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Geist

Vercel's OFL typeface trio: Sans, Mono, and five Pixel variants

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Geist is the typeface family Vercel built with Basement Studio for developers and designers, following Swiss design principles of simplicity and speed. It ships three families — Geist Sans, Geist Mono, and Geist Pixel (Square, Circle, Grid, Triangle, and Line variants) — each in nine weights from Thin to Ultra Black, as static OTF, WOFF2, and variable files. Distribution is the `geist` npm package with ready-made Next.js imports (GeistSans, GeistMono, GeistPixel), Google Fonts (a partial glyph set with limited font-feature-settings), or a zip from GitHub releases; everything is SIL Open Font Licensed.

Install

npm i geist

For an agent

In a Next.js app this is the lowest-friction quality font pairing available: `npm i geist`, then `import { GeistSans } from 'geist/font/sans'` and apply GeistSans.variable on <html> — next/font handles subsetting and zero-CLS swap for you. Use the npm package, not the Google Fonts version, if you need the full glyph set or OpenType features. Geist Mono is a strong default for code blocks and terminals; Geist Pixel is a display novelty, so keep it out of body copy and never use it for anything a screen reader or small viewport has to handle.

Why it is here. The house font of the Vercel/Next.js aesthetic, and the one open typeface that arrives pre-wired into the framework most agent-built apps target.

Install command, framework, licence and component list.

Facts

License: SIL Open Font License
Pricing: Free, Open source
Framework: Next.js, React, Vanilla JS
Styling: Not applicable
Distribution: npm package, Direct download / asset pack, GitHub repository
Platform: Web, Cross-platform
Content type: Fonts / typefaces
Agent readiness: Readable open source, CLI installable, Structured documentation
Accessibility: Not applicable
Maturity: Actively maintained
GitHub stars: 3,578
Package: geist

Notable for

Sans + Mono + Pixel in one family
nine weights per family
first-class next/font integration
OFL, free commercially
v1.7.2 released June 2026

Provenance

Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://vercel.com/font, api.github.com/repos/vercel/geist-font, api.github.com/repos/vercel/geist-font/releases/latest, registry.npmjs.org/geist

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