Presentation fonts. 11 free picks big and even enough to read across a room.
Plus Jakarta Sans, Noto Sans and Manrope lead 11 presentation fonts with an x-height of at least 0.53 em, letters at least 0.5 em wide, stroke contrast no higher than 1.5 and a bold of 700 or more.
Plus Jakarta Sans
Sans for the slides · letters 0.54 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.1
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x-height 0.54 em · 7 weights · 7 italics
Noto Sans
Sans for the slides · letters 0.53 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.2
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x-height 0.54 em · 9 weights · 9 italics
Manrope
Sans for the slides · letters 0.52 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.1
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x-height 0.54 em · 7 weights · no italics
Geist
Sans for the slides · letters 0.53 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.1
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x-height 0.53 em · 9 weights · 9 italics
Sora
Sans for the slides · letters 0.58 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.1
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x-height 0.53 em · 8 weights · no italics
Be Vietnam Pro
Sans for the slides · letters 0.56 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.2
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x-height 0.53 em · 9 weights · 9 italics
Libre Franklin
Sans for the slides · letters 0.53 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.4
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x-height 0.53 em · 9 weights · 9 italics
Unbounded
Sans for the slides · letters 0.69 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.3
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x-height 0.57 em · 8 weights · no italics
Hepta Slab
Serif for the titles · letters 0.63 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.1
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x-height 0.53 em · 10 weights · no italics
Glegoo
Serif for the titles · letters 0.57 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.2
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x-height 0.57 em · 2 weights · no italics
Coustard
Serif for the titles · letters 0.58 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.4
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x-height 0.53 em · 2 weights · no italics
The list holds 8 sans serifs and 3 serifs.
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Plus Jakarta Sans
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Why Plus Jakarta Sans fits presentations: x-height 0.54 em, lowercase 72% of the capital height, no display style, letters 0.54 em wide on average, stroke contrast 1.1, weights up to 800, and 7 italics.
Print for presentations: handouts and the deck as a PDF.
Commercial for presentations: a deck for a client or a paid talk.
- ✓Commercial
- OFL 1.1
Sans serifs for slides
Plus Jakarta Sans, Noto Sans and Manrope are the most used of the 8 sans serifs that pass the measured presentation rules.
Serifs for slide titles
Hepta Slab, Glegoo and Coustard keep contrast at 1.5 or lower. Test their title strokes on your actual projector or presentation screen.
Can I use them in a client deck and its handouts?
| Free font | Licence | Commercial | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plus Jakarta Sans | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Noto Sans | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manrope | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Geist | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sora | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Be Vietnam Pro | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Libre Franklin | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Unbounded | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hepta Slab | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Glegoo | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
| Coustard | OFL 1.1 | ✓ | ✓ |
- Print (handouts and the deck as a PDF): yes for all 11, OFL 1.1 Condition 5.
- Commercial (a deck for a client or a paid talk): yes for all 11, OFL 1.1 Permission & Conditions; the font file may not be sold by itself (Condition 1); a changed font may not use a Reserved Font Name (Condition 3).
- OFL 1.1 text
Which of the presentation fonts to pick
Sora is a choice for slide titles read across a room, with an average letter width of 0.58 em and a heaviest weight of 800. For slide body text, Noto Sans has an x-height of 75% of the cap height and 9 weights. In handouts and the PDF deck, use Hepta Slab for serif headings; its heaviest weight is 900.
Sizes for slides
At 24 pt the lowercase of Glegoo stands 13.7 pt tall, the most here, and Geist’s 12.7 pt, the least.
Unbounded has the widest letters of the presentation picks, 0.69 em on average, so give its titles fewer words; Manrope fits the most at 0.52 em.
To pair two of the presentation fonts, take Plus Jakarta Sans from the sans serifs for the body of each slide and Hepta Slab from the serifs for the titles.
What the rule selected: the 11 presentation fonts and their numbers
| Free font | x-height (em) | Width (em) | Contrast | Weights | Italics | Google Fonts rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus Jakarta Sans | 0.54 | 0.54 | 1.1 | 7 | 7 | 12 |
| Noto Sans | 0.54 | 0.53 | 1.2 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| Manrope | 0.54 | 0.52 | 1.1 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Geist | 0.53 | 0.53 | 1.1 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| Sora | 0.53 | 0.58 | 1.1 | 8 | 0 | 31 |
| Be Vietnam Pro | 0.53 | 0.56 | 1.2 | 9 | 9 | 46 |
| Libre Franklin | 0.53 | 0.53 | 1.4 | 9 | 9 | 59 |
| Unbounded | 0.57 | 0.69 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 | 60 |
| Hepta Slab | 0.53 | 0.63 | 1.1 | 10 | 0 | 140 |
| Glegoo | 0.57 | 0.57 | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 480 |
| Coustard | 0.53 | 0.58 | 1.4 | 2 | 0 | 887 |
Presentation fonts: questions
Which free font is best for presentations?
Plus Jakarta Sans, the most used of these 11 on Google Fonts (rank 12), with x-height 0.54 em, letters 0.54 em wide on average, and 7 italics; Noto Sans and Manrope come next at ranks 14 and 23.
Are these presentation fonts free for print and commercial use?
All 11, from Plus Jakarta Sans to Coustard, are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows print (handouts and the deck as a PDF) and commercial use (a deck for a client or a paid talk).
Are these presentation fonts in Google Slides?
Likely, all 11: our catalogue marks them as likely in the Google Docs font menu, which Google Slides shares, and each has a bold of 700 or more for titles.
Which of these presentation fonts has the most weights?
Hepta Slab, with 10 weights; Noto Sans has 9 weights and Geist has 9 weights.
How were these presentation fonts chosen?
Read from across a room: big, wide, even letters, a bold for the titles, and in Google Slides. 49 of the 1,674 free fonts we checked pass that rule for presentations. The 11 here are the most used on Google Fonts, from Plus Jakarta Sans at rank 12 to Coustard at rank 887, one font a family.