Brand font guide
What font does Starbucks use?
Starbucks sets its logo and interface in Sodo Sans, a sans-serif typeface by in-house / Muriel Paris. A geometric grotesque inspired by the mermaid's letterforms, combining the approachability of a humanist sans with geometric clarity.
Free stand-ins
Free Sodo Sans alternatives
Sodo Sans is a commercial typeface. These open-source Google Fonts capture its character and are free for personal and commercial use.
How we know it is Sodo Sans
The identification comes from measuring real letterforms — relative x-height, stem weight, stroke contrast and letter width — the same four metrics the font finder uses on any screenshot you upload. Sodo Sans has a signature silhouette, and the free fonts listed above were matched against it on those same numbers.
Recreate the Starbucks look for free
You can set your own site in any of the free alternatives above and get remarkably close to the Starbucks feel — same weight, similar x-height and spacing — without paying for a commercial licence. Each card links to a detail page with the ready-to-paste CSS embed.
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