Figtree
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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Package Manager
The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.
1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/figtree 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/figtree/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Figtree Variable", sans-serif;
} Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style --> Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* figtree-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Figtree Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/figtree:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
Figtree is a clean yet friendly geometric sans serif font for usage in web and mobile apps. It's light-hearted and crisp when used for text, yet still retains some punch when used in uppercase – perfect for buttons and short labels. The thicker weights have a distinctly friendlier character, great for headlines of more personable brands.
Figtree comes as a variable font with 7 legacy weights, light through black, and supports 280+ Latin languages. In November 2022, the italic style is added to complete the family.
To contribute, see github.com/erikdkennedy/figtree.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/figtree Designed by
Erik Kennedy
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License
OFL-1.1