Public Sans

Designed by USWDS, Dan Williams, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida

9 weights • Version 21 • On Google Fonts since 2019 • Popularity #75

Quick Summary

18

Styles · incl. italic

100-900

Weight Range

1

Variable axis

3

Languages / Subsets

Category
sans-serif
Best for
textdisplayui
Variable axes
Weight
Scripts
Latin, Vietnamese
Origin
Santiago, Chile
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 16, 2025

© 2015 The Public Sans Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About Public Sans Fonts

Based on Libre Franklin, Public Sans is a strong, neutral typeface for interfaces, text, and headings. It was Developed by the United States Web Design System.

The family was upgraded to a variable font in May 2022.

To contribute, see github.com/uswds/public-sans

Who Designed Public Sans?

Pablo Impallari portrait

Pablo Impallari

Rodrigo Fuenzalida portrait

Rodrigo Fuenzalida

Rodrigo Fuenzalida is a Venezuelan Type Designer based in Santiago de Chile. He likes to draw fonts that could be used in video games. He also likes to do revivals of old designs. His work has been featured in various publications. He currently runs his independent type foundry fragTYPE.

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