# Cutive font

> Vernon Adams's proportional slab serif modelled on classic typewriter faces, in one Regular weight.

Cutive is a slab serif typeface by Vernon Adams based on classic typewriter faces, with proportional spacing instead of fixed-width letters. Cutive has one Regular style with 439 glyphs covering Latin and Latin Extended. Cutive is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is used for text with a typewritten flavour and for headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Slab Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/slab-serif)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 439
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cutive
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/cutive
- Tagged for: Headlines, Editorial, Retro

## About Cutive

Cutive is a slab serif typeface that Vernon Adams based on a number of classic typewriter faces. It keeps the typewriter vocabulary: strokes of nearly one thickness, flat slab serifs with rounded ends, ball-shaped terminals on a, c, f, j and r, and a wide, round lowercase. Unlike a real typewriter face, the letters are proportionally spaced, so i and l take less room than m and w; the fixed-width version is published separately as the sister family Cutive Mono. The designer's notes say the faces were revived as web fonts both to add character to body text and for larger header and display sizes. The specimen shows a generous x-height, an open two-storey g and a slanted percent sign. Cutive is one Regular style of 439 glyphs, covering Latin and Latin Extended, and is not a variable font.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2012 The Cutive Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/CutiveFont), with Reserved Font Names "Cutive"

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

- **Typewritten-looking text**: Slab serifs and ball terminals suggest a typed page while proportional spacing keeps paragraphs compact.
- **Blog and essay headings**: Set large, the round letters and heavy serifs give a title a literary, manuscript feel.
- **Letters, memos and props**: A typed-document look for film props, invitations or stationery without the gaps of monospaced type.
- **Paired with Cutive Mono**: The proportional Cutive can set the prose while its monospaced sister family handles code or tabular lines.
- **Central European copy**: Latin Extended coverage includes the letters for Polish, Czech, Hungarian and Turkish.

## Things to know

- **Not monospaced**: Cutive is proportional. For fixed-width typewriter text the related family is Cutive Mono.
- **One weight, no italic**: Only Regular 400 exists, so emphasis cannot be set in bold or italic within the family.
- **Latin only**: Latin and Latin Extended are covered; Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese are not.

## FAQs

### Is Cutive free for commercial use?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 covers Cutive: it may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed. It cannot be sold on its own, and a modified version keeps the same license and may not use a Reserved Font Name without permission.

### Who designed Cutive?

Cutive was designed by Vernon Adams. The copyright notice names The Cutive Project Authors.

### Is Cutive a monospaced font?

No. Cutive is a proportional slab serif based on typewriter faces; its monospaced sister family is Cutive Mono.

### How many weights does Cutive have?

Cutive has one weight, Regular 400, with no bold and no italic.

### Which languages does Cutive support?

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

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