- Heading
- Ubuntu Sans
- Body text
- Roboto Slab
- A serif with a sans serif: clear contrast of structure
- The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
- A shared mood: calm, friendly
- The body font is made for reading
Ubuntu Sans
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
About the font
Ubuntu Sans is a free font by Dalton Maag, David Jonathan Ross, Dual Type, released under the Ubuntu Font License 1.0 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 466 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 52% of the em and the capital height is 69%.
Ubuntu Sans is a sans-serif font by Dalton Maag, David Jonathan Ross and Dual Type. It supports Latin and Cyrillic scripts, including Kazakh, which means it has every extra Cyrillic letter that language needs. The font is a variable font with 32 styles covering weights from 100 to 800 and contains 1856 glyphs. It is free to use under the Ubuntu Font License 1.0.
Author
Dalton Maag, David Jonathan Ross, Dual Type
License terms
Ubuntu Font License 1.0
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
1856
Character and uses
- Mood
- friendly
- calm
- Design
- humanist
Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.
Supported languages
Ubuntu Sans has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 466 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.
- English
- Russian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- German
- French
- Turkish
- Kazakh
- Swahili
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Italian
- Filipino
- Polish
- Oromo
- Sundanese
- Dutch
- Ukrainian
- Cebuano
- Kurdish
- Malagasy
- Romanian
- Nyanja
- Somali
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- Zulu
- Czech
- Swedish
- Hungarian
- Greek
- Shona
- Low German
- Quechua
- Kinyarwanda
- Wolof
- Congo Swahili
- Turkmen
- Iloko
- Xhosa
- Belarusian
- Luba-Lulua
- Afrikaans
- Hiligaynon
- Kikuyu
- Haitian Creole
- Tajik
- Kanuri
- Catalan
- Kimbundu
- Serbian(Latin)
- Minangkabau
- Swiss German
- Bulgarian
- Rundi
- Serbian(Cyrillic)
- Danish
- Wolaytta
- Albanian
- Croatian
- Slovak
- Southern Sotho
- Tswana
- Luyia
- Finnish
- Ganda
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bemba
- Northern Sotho
- Luo
- Tok Pisin
- Sukuma
- Tsonga
- Balinese
- Uzbek
- Norwegian
- Kamba
- Kalenjin
- Banjar
- Makhuwa
- Bosnian(Cyrillic)
- Bosnian(Latin)
- Sidamo
- Acehnese
- Galician
- Tiv
- Bikol
- Waray
- Mongolian
- Sango
- Kyrgyz
- Aymara
- Nyankole
- Hmong
- Jamaican Creole English
- Gusii
- Pampanga
- Beja
- Batak Toba
- Lithuanian
- Chiga
- Soga
- Swati
- Tumbuka
- Meru
- Afar
- Occitan
- Chadian Arabic
- Tatar
- Slovenian
- Bashkir
…and 357 more languages that are not listed here.
Special characters
Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.
- Kazakhstani Tenge — Included
- Russian Ruble — Included
- Euro — Included
- Turkish Lira — Not included
- Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
- Indian Rupee — Included
- British Pound — Included
- Japanese Yen — Included
- US Dollar — Included
- Yo (Ё ё) — Included
- Numero sign — Included
- Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
- En and em dashes — Included
- Ellipsis — Included
- Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
- Arrows — Not included
- Math signs — Included
Characteristics
- Mapped characters
- 1178
- x-height
- 52% of the em
- Capital height
- 69% of the em
- Version
- 1.006
- Embedding in documents
- Allowed
OpenType features
Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.
- Standard ligatures
liga - Kerning
kern - Small capitals
smcp - Capitals to small capitals
c2sc - Old-style figures
onum - Lining figures
lnum - Proportional figures
pnum - Tabular figures
tnum - Fractions
frac - Case-sensitive forms
case - Superscript
sups - Subscript
subs - Ordinals
ordn - Stylistic alternates
salt - Stylistic sets (1)
License at a glance
A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.
Ubuntu Font License 1.0
- Commercial projects
- Allowed
- Embedding on a website
- Allowed
- Modifying the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Sharing the font
- Allowed, with conditions
- Credit and notices
- Keep the notices when you share the font
- Selling the font on its own
- Not allowed
The Ubuntu Font License asks that modified versions stay under the same license and that the font is not sold by itself, only as part of a larger package.
Read the license textHow to install
Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.
Windows
- Unzip the archive.
- Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
- Restart your program.
macOS
- Unzip the archive.
- Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
- Click Install Font in the window that opens.
Linux
- Unzip the archive.
- Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
- Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
Facts and sources
- Where the font comes from
- fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu+Sans
- Designer’s page
- daltonmaag.com
- Language data
- Google Fonts Languages
- Page last updated
FAQ
Is the Ubuntu Sans font free to use?
Yes. Ubuntu Sans is distributed under the Ubuntu Font License 1.0 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.
Does Ubuntu Sans support Cyrillic?
Yes, Ubuntu Sans includes Cyrillic glyphs.
How many languages does Ubuntu Sans support?
Ubuntu Sans covers 466 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.
Is Ubuntu Sans a variable font?
Yes. Ubuntu Sans is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.
How do I install Ubuntu Sans?
Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.
Who created Ubuntu Sans?
Ubuntu Sans was created by Dalton Maag, David Jonathan Ross, Dual Type.
What is Ubuntu Sans good for?
Judging by its design, Ubuntu Sans suits: interfaces, body text, headings, magazines and editorial.
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