# Type · OmniGet Docs

- URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/type
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- OmniGet 1.0.0

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# Type

Note

Type arrives in OmniGet 1.0.1. Version 1.0.0, the one you can download today, does not have it yet.

Type is a font browser. You preview open fonts on your own text, put them side by side, try a heading and body pair, build a type scale and install the font you chose.

## Where it is

**Superpowers › Type › Open**, in the **Design** category. The card is always shown: there is no switch for it in **Settings › Integrations**. The page has four sections: **Fonts**, **Compare**, **Pairing** and **Type scale**.

The list of open fonts comes from the Fontsource catalog, and previews load from the Fontsource CDN, so both need the internet.

## How to use it

1.  In **Fonts**, choose **Open fonts** or **On this computer**, then search or filter by style.
2.  Click a font to preview it. Change the sample text, size and weight until it looks like your real use.
3.  Click **Add to compare**, **Use for headings**, **Use for body text** or **Build a scale** to carry the font to another section.
4.  Under **Get this font**, click **Install** with the font’s name, or **Download files…** to save the files to a folder you pick.

## Fonts

The style filter has **All**, **Sans**, **Serif**, **Mono**, **Display**, **Handwritten**, **Icons** and **Other**. Fonts under a license other than OFL, Apache or MIT are hidden until you turn on **Also show fonts with other licenses**. You can preview those, but OmniGet does not install or download them.

The preview has these controls:

| Option | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Sample text** | **Pangram**, **Paragraph**, **Interface** or **Code**. Typing in **Your text** replaces the preset. | **Pangram** |
| **Size**, **Weight**, **Line height**, **Spacing** | Shape the sample. |  |
| **Italic** | Shows the italic style when the font has one. | Off |
| **Preview background** | **Dark** or **Light**. | **Dark** |

**Reset** puts the sample back. For a font on your computer, **Show in folder** finds its file.

### Install or download

**Install** saves the TrueType files to your fonts folder. A file that is already there is kept and not replaced. If the font is split by script, pick the one you write in under **Script**. When the files come from Google Fonts they are complete, with every script the font has; if Google Fonts does not answer, you get the files for the chosen script only, and the page says so.

If a font with the same name is already on the computer, the page warns you: a second copy can make apps pick the wrong one, so **Download files…** is the safer choice. **Stop** ends an install in progress, and the files saved before that stay. After an install, apps that are open may need a restart to list the font.

## Compare

Shows up to 3 fonts on the same text. Add them with the **+** button in the list or with **Add a font**.

## Pairing

Pick a **Heading font** and a **Body font**, set the **Heading weight** and **Body size**, and read the result on a sample article and an interface sample. **Swap** exchanges the two fonts.

## Type scale

Builds a set of sizes from a base size and a ratio, previewed in the chosen **Font**.

| Option | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Base size** | The size of body text, in px. | 16 |
| **Ratio** | How much each step grows, from **Minor second** to **Golden ratio**. | **Major third** |
| **Steps below base** | Smaller sizes, up to 4. | 2 |
| **Steps above base** | Larger sizes, up to 10. | 6 |
| **Fluid sizes** | Sizes grow with the window, written as CSS `clamp()`. Adds a base size and ratio for small and large screens, plus **Small screen width** and **Large screen width**. | Off |

Under **Export**, choose **CSS variables** or `Tailwind v4`, then click **Copy CSS** or **Copy @theme**. With **Fluid sizes** on, the preview uses the real `clamp()` values, so resizing the window moves the sizes.

## Common problems

### Only a few fonts are listed

Fontsource is out of reach, so only the 12 hand-picked fonts are shown, and previews also need the internet. Check your connection, then click **Try again** in the list.

### The preview shows a system font

The font could not be loaded from the Fontsource CDN. Check your connection.

### The install button is off

Only fonts under OFL, Apache or MIT can be installed from here. If the file list did not load, click **Try again** above it. If there are no TrueType files for the chosen script, pick another one.

### The font does not appear in another app

Restart that app. On some systems you need to sign out and back in.

### Satoshi is not in the list

It is free to use but not open source, so it is not listed. The page suggests Geist, Inter and Manrope as close open alternatives.

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