Sans serif · Charles Forman

Wonder Unit Sans

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Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Wonder Unit Sans', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Wonder Unit Sans is a free sans serif by Charles Forman, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Wonder Unit Sans has an x-height shorter than 80%, is narrower than 62% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 87%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Manrope

Wonder Unit Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Manrope (77 out of 100) and Strichpunkt Sans (77). Manrope is 7% wider and 8% heavier, with an x-height 12% taller; Strichpunkt Sans is 5% wider, with an x-height 6% taller.

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Ink shared with Wonder Unit SansManrope…

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 Wonder Unit 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.

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03 / Weights

Wonder Unit Sans in 8 weights

8 weights, 250–900, with italics

250, with its italic
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 Wonder Unit Sans, and can you use it?

Designer: Charles Forman
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 8 weights, 250–900, with italics
From: GitHub
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.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Wonder Unit Sans on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Wonder Unit Sans, measured

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

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

x-height: 48.3% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 66.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.72lowercase against capitals
Width: 48.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 35%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.18 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 80% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 62% of sans serifs
InkLighter than 87% of sans serifs
ContrastNear the middle of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Wonder Unit Sans

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Wonder Unit Sans →Compare side by side →Get Wonder Unit Sans on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap Wonder Unit Sans without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Wonder Unit Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 98.9% of its size, so running text keeps Wonder Unit Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Wonder Unit Sans Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 98.95%;
  ascent-override: 79.84%;
  descent-override: 21.22%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Wonder Unit Sans', 'Wonder Unit Sans Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Wonder Unit Sans

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

Is Wonder Unit Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Wonder Unit 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 Wonder Unit Sans?

Wonder Unit Sans 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 fonts 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 Wonder Unit Sans in Google Docs?

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

Wonder Unit Sans comes in eight weights, from 250 to Black (900), each with an italic.

Who designed Wonder Unit Sans?

Wonder Unit Sans was designed by Charles Forman. Charles Forman also made THICCCBOI.

What fonts are similar to Wonder Unit Sans?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Manrope (77), Strichpunkt Sans (77) and Phlatt Grotesk (76), out of 100. Next to Wonder Unit Sans, Manrope is 7% wider and 8% heavier, with an x-height 12% taller. See all 100 fonts like Wonder Unit Sans.