Saira Stencil vs Sansation
Sansation is about 2% narrower than Saira Stencil in lowercase text, so a paragraph set in one will break lines differently in the other.
Handgloves 2026
Handgloves 2026
| Saira Stencil | Sansation | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Display | Sans serif |
| Weights | Thin, ExtraLight, Light, Regular, Medium, SemiBold, Bold, ExtraBold, Black | Light, Regular, Bold |
| Italics | Yes | Yes |
| Variable font | Yes | No |
| Average lowercase width | 526.5 | 514.1 |
| Digits | proportional | proportional |
| Character sets | 3 | 4 |
| Licence | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
Weights both families offer: Light, Regular, Bold.
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Questions people ask
+Is Sansation a good replacement for Saira Stencil?
Sansation is about 2% narrower than Saira Stencil in lowercase text, so a paragraph set in one will break lines differently in the other. Their mean width difference is 36.8 units per 1000 em (loosely similar widths).
+Which is wider, Saira Stencil or Sansation?
Saira Stencil is wider, by about 2% in lowercase text.
+Do both support the same languages?
Both cover Latin, Central European. Only Saira Stencil has Vietnamese. Only Sansation has Cyrillic, Greek.
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