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Noto Sans font

Sans Serif · 18 styles · variable · by Google

Yes, Noto Sans is free for commercial use: it is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, on websites and in apps (provided the licence notice travels with the font files). You may not sell the font file on its own. Full licence card ↓

Noto Sans · 56px · CLEAN
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SAMPLE
STYLES
VARIABLE AXES
wdth 100
wght 400
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SIL Open Font License 1.1 Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own. Full licence card ↓
LOOKS
56 px
0.00 em
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1.20
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Licence card

Commercial rights and permission terms for Noto Sans

SIL Open Font License 1.1

OFL-1.1

Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own.

Copyright 2022 The Noto Project Authors (https://github.com/notofonts/latin-greek-cyrillic)

Licence source read 2026-10-21 at https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/ofl/notosans/OFL.txt
Commercial work ads, packaging, merch, video, print on demand
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

Whatever you make with the font is yours; the licence covers the font files.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Logo or wordmark a brand, a channel, a game title
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

A logo is a document made with the font; the licence sets no limit on it.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Website the font file served with @font-face
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2

Serving the file to browsers is redistribution: the copyright notice and licence travel with it, and the font file's own metadata counts.

"These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
App or game the font file bundled inside software
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2

Bundle it in free or paid software; ship the copyright notice and licence with it.

"Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Modify the font edit glyphs, subset, convert formats
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 3

A modified font stays under the OFL and must not use a Reserved Font Name (each font page lists its own).

"No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Share the font file give the file to others, free
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 5

Share it freely, with its copyright notice and the OFL.

"The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Sell the font file the font on its own, for money
Not allowed
Clause: Permission & Conditions 1

Selling it inside software you sell is allowed (condition 2); selling the font alone is not.

"Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
No credit needed in your work attribution in the thing you made
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

The notice goes with copies of the font file, not into what you make.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt

Font facts

Technical details, character coverage, and official sources

Family name
Noto Sans
Designers
Google
Category
Sans Serif
Styles count
18 styles (variable)
Variable axes
wdth (62.5–100), wght (100–900)
Scripts / Subsets
cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, devanagari, greek, greek-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
Added to Google Fonts
2013-02-27
Last updated
2025-09-11
Google Fonts popularity rank
#20
Style tags (score ≥ 50)
Sans/Humanist (100)
Sources
family metadata (read 2026-10-21)
style tags (read 2026-10-21)
CDN files and subsets (read 2026-10-21)

Use it in your project

Code snippets to load Noto Sans in HTML, CSS, or npm

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Sans&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Noto+Sans&display=swap');
npm i @fontsource/noto-sans

// In your JS/CSS entry:
import '@fontsource/noto-sans';
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Noto Sans';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/noto-sans:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2') format('woff2');
}
font-family: 'Noto Sans', system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;

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Frequently asked questions

Common usage, licensing, and logo questions for Noto Sans

Is Noto Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Noto Sans is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, allowing unrestricted commercial use in digital graphics, printed materials, branding, websites, apps, and games.

Can I use Noto Sans in a logo?

Yes. You can use Noto Sans to create logos, wordmarks, branding elements, and corporate identities for both personal and commercial ventures without paying licence fees.

Can I use Noto Sans on my website?

Yes. You can embed Noto Sans using CSS @font-face or a web font delivery network. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 requires keeping the copyright notice and licence with distributed font files.

Who designed Noto Sans?

Noto Sans was designed by Google. It was published and indexed in Google Fonts in 2013.