Zalando Sans

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What do I do with this?

Just want to use the font? Click "Get this font on Google Fonts" to download it or add it directly to a document, design tool (like Canva or Photoshop), or your computer's font list.

Building a website? Click "Copy Font Code" to copy a short snippet, then paste it into your website's HTML (usually inside the <head> section) to use this font on your site.

Zalando Sans is a contemporary geometric sans-serif typeface built around clean, confident strokes and a strong sense of modernism. Its letterforms carry precise proportions with slightly humanist touches, giving it a balance between the cool neutrality of pure geometric design and the approachable warmth of everyday communication. The typeface features open apertures, consistent stroke weight, and well-considered spacing that keeps text legible at both small body sizes and large display settings. It carries a distinctly urban and commercial energy that feels polished without being cold.

The personality of Zalando Sans positions it as a reliable workhorse for brands that want to communicate clarity, confidence, and a forward-thinking attitude. Its visual tone suits contexts where readability and brand trust are equally important. Real-world applications include e-commerce platforms and retail brand identities, where the font helps product names, prices, and calls to action stand out cleanly. It also works well in mobile app interfaces that demand legibility across varied screen sizes, and in marketing materials such as campaign banners, lookbooks, and editorial layouts for fashion or lifestyle brands where a sleek, modern aesthetic is essential.

Best suited for: Product interfaces, e-commerce layouts, mobile applications, retail branding, marketing campaigns, and editorial designs where modern clarity and commercial confidence are priorities.

Design considerations: The extensive weight range from 200 to 900, plus matching italics, supports flexible typographic hierarchies across digital and print contexts. Its geometric foundation with humanist refinement suits both functional UI work and expressive display applications without sacrificing legibility.

Pairing guidance: Pair Zalando Sans with Playfair Display for contrast between contemporary sans-serif body text and elegant serif headlines, Lato as a complementary sans-serif alternative for secondary content or lighter hierarchical roles, and DM Mono for technical information, code blocks, or data-heavy interfaces requiring monospaced clarity.

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Zalando Sans at a glance

All 16 Zalando Sans styles

Zalando Sans character map

Which languages does Zalando Sans support?

Zalando Sans includes 3 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
• Vietnamese: Vietnamese, including its stacked tone marks

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

Can I use Zalando Sans commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Zalando 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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