Poppins

sans-serif · Designed by Jonny Pinhorn

Poppins: Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow

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What do I do with this?

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Poppins is a geometric sans-serif typeface built around circular forms and even proportions. Its clean structure gives headings and interface text a contemporary appearance, while its rounded construction keeps the overall tone approachable. On ProFont, the available 400, 500, 600, and 700 weights provide a useful progression from regular text through stronger headings and calls to action.

Google Fonts credits Poppins to designer Jonny Pinhorn. The four weights available in this preview make it practical for landing pages, product interfaces, navigation, onboarding screens, and other digital layouts that need a consistent sans-serif hierarchy. Regular can carry supporting copy, while 500 through 700 can establish increasingly prominent labels and headings.

Best suited for: product interfaces, SaaS and technology landing pages, app onboarding, navigation, and marketing layouts that benefit from a unified sans-serif family.

Design considerations: Poppins can feel familiar because it is widely used, so projects seeking a highly distinctive identity may want to reserve it for supporting text or combine it with a more expressive display face. For long passages, test the selected size, spacing, and line length with real content before committing to the final layout.

Pairing guidance: Playfair Display can provide serif contrast for prominent headings; Lora can introduce a serif reading voice for longer supporting text; and Space Mono can separate code, data, labels, or technical accents from the primary Poppins hierarchy.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Lora Space Mono

Poppins at a glance

Designer

Jonny Pinhorn

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

June 2015

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

18 (9 weights + italics)

Classification

Sans Serif

Character sets

3

Distributed via

Google Fonts

All 18 Poppins styles

Weight Name Upright Italic
100 Thin Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
200 ExtraLight Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
300 Light Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
500 Medium Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
600 SemiBold Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
700 Bold Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
800 ExtraBold Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123
900 Black Aa Bb Gg 123 Aa Bb Gg 123

Poppins character map

Uppercase

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lowercase

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Numbers and punctuation

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Devanagari (sample)

अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ ओ औ क ख ग घ च छ ज झ ट ठ ड ढ त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म

Latin Extended (sample)

Ā Ă Ą Ć Č Ď Đ Ē Ę Ě Ğ Ī Į İ Ĺ Ľ Ł Ń Ň Ő Œ Ř Ś Ş Š Ť Ů Ű Ź Ż Ž

Which languages does Poppins support?

Poppins includes 3 character sets:

  • Devanagari: Hindi, Marathi, Nepali and Sanskrit
  • Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
  • Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use Poppins commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Poppins is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.

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Poppins FAQ

Is Poppins free for commercial use?

Yes. Poppins is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so you can use it in commercial projects, including logos, client work and products you sell.

Which weights does Poppins include?

Poppins includes 9 weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with a matching italic, for 18 styles in total.

Does Poppins support Cyrillic?

No. Poppins supports Devanagari, Latin and Latin Extended, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Poppins?

Poppins was designed by Jonny Pinhorn. It was added to Google Fonts in June 2015.