Carlito
sans-serif · Designed by Łukasz Dziedzic
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Carlito is a humanist sans-serif designed as a metric-compatible replacement for Calibri, meaning it shares the same character widths and spacing. Its letterforms are clean and neutral with slightly rounded details that keep it approachable without being overly casual. It sits comfortably in the middle ground between geometric coldness and old-style warmth, making it easy to read at a range of sizes. The overall impression is professional and understated, not particularly distinctive but reliably functional.
Because of its metric compatibility with Calibri, Carlito works well in document-heavy environments where consistency with Microsoft Office files matters, such as internal business reports, legal documents, or academic papers published to the web. It also fits comfortably in UI design for productivity tools or SaaS dashboards where the goal is legibility and low visual friction rather than brand expression. A third reasonable use case is editorial body copy on content-heavy sites, where its neutral personality keeps the focus on the text rather than the typography itself.
Best suited for: Document workflows, productivity interfaces, editorial body copy, and web content where neutral legibility and metric compatibility with Calibri are priorities.
Design considerations: Carlito's humanist structure and rounded details provide warmth while maintaining the functional clarity expected of a sans-serif workhorse. The available weight range (regular and bold) with matching italics supports straightforward typographic hierarchy without requiring extensive variant selection.
Pairing guidance: Pair Carlito with Playfair Display for contrast between understated body text and elegant display heads, Merriweather to combine two humanist voices at different scales with serif warmth, or Space Mono to anchor code blocks and technical content within text-heavy layouts while preserving Carlito's neutral tone.
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Carlito at a glance
Łukasz Dziedzic
SIL Open Font License 1.1
April 2023
September 2025
4 (2 weights + italics)
Sans Serif
7
Google Fonts
All 4 Carlito styles
| Weight | Name | Upright | Italic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | Regular | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
| 700 | Bold | Aa Bb Gg 123 | Aa Bb Gg 123 |
Carlito character map
Which languages does Carlito support?
Carlito includes 7 character sets:
- Cyrillic: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian and other Cyrillic-script languages
- Cyrillic Extended: additional Cyrillic letters used in languages such as Kazakh, Tatar and Bashkir
- Greek: modern Greek
- Greek Extended: polytonic (ancient) Greek
- 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
- Vietnamese: Vietnamese, including its stacked tone marks
Can I use Carlito commercially?
Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Carlito 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.