What font does LinkedIn use?

LinkedIn uses Source Sans Pro across the web product and brand expression, with custom display weights for marketing campaigns. The system font stack handles the mobile apps.

Quick answer

LinkedIn uses Source Sans Pro across the web product and brand expression, with custom display weights for marketing campaigns. The system font stack handles the mobile apps.

Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro)

Free to download

Adobe's first open-source typeface family — a humanist sans-serif designed to be Adobe's UI default. LinkedIn adopted it for both product and marketing.

Designer: Paul D. Hunt for Adobe
Released: 2012
Where LinkedIn uses it: Brand · Product UI · Body copy · Headlines
License: Free under the SIL Open Font License.

CSS to use Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro)

font-family: 'Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro)', system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, sans-serif;

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Free or accessible alternatives

InterIBM Plex SansOpen SansLato

What we found in the live CSS on linkedin.com

Primary font

Google Sans

Total weights

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@font-face

Source

Unknown source

Google Sans

Unknown source

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use Google Sans

font-family: 'Google Sans', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;

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Google Sans

Commercial

Looks like a custom or commercial web font. Try MyFonts for licensing.

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Free alternatives if you can't license Google Sans

LoraGoogle Fonts

Workhorse free serif with great screen rendering.

Open

Source Serif 4Google Fonts

Cleaner contemporary alternative.

Open

MerriweatherGoogle Fonts

Heavier sibling for editorial body copy.

Open

Used by 2 selectors on the page

Roboto

Unknown source

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use Roboto

font-family: Roboto, system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, sans-serif;

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Roboto

Open source

Google (Christian Robertson)

Free on Google Fonts under Apache 2.0.

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Free alternatives if you can't license Roboto

InterGoogle Fonts

Wider apertures and better hinting for product UI.

Open

DM SansGoogle Fonts

Similar mechanical feel with cleaner curves.

Open

Work SansGoogle Fonts

Open-source grotesque with a near-identical x-height.

Open

Used by 1 selector on the page

Roboto-Regular

Unknown source

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use Roboto-Regular

font-family: Roboto-Regular, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;

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Roboto-Regular

Commercial

Looks like a custom or commercial web font. Try MyFonts for licensing.

Search for Roboto-Regular

Free alternatives if you can't license Roboto-Regular

InterGoogle Fonts

Wider apertures and better hinting for product UI.

Open

DM SansGoogle Fonts

Similar mechanical feel with cleaner curves.

Open

Work SansGoogle Fonts

Open-source grotesque with a near-identical x-height.

Open

Used by 1 selector on the page

How linkedin.com loads its fonts

Get Font Info inspected the homepage of linkedin.com and parsed 1 stylesheet totalling 333.0 KB. No custom @font-face rules were declared, so the page is rendered with fonts already available on the visitor's device. The primary typefaces are served from unknown source, and 42 CSS rules reference them across the page.

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Open the live inspector and hover any text on linkedin.com to see the exact font, weight, size and line-height for that element.

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Frequently asked questions

Who designed Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro)?

Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro) was designed by Paul D. Hunt for Adobe, released in 2012. Adobe's first open-source typeface family — a humanist sans-serif designed to be Adobe's UI default. LinkedIn adopted it for both product and marketing.

Can I download Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro)?

Yes — Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro) is free to use under its open license. Download it from https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Sans+3.

What are free alternatives to Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro)?

If you want a similar look without Source Sans 3 (Source Sans Pro), try Inter, IBM Plex Sans, Open Sans, Lato. Inter in particular is widely available and free on Google Fonts or under an open-source license.

What font does linkedin.com use?

linkedin.com uses Google Sans, Roboto and Roboto-Regular as its primary typefaces. These fonts are loaded from an unknown source and applied across 42 CSS rules on the homepage.

Where does linkedin.com load its fonts from?

linkedin.com loads its fonts from an unknown source. Get Font Info detected 0 @font-face declarations across 1 stylesheet on the live page.

What weights of Google Sans does linkedin.com use?

linkedin.com loads Google Sans without explicitly declaring weights — the browser picks the default Regular (400) and falls back to system rendering for bold and italic styles.

Can I use the same font as linkedin.com on my website?

Yes — once you know the font name, you can load it from the same source. If Google Sans isn't a fit (licensing, weight selection, look-and-feel), close alternatives include Lora, Source Serif 4 and Merriweather. Use the CSS snippet on this page as a starting point.

Is the font on linkedin.com free to use?

These are system fonts shipped with the operating system. You can use them freely in CSS via the system font stack — they don't need to be loaded from a webfont host.

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This page lists the fonts loaded by the homepage of linkedin.com. Get Font Info reads the live CSS — every @font-face rule, every font-family declaration — so you see the exact fonts the browser used, not an image-based guess.

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