# Courgette font

> A brushy italic script with low stroke contrast, made to stay readable at small sizes on the web.

Courgette is a brushy italic script typeface designed by Karolina Lach for Sorkin Type, with medium-to-low stroke contrast so that it holds up at smaller sizes on screens. Courgette has one style, Regular, with 407 glyphs in Latin and extended Latin subsets. Courgette is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits headings, menus and short passages.

## Facts

- Classification: [Script](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/script)
- Designed by: Karolina Lach
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 407
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Courgette
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/courgette
- Tagged for: Headlines, Logos, Casual

## About Courgette

Courgette is an italic script typeface with the look of a round brush. Its letters lean steeply forward and are heavy and soft-cornered; the lowercase is mostly unjoined, with short exit strokes that bring neighbouring letters close without a continuous connecting line. Capitals such as A, K and R begin with small hooks in place of large flourishes. By the official account, scripts of this kind are usually kept for large sizes, whereas Courgette was made for the web with contrast low enough to stay clear when small. Karolina Lach is the designer and the copyright belongs to Sorkin Type Co, which reserves the font name Courgette. There is one style, Regular 400, in a static file of 407 glyphs with Latin and extended Latin subsets. Courgette was added to Google Fonts in 2012 and is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2012 by Sorkin Type Co (www.sorkintype.com), with Reserved Font Name "Courgette".

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Subheadings and pull quotes**: Low stroke contrast keeps the letters solid at sizes where thinner scripts break up.
- **Menu and section titles**: The heavy, slanted brush line gives a title warmth while each letter stays separate and legible.
- **Wordmarks**: Hooked capitals without long flourishes fit a name into a compact space.
- **Buttons and badges**: Unjoined lowercase stays readable in a short label set at interface sizes.

## Things to know

- **One style**: Courgette has Regular 400 only. The design is already slanted, and there is no upright or bold companion.
- **Reserved font name**: The copyright notice reserves the name Courgette, so a modified version must be renamed.
- **No Cyrillic, Greek or Vietnamese**: Subsets are Latin and extended Latin; Romanian letters are not complete.

## FAQs

### Is Courgette free for commercial use?

Yes. Courgette is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, modified versions stay under the same license, and they may not use the reserved name Courgette.

### Who designed Courgette?

Courgette was designed by Karolina Lach. The copyright notice names Sorkin Type Co.

### How many weights does Courgette have?

Courgette has one weight, Regular 400.

### Can Courgette be used for body text?

Courgette was made with low contrast so it works at smaller sizes and, by the official description, even in text. A short passage is realistic; long reading still calls for a plainer family.

### Which languages does Courgette support?

Courgette includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, German, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Czech.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/courgette (trendhub)