Brand font guide
What font does YouTube use?
YouTube sets its logo and interface in YouTube Sans, a sans-serif typeface by Saffron / in-house. A wide, confident grotesque that echoes the platform's play-button, set for legibility on video thumbnails and UI alike.
Free stand-ins
Free YouTube Sans alternatives
YouTube 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 YouTube 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. YouTube Sans has a signature silhouette, and the free fonts listed above were matched against it on those same numbers.
Recreate the YouTube look for free
You can set your own site in any of the free alternatives above and get remarkably close to the YouTube 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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