Balsamiq Sans
Balsamiq SRL · A typeface available in regular, italic, bold, and bold italic styles for use in applications that let you choose installed fonts.
Balsamiq Sans is a font you can install on a Mac.
About
Balsamiq Sans is a font family distributed through Google Fonts. This Homebrew cask installs four TrueType font files, covering regular, italic, bold, and bold italic styles. It installs fonts, not an application.
Included styles:
- Regular:
BalsamiqSans-Regular.ttf - Italic:
BalsamiqSans-Italic.ttf - Bold:
BalsamiqSans-Bold.ttf - Bold italic:
BalsamiqSans-BoldItalic.ttf
Install the font files with brew install --cask font-balsamiq-sans. After installation, select Balsamiq Sans in the font menu of an application that supports installed fonts. The cask places the files in ~/.
The installed files establish which styles this cask supplies; they do not establish full Unicode coverage or support for typographic features such as ligatures. See Balsamiq Sans on Google Fonts.
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Install and uninstall
Homebrew installs the font in ~/Library/Fonts, where Font Book can use it.
Install without Homebrew
Download the same file Homebrew uses: github.com/google/fonts.git
$ brew uninstall --cask \font-balsamiq-sansA regular uninstall removes the app and keeps its settings and caches.
Questions
Is Balsamiq Sans safe?
Balsamiq Sans is in Homebrew’s official catalog and has not been disabled. Since September 2026, Homebrew disables apps that fail macOS Gatekeeper checks. The download comes from github.com; Homebrew does not verify a checksum for it. It was installed 5 times through Homebrew in the last 30 days.
How do I completely uninstall Balsamiq Sans on a Mac?
Run brew uninstall --cask font-balsamiq-sans.