider and 36% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Wire One.