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Zarathustra

Q: Is Zarathustra free for commercial use?

Yes. Zarathustra is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Zarathustra”.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Zarathustra is a free serif, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 354 serifs on FontKind, Zarathustra has an x-height taller than 68%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 1.8 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Roboto Serif

Zarathustra on one light table with its two closest fonts, Roboto Serif (76 out of 100) and Sawarabi Mincho (76). Roboto Serif is 10% wider and 12% lighter; Sawarabi Mincho is 6% wider and 12% lighter, with more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with ZarathustraRoboto Serif…

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 Zarathustra 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 / Sizes

Zarathustra 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

Can you use Zarathustra?

Designer: Not listed
Kind: Serif
Styles: 1 weight (400)
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, under another name. Not as “Zarathustra”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

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

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

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Zarathustra on GitHub

05 / Measurements

Zarathustra, measured

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

Hxgp in Zarathustra. 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: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.72lowercase against capitals
Width: 50.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 48%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.77 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among serifs

Ranked against all 354 serifs on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 68% of serifs
WidthNear the middle of serifs
InkDarker than 84% of serifs
ContrastMore even than 65% of serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Zarathustra

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Zarathustra without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Zarathustra loads, this sets Times New Roman in its place at 114.6% of its size, so running text keeps Zarathustra’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Zarathustra Fallback';
  src: local('Times New Roman');
  size-adjust: 114.62%;
  ascent-override: 81.14%;
  descent-override: 25.30%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Zarathustra', 'Zarathustra Fallback', serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Zarathustra

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

Is Zarathustra free for commercial use?

Yes. Zarathustra is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Zarathustra”.

How do I download and install Zarathustra?

Zarathustra 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 ZAR_font 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 Zarathustra in Google Docs?

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

Zarathustra comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

What fonts are similar to Zarathustra?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Roboto Serif (76), Sawarabi Mincho (76) and Basteleur (74), out of 100. Next to Zarathustra, Roboto Serif is 10% wider and 12% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Zarathustra.