Comparison table
| Katagami | IBM Plex Sans | |
|---|---|---|
| Designer | Kevin Liu | Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, Pieter van Rosmalen |
| Foundry or publisher | Self-published by Kevin Liu | IBM, with Bold Monday |
| First released | 2026 | 2017 |
| License | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | SIL Open Font License 1.1 |
| Free for commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Weights | 100 to 900, and 100 to 700 in Mono | 100 to 700 |
| Italics | Not yet | Yes |
| Variable axes | wght | wght 100 to 700, wdth 75 to 100 |
| Scripts | Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and 19 more scripts, 6,580 characters, plus Chinese, Japanese and Korean companions | Latin, Cyrillic, Greek; companion families for Arabic, Devanagari, Hebrew, Thai, Chinese, Japanese and Korean |
| Notable features | Five members on one skeleton, small capitals, tabular figures, fractions, 16 character variants and 8 stylistic sets | Condensed width, alternates for a, g and 0 |
Download and web setup
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Download it from the download page, or link katagami.css and set the family. Font-ify shows any website in Katagami.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/fonts/katagami.css">
Questions
Is Katagami free for commercial use?
Katagami is free for commercial use. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in commercial and non-commercial products.
Is IBM Plex Sans free for commercial use?
IBM Plex Sans is free for commercial use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Check the license at https://www.ibm.com/plex/ before you ship it.
Sources
- https://katagami.kevinliu.studio/
- https://github.com/IBM/plex
- https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/ofl/ibmplexsans/METADATA.pb
The sources were checked on 2026-10-16.