Sans font generator
The free Lato font to SVG converter creates warm, readable wordmarks and product labels while keeping the original humanist letter shapes. Edit the text below and export it as SVG paths or DXF with Lato already selected.
Fine-tune export units, fill behavior, and stroke output.
Font specimenMade Together / 700
Get to know the typeface
Converting the Lato font to SVG suits approachable product marks, packaging labels, and clear supporting graphics. Its humanist proportions give a word a warmer rhythm than a strictly geometric face. Use it when a short name should feel friendly and professional. For an intentionally dramatic poster or a dense technical diagram, compare a display face or a more compact sans serif.
Compare round letters with straight stems in the actual name, especially a, e, o, and t. The change from regular to bold can alter how open the small spaces appear. Inspect the whole word at its smallest planned size instead of judging a single large capital. Preserve the natural proportions when fitting it into a badge or label.
Same text · same scale
Compare Lato and Open Sans using the same hours notice at 700. The colon and range dash are part of the test, so the result is more useful for a real sign than an isolated decorative capital.
For this sample, Lato · 700 uses 2.1% less line width than Open Sans · 700.
Both samples were generated from the built-in font catalog at 72 px, with kerning and standard ligatures on, zero added tracking, and no stroke. They share a coordinate scale and baseline; on small screens both shrink by the same factor. Width is the laid-out advance, including character spacing, rather than the visible outline bounds. Results apply to these font files and this text; equal weight numbers do not imply equal visual darkness. This is a layout comparison, not a readability score or a manufacturing test.
Use these as visual starting points and check your actual wording at its final size. Production limits depend on the process, material, and tool; the comparison above is not a material test.
When converting the Lato font to SVG, start at 400 for supporting labels and 700 for a wordmark. Lato offers separate 100, 300, 400, 700, and 900 weights; choose an available cut rather than expecting a 500 or 600 step. Keep kerning enabled and add only a little tracking to all-caps text. Reserve the light cuts for large graphics where their thin strokes remain visible.
SVG serves design and web graphics, DXF serves compatible CAD workflows, and JSX or TSX provides outlined React components. Choose the format your destination supports.
For a menu illustration or service notice, check currency signs, opening hours, and accented names together. Keep an editable source for changing prices. Use the Lato/Open Sans comparison to estimate fit before finalising the notice width.
For a menu plaque or vinyl notice, test punctuation and accent marks at their finished size. Small separate marks can need different handling from the main letters. Preserve an unmodified master before arranging or joining the production shapes.
Compare 400 and 700 using the final wording, then check small counters, punctuation, and spacing. Record the chosen cut beside the SVG master. For production, confirm units and test the narrowest join on the intended material.
