Nunito

Name: Nunito
Author: Vernon Adams

Sans Serif rounded-sans by Vernon Adams #15 on Google Fonts

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About Nunito

Vernon Adams designed this rounded sans-serif around terminals with a gentle curve, giving it a friendly, approachable warmth that feels neither childish nor overly casual. The balanced proportions and open apertures maintain strong legibility across body text sizes, while the rounded stroke endings communicate softness — popular in education apps, healthcare interfaces, and consumer products. A variable weight axis spans ExtraLight through Black with Cyrillic and Vietnamese coverage.

Design Analysis

Nunito is a balanced sans-serif with rounded terminals that soften its otherwise geometric structure. The rounded endings appear across all weights, from Light to Black, lending a consistently friendly and approachable character. Its generous x-height and open counters ensure readability despite the decorative terminal treatment.

Recommended Use Cases

Fits naturally in education platforms, children's content, and casual brand identities where warmth is essential. Also works well for mobile interfaces and cards, though for dense body text consider the non-rounded Nunito Sans variant.

Character Map

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NnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
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Weight Waterfall (9)

200 ExtraLight

300 Light

400 Regular

500 Medium

600 SemiBold

700 Bold

800 ExtraBold

900 Black

1000 1000

Best Pairings

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Nunito + Nunito Sans 7/10

Heading in Nunito

Body text in Nunito Sans. Nunito's rounded terminals make warm, friendly headlines, while Nunito Sans maintains the same proportions in a crisper sans form for …

How to Use

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito:wght@1000;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Nunito:wght@1000;200;300;500;600;700;800;900;400&display=swap');

font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;

brew install --cask font-nunito

Details

Category: Sans Serif
Style: rounded-sans
Weights: 9
Italic: ✓
Korean: ✗
Designer: Vernon Adams
License: OFL
Version
Popularity: #15
Downloads: 204

License Usage

Web use	Allowed
Print	Allowed
Video / Broadcast	Allowed
Packaging	Allowed
App embedding	Allowed
Brand / Logo	Allowed
Modification	Allowed

OFL — Free for personal & commercial use

Language Support

cyrillic cyrillic-ext latin latin-ext vietnamese

Best For

body_text web_apps ui_elements mobile_apps

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Typography Concepts

Font Weight
The thickness of character strokes, typically ranging from 100 (Thin) to 900 (Black). Regular is 400, Bold is 700.
Typographic Color
The overall visual density or texture of a block of text on a page — affected by font weight, size, line-height, and letter-spacing.
Letter Spacing
The CSS property for adjusting spacing between all characters. Positive values spread letters apart; negative values bring them closer.
font-display
A CSS descriptor that controls how a web font is displayed during loading. Values: auto, block, swap, fallback, optional.
CLS (Font-related)
Cumulative Layout Shift caused by font loading — text reflows when web font replaces fallback due to different metrics. A Core Web Vital issue.