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Nunito Sans

Nunito Sans’s YTLC axis (YTLC) appears in only one other family. It has four variable axes; 18 other families in the library have as many or more.

Outlines drawn from the NunitoSans file at weight 400. The dashed line is the median x-height of the sans serifs.

Measure, per 1,000 em	Nunito Sans	Median of 732 sans serifs
Ascender (top of d)	705	740
Cap height (top of H)	705	702
x-height (top of x)	486	519
Descender (foot of p)	−180	−213
x-height ÷ cap height	0.69	0.70
Average lowercase width	508	522
Ink coverage, a–z	39.1%	40.2%

Where it sitsEvery sans serif family is a dot

X-height across the 716 sans serifs with ascenders

294672

Just below: Source Sans 3, Mada; just above: Exo 2, Sofia Sans Condensed

Average lowercase width across the 732 sans serifs

1831,319

Just below: Merge One, Savate; just above: Livvic, Fira Sans; level with: Nunito

Weights and styles

One variable file per style covers every weight from 200 to 1000, with a matching italic; eight of the nine standard steps fall inside that range.

Axis	Tag	Range	In the library
Optical size	opsz	6 to 12	29 families
Width	wdth	75 to 125	99 families
Weight	wght	200 to 1000	545 families
YTLC	YTLC	440 to 540	axis page

Scripts5 subsets · families sharing each

Inside the file

In the measured file: 1,104 glyphs and 939 mapped Unicode characters; 20 OpenType feature tags.

Declared features: old-style figures, fractions, superscripts, subscripts, ordinals, standard ligatures, discretionary ligatures, contextual alternates, case-sensitive forms and two stylistic sets.

Measured neighboursClosest in proportion; differences per 1,000 em

Nunitotaller x-height, same width Mandalishorter x-height, narrower Metrophobictaller x-height, wider Figtreetaller x-height, same width Wix Madefor Texttaller x-height, wider Bai Jamjureetaller x-height, wider

Outside the sans serif class

LXGW WenKai Mono TCshorter x-height, narrower Redaction 70taller x-height, narrower Share Tech Monotaller x-height, wider

Rank every family against Nunito Sans

Same designer

Vernon Adams is credited on 57 other families in the library, from Nobile (2010) to Anton SC (2024); the closest of them in x-height and width is Nunito. Jacques Le Bailly is credited on 15 other families in the library, from Pacifico (2011) to Montserrat Underline (2024); the closest of them in x-height and width is Nunito. Manvel Shmavonyan is also credited on Marmelad.