Albert Sans

sans-serif · Designed by Andreas Rasmussen

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Albert Sans is a clean, geometric sans-serif with a modern Scandinavian sensibility. Its letterforms are precise and low-contrast, with open apertures and a neutral character that reads as professional without feeling cold. The typeface has a slight warmth to it due to subtle humanist touches in certain letters, which keeps it from feeling overly technical or sterile. It works well across a range of weights, maintaining legibility and consistency whether used at display sizes or in smaller UI contexts.

Albert Sans is a strong fit for tech startups and SaaS products where a trustworthy, contemporary look is needed without leaning on overused grotesques. It works well in corporate branding and identity systems that want to signal clarity and forward-thinking design. Editorial and digital magazine contexts are another good use case, particularly for section headers, navigation labels, and pull quotes where its geometric structure helps organize visual hierarchy efficiently.

Best suited for: Consider Albert Sans for digital interfaces, corporate websites, SaaS dashboards, and editorial layouts where clean typography and visual hierarchy are priorities.

Design considerations: The typeface offers nine weights plus italics, supporting flexible typographic systems from delicate 100-weight accents to bold 900-weight statements. Its geometric structure and open apertures maintain readability across display and body text applications, making it adaptable for both headline-driven and text-dense layouts.

Pairing guidance: Playfair Display brings serif elegance and contrast for editorial mastheads and feature headlines, Source Serif 4 provides a refined serif alternative for body text and longer-form content with comparable weight range, and DM Mono serves as a technical counterpoint for code blocks, data displays, or UI elements requiring monospace treatment.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Source Serif 4 DM Mono

Albert Sans at a glance

Designer

Andreas Rasmussen

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

June 2022

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

18 (9 weights + italics)

Variable font

Yes: weight 100–900

Classification

Sans Serif

Character sets

2

Distributed via

Google Fonts

All 18 Albert Sans 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

Albert Sans 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 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

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 Albert Sans support?

Albert Sans includes 2 character sets:

  • 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 Albert Sans commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Albert Sans 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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Albert Sans FAQ

Is Albert Sans free for commercial use?

Yes. Albert Sans 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 Albert Sans include?

Albert Sans includes 9 weights, from Thin (100) to Black (900), each with a matching italic, for 18 styles in total. It's also a variable font, so any weight between 100 and 900 is available.

Does Albert Sans support Cyrillic?

No. Albert Sans supports Latin and Latin Extended, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Albert Sans?

Albert Sans was designed by Andreas Rasmussen. It was added to Google Fonts in June 2022.