What font does medium.com use?

The typeface on medium.com is Sohne, gt-super and charter, loaded across 52 @font-face declarations. Every font family, weight and source on this page is read straight from the live CSS — no image guessing, no machine learning, just the rules the browser used.

Primary font

Sohne

Total weights

@font-face

Source

Mixed

Sohne

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (4)

300Typography sets the voice of a brand

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

500Typography sets the voice of a brand

700Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use Sohne

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

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/51a79f1/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/sohne-300-italic.woff

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InterManropeGeist

Used by 2 selectors on the page

gt-super

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use gt-super

font-family: gt-super, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/4a44748/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/gt-super-400-normal.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 1 selector on the page

charter

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (2)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

700Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use charter

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

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/81d2bf1/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/charter-400-italic.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 0 selectors on the page

fell

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use fell

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

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/415369b/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/fell-400-italic.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 0 selectors on the page

noe

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

500Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use noe

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

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/b6752aa/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/noe-display-500-normal.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 0 selectors on the page

opendyslexic

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use opendyslexic

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

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/1c491fd/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/opendyslexic-400-italic.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 0 selectors on the page

source-code-pro

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (2)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

700Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use source-code-pro

font-family: source-code-pro, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace;

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/07894b4/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/source-code-pro-400-italic.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 0 selectors on the page

source-serif-pro

Custom web font

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (2)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

700Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use source-serif-pro

font-family: source-serif-pro, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;

@font-face source

woffhttps://glyph.medium.com/font/76c214a/0-3j_4g_53_6bu_6c4_6c8_6c9_6cc_6cd_6ci_6cm/source-serif-pro-400-italic.woff

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 0 selectors on the page

medium-content-sans-serif-font

Unknown source

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Weights loaded (1)

400Typography sets the voice of a brand

CSS to use medium-content-sans-serif-font

font-family: medium-content-sans-serif-font, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;

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InterManropeDM Sans

Used by 1 selector on the page

How medium.com loads its fonts

Get Font Info inspected the homepage of medium.com and parsed 1 stylesheet totalling 19.0 KB. Inside those stylesheets we found 52 @font-face declarations — the rules a browser uses to download and register a custom typeface. The primary typefaces are served from mixed, and 5 CSS rules reference them across the page.

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

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Frequently asked questions

What font does medium.com use?

medium.com uses Sohne, gt-super and charter as its primary typefaces. These fonts are loaded from a self-hosted webfont and an unknown source and applied across 5 CSS rules on the homepage.

Where does medium.com load its fonts from?

medium.com loads its fonts from a self-hosted webfont and an unknown source. Get Font Info detected 52 @font-face declarations across 1 stylesheet on the live page.

What weights of Sohne does medium.com use?

medium.com loads Sohne in 4 weights: 300, 400, 500, 700. If you want to match the look, request the same weights from your font host so you only ship what's actually used.

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

Yes — once you know the font name, you can load it from the same source. If Sohne isn't a fit (licensing, weight selection, look-and-feel), close alternatives include Inter, Manrope and Geist. Use the CSS snippet on this page as a starting point.

Is the font on medium.com free to use?

These fonts are self-hosted webfonts. They may be licensed commercially from a type foundry, custom-made for the brand, or freely available — you would need to identify the typeface and check its license at the foundry.

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About this page

This page lists the fonts loaded by the homepage of medium.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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