sans-serif

Public Sans

Public Sans

A strong, neutral typeface for U.S. federal government use, the default in the U.S. Web Design System. Variable font (weight 100–900) — pick it for civic, policy, or institutional surfaces that want sober legibility.

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The quick brown fox jumps over 13 lazy dogs.

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Weights & styles

100
Thin
The quick brown fox The quick brown fox
200
ExtraLight
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300
Light
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400
Regular
The quick brown fox The quick brown fox
500
Medium
The quick brown fox The quick brown fox
600
SemiBold
The quick brown fox The quick brown fox
700
Bold
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800
ExtraBold
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900
Black
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Source & fallback

Source

Kind
google-fonts
Family
Public Sans
URL
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Public+Sans:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..900&display=swap

Fallback stack

  1. Public Sans primary
  2. -apple-system fallback 1
  3. BlinkMacSystemFont fallback 2
  4. Segoe UI fallback 3
  5. Roboto fallback 4
  6. Helvetica Neue fallback 5
  7. Arial fallback 6
  8. sans-serif fallback 7

Provenance

Source
https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Public+Sans
License
OFL-1.1
Attribution
Public Sans, Copyright 2015 The Public Sans Project Authors, licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. Originally derived from Libre Franklin.
Imported
2026-05-17