Expletus Sans by Designtown — Display Font — preview 11 / 3
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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About Expletus Sans Font

Expletus Sans is a display typeface, which means that it is not recommended for long pieces of text. However, it's very effective for setting headers and other large sized text, due to it's way of pulling in the reader. It comes in 4 weights and will include italics from May 2011. Expletus Sans has been upgraded to a variable font in November 2021. Line spacing has also been adjusted to improve user experience. To contribute, see github.com/googlefonts/Expletus-Sans . Jasper de Waard, born in 1996, first came in contact with the beauty of type design when he was 10, and developed his skills as a type and graphic designer ever since. He was born and raised in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and went to a bilingual high school there, training him to read and write English fluently and have a more international focus. He is currently in his third year, three years before his exam. He hopes to continue his practices in the fields of type and graphic design after he finishes school and release many more typefaces in the future. His love for the tiny details, balance in proportions and urge for perfection made him into what he is today. However, the great support and feedback from people on several forums can't be denied as a great source of inspiration and evaluation material, giving him a greater understanding of the method behind type design. He is also available for custom type work and identity design. To learn more, visit Introducing Expletus Sans .

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Eye-catching, Bold, Display
Use Case
Headlines, Logos
Ideal For
posters, branding, and social media graphics
Pairs With
a readable sans or serif for body

Expletus Sans Specifications

Font FamilyExpletus Sans
StyleRegular
Full NameExpletus Sans Regular
Version7.500
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count251 glyphs
PostScript NameExpletusSans-Regular
DesignerJasper de Waard
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size38 KB

OpenType Features

Expletus Sans ships with 4 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Case-sensitive forms
  • Fractions
  • Ordinals
  • Superscripts
  • Variable font · axes: wght

Languages Supported

Expletus Sans supports 224 languages.

How to Install Expletus Sans Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the Expletus Sans font file (.ttf or .otf).
  2. 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
  3. 3Right-click the font file.
  4. 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
  5. 5Expletus Sans is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with Expletus Sans Font?

Expletus Sans Font is a display font that shines as a display or heading face. Pair it with a clean sans-serif or serif font for body text — the contrast creates a clear hierarchy while the two styles stay balanced and easy to read.

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Expletus Sans Font

by Designtown

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated July 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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