Cairo

sans-serif
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Use-case scenarios

Large Display

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Typography Scale

Heading 1 (48px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heading 2 (36px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heading 3 (24px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Body Text (16px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Good body type stays out of the way: even color, open counters, and spacing that holds up at 16 pixels on a phone or 12 on a dense dashboard.

Small Text (14px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Install Cairo

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cairo:wght@200..1000&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

Character Set

Uppercase

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Numbers & Symbols

0123456789 !@#$%^&*()_+-=[]{}|;':",./<>?

Works well with

Fonts that pair well with Cairo.

Similar & alternatives

Fonts with a similar feel to Cairo.

Font family

Cairo

Description

Variable font with Arabic and Latin support

Source

googleOpen Font License

Variable axes

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

font-variation-settings: 'slnt' 0, 'wght' 600;

Intermediate values interpolate when the browser loads the variable font file; otherwise the nearest static weight renders.

Use cases

DocumentationMobile AppsE-commerce

Stats

Popularity 78/100

Used by Arabic sites, Middle Eastern apps

Performance: standard

npm · @fontsource/cairo

Characteristics

Contrast
low
Aperture
open
x-Height
tall
Width
normal
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Paid alternatives

Cairo is an open-source alternative to:

  • Geeza Pro
  • Segoe UI Arabic