Open Sans brings a clean, modern feel to sans serif type. Designers reach for a face like this for websites, branding, logos, and social media. It covers 3 styles and 1150 glyphs and adapts to web and print. The embedded copyright and licence metadata credits Monotype Design Team as the designer or project author. It is released under the SIL Open Font License, so it is free to use in personal and commercial work. The license file is included with the download.
Based on its sans serif style, Open Sans works well for:
Open Sans is listed as a free download. Always review the included licence before using it, especially for commercial projects.
Only if its license permits commercial use. Check the license details on this page before using Open Sans for logos, products or advertising. If the terms are unclear, choose a font with explicit commercial rights.
Open Sans is a sans serif font, which makes it a natural fit for websites, branding, logos and similar work. Use the live preview above to test it with your own text.
See the character map above for the glyphs included. Open Sans lists 1150 glyphs across 3 styles. Not every font includes every language or symbol, so check the map before using it for specific characters.
Download the font, unzip it if needed, then install the .ttf or .otf file. The step by step guide below covers Windows, macOS and Linux, with mobile guides in the Help Center.
Tested combinations that read well next to Open Sans.