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Public Sans

sans-serif
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Use-case scenarios

Large Display

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Typography Scale

Heading 1 (48px)

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Heading 2 (36px)

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Heading 3 (24px)

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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 Public Sans

Get on Google FontsDownload files
<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=Public+Sans:wght@100..900&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

Character Set

Uppercase

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Lowercase

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Numbers & Symbols

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

Works well with

Fonts that pair well with Public Sans.

Similar & alternatives

Fonts with a similar feel to Public Sans.

Font family

Public Sans

Description

Strong, neutral typeface for government and corporate use

Source

googleOpen Font License

Variable axes

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

font-variation-settings: 'wght' 500;

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

Use cases

CorporateDocumentationE-commerce

Stats

Popularity 84/100

Used by U.S. Government, GOV.UK

Performance: standard

npm · @fontsource/public-sans

Characteristics

Contrast
low
Aperture
open
x-Height
tall
Width
normal
neutralaccessibleobjective

Paid alternatives

Public Sans is an open-source alternative to:

  • Helvetica
  • Franklin Gothic