Fustat vs Google Sans
Their letters differ in shape and width even though overall text length is similar, so lines may break in different places.
| Fustat | Google Sans | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sans serif | Sans serif |
| Weights | ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold | Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold |
| Italics | No | Yes |
| Variable font | Yes | Yes |
| Average lowercase width | 504.7 | 508.5 |
| Digits | proportional | proportional |
| Character sets | 3 | 25 |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Weights both families offer: Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold.
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Questions people ask
+Is Google Sans a good replacement for Fustat?
Their letters differ in shape and width even though overall text length is similar, so lines may break in different places. Their mean width difference is 29.2 units per 1000 em (similar widths).
+Which is wider, Fustat or Google Sans?
Google Sans is wider, by about 1% in lowercase text.
+Do both support the same languages?
Both cover Latin, Central European. Only Fustat has Arabic. Only Google Sans has Armenian, Bengali, Canadian Aboriginal, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Devanagari, Ethiopic, Georgian, Greek, Greek Extended, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Hebrew, Khmer, Lao, Malayalam, Odia, Sinhala, Symbols, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Vietnamese.
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