font inspectorWhat font does Starbucks use?
SoDo Sans is named after the Seattle neighborhood where Starbucks has its headquarters. The site uses it generously: body copy is 19px with a very open line height.
Short answer: Starbucks uses its own typeface, SoDo Sans, for all text on its website.
SoDo Sans
Self-hosted100%- CSS name
SoDoSans- Weights
- 300, 400, 600, 700
- Sizes
- 24px · 19px · 16px · 14px · 13px
- Served from
- www.starbucks.com
Sizes, weights and spacing by role
These are computed values from the live page, which is what the Font Inspector panel shows when you click each element.
| Role | Font | Size | Weight | Line height | Letter spacing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headline | SoDo Sans | 24px | 600 | 1.5 | -0.007em |
| Body text | SoDo Sans | 19px | 400 | 1.75 | -0.008em |
| Navigation | SoDo Sans | 14px | 700 | 1.5 | 0.1em |
| Button | SoDo Sans | 14px | 600 | 1.2 | -0.011em |
The main font stack in the CSS:
font-family: SoDoSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;- Body text at 19px with a line height of 1.75 is unusually spacious, and very comfortable to read.
- Navigation is bold, uppercase and widely tracked at 0.1em.
- The fonts are served as WOFF files from the main domain.
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About the fonts, and whether you can use them
SoDo Sans
Starbucks’s custom sans serif, a friendly and clear design used across its apps, stores and website.
Can you use it? SoDo Sans is proprietary. Source Sans 3 and Open Sans are free sans serifs with a similar warm, plain character.
On Google Fonts: Source Sans 3, Open Sans.
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Get a similar look with a free font
This starter uses Source Sans 3, which is open source, with the sizes and spacing measured above. It is an approximation, not a copy of Starbucks’s brand typeface.
/* Approximates the Starbucks look with a free font */
body {
font-family: "Source Sans 3", system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-size: 1.5rem; /* 24px */
font-weight: 600;
line-height: 1.5;
letter-spacing: -0.007em;
}
p {
font-size: 1.1875rem; /* 19px */
font-weight: 400;
line-height: 1.75;
letter-spacing: -0.008em;
}How we checked
We opened starbucks.com in Chrome on September 21, 2026 and read the computed styles of its visible text: the declared font stack, the font actually rendered, and how much of the page’s text each family sets. That is the same data the Font Inspector extension shows under Fonts on this page. We re-check these pages periodically, and the date above shows the last inspection.
Starbucks and its typefaces are trademarks of their respective owners. Font Inspector is not affiliated with Starbucks.
Questions & answers
What font does Starbucks use on its website?
Starbucks uses its own typeface, SoDo Sans, for all text on its website.
Can I use the Starbucks font?
SoDo Sans is proprietary. Source Sans 3 and Open Sans are free sans serifs with a similar warm, plain character.
What is a free font similar to SoDo Sans?
Source Sans 3 and Open Sans are free on Google Fonts and give a similar feel. No free font is an exact match, so compare it with your own text first.
How can I check what font Starbucks uses myself?
Open starbucks.com, then click any text with the Font Inspector extension, or right-click, choose Inspect and look at Rendered Fonts in the Computed tab. Sites change their typography, so checking the live page is the only way to be sure.