Fonts for letter templates - Formatting

The font size for standard letters is 12 points. The font size for large print is 16 points.

NHS Notify uses Noto Sans as the default font for all letters. Use this font to ensure your letter prints correctly and meets NHS brand standards.

Only use a different font if you have a specific reason not to use NHS branding. You must embed the font in your file (Microsoft Word). If your font is not embedded, you will not be able to upload your letter.

Download your font

You must download and use Noto Sans as the font for all of your letters, including letters in other languages. If you’re sending letters in other languages that use different character sets, download Noto Sans in those languages.

Go to Noto Sans on Google Fonts and choose the languages you need by selecting Get font. Then select Download all to download Noto Sans to your device as a zip file.

Noto Sans is a free font.

Downloading Noto Sans for Windows

1. Right click the zip file and select Extract all.
2. Open the file. Open each folder. Select all of the TrueType font files, right click and select Install.
3. If the folder contains a sub-folder called static, open this.
4. Select all of the TrueType font files in this folder. Right click and select Install.

Downloading Noto Sans for Mac

Follow the install fonts guidance. Make sure you install the static fonts.

Read Google’s guidance on installing fonts for more information.