Sans serif · Marco Mahone

Zamero Sans

Q: Is Zamero Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Zamero Sans is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

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Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Zamero Sans is a free sans serif by Marco Mahone, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Zamero Sans has an average x-height, is wider than 71% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 80%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Allerta

Zamero Sans on one light table with its two closest fonts, Allerta (78 out of 100) and Menbere (77). Allerta is 10% wider, with an x-height 10% taller and more stroke contrast; Menbere is 9% lighter, with an x-height 14% taller.

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Ink shared with Zamero SansAllerta…

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 Zamero 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

Zamero Sans in 9 weights

9 weights, 100–900

100 Thin
200 Extra light
300 Light
400 Regular
500 Medium
600 Semibold
700 Bold
800 Extra bold
900 Black

04 / Facts

Who made Zamero Sans, and can you use it?

Designer: Marco Mahone
Kind: Sans serif
Styles: 9 weights, 100–900
From: GitHub
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.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Zamero Sans on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Zamero Sans, measured

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

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

x-height: 50.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 73.1% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.69lowercase against capitals
Width: 53.3% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 49%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.12 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthWider than 71% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 80% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 66% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Zamero Sans

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Zamero Sans without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Zamero Sans loads, this sets Arial in its place at 107.4% of its size, so running text keeps Zamero Sans’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Zamero Sans Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 107.37%;
  ascent-override: 122.20%;
  descent-override: 33.34%;
  line-gap-override: 8.38%;
}

font-family: 'Zamero Sans', 'Zamero Sans Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Zamero Sans

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

Is Zamero Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Zamero 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 Zamero Sans?

Zamero 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 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 Zamero Sans in Google Docs?

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

Zamero Sans comes in nine weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900).

Who designed Zamero Sans?

Zamero Sans was designed by Marco Mahone. Marco Mahone also made Rally Display.

What fonts are similar to Zamero Sans?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Allerta (78), Menbere (77) and Argentum Sans (76), out of 100. Next to Zamero Sans, Allerta is 10% wider, with an x-height 10% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Zamero Sans.