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Kaushan Script

An energetic brush script by Pablo Impallari with uneven stroke angles and a bouncing baseline, in one style.

Script 1 style by Impallari Type OFL

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Kaushan Script is a brush script typeface by Pablo Impallari of Impallari Type, left deliberately unrefined so the strokes keep their energy. Kaushan Script comes in one Regular style with 402 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and is used for logos, headings, packaging and short web titles.

Kaushan Script font preview card
Preview drawn by trendhub from the font files.
Designer
Impallari Type
Classification
Script
License
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Styles
1 1 weight
Variable font
No
Glyphs
402
Languages checked
24 see the list
Last updated
version 1.002
Used for
HeadlinesLogosPackagingCasualSocial media

Official source: Google Fonts. Facts on this page were read from the font files and the source’s published data.

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Sample text

Type over the sample to test your own words. The preview loads a Latin subset of Kaushan Script; the download contains the complete files.

Kaushan Script font specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights
Kaushan Script specimen: alphabet, numerals and weights. Image drawn by trendhub from the font files.

Weights and styles

  • Regular 400Kaushan Script Regular

About Kaushan Script

Kaushan Script is a script typeface that imitates fast lettering with a brush. The strokes swell and taper, the letters lean forward, and many lowercase letters reach towards the next one through short exit strokes. Pablo Impallari chose not to polish the outlines: stem angles differ a little from letter to letter and the letters shift up and down along the baseline, which gives a line a rustic, hand-made rhythm. Ascenders and descenders are shorter than in many scripts, so the face keeps its size on screens; its maker states that it remains readable on the web down to 16 px. The family has one Regular style with 402 glyphs covering Latin and Latin Extended. The project was funded through Kickstarter, and the name was proposed by one of its backers, Vyacheslav Kaushan. It was added to Google Fonts in 2012.

Where Kaushan Script works

Logos for food and craft brands
Brush strokes with uneven angles give a single word the look of hand-painted lettering.
Packaging and labels
A product name in the heavy, slanted script stands out against small print set in a plain face.
Web headings
Short ascenders and descenders let headings stay large in their line, and the face was tuned to read at sizes from 16 px.
Social media graphics
The bouncing baseline keeps a short slogan lively over a photo or flat colour.
T-shirts and posters
A two- or three-word phrase set big shows the swelling and tapering of the brush.

Glyphs

!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢

Latin and Latin Extended characters in the preview subset; the complete family has 402 glyphs.

Language support

The family contains the core letters these languages are written with:

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic
  • Catalan
  • Turkish
  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Slovak
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovenian
  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

Character sets found in the files: latin, latin-ext. The language list is a check of required letters against the font, not a promise of typographic quality in each language.

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1Copyright (c) 2011, Pablo Impallari (www.impallari.com|impallari@gmail.com), Copyright (c) 2011, Igino Marini. (www.ikern.com|mail@iginomarini.com), with Reserved Font Name Kaushan Script.

What the license allows

  • 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.

This is a short summary, not legal advice. The license text decides: read the full OFL text. A copy is included in the download.

Fonts that pair with Kaushan Script

Amiri Serif

Kaushan Script is a script face for headings; Amiri is a serif family with 2 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Albert Sans Sans Serif

Kaushan Script is a script face for headings; Albert Sans is a sans serif family with 9 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Andada Pro Serif

Kaushan Script is a script face for headings; Andada Pro is a serif family with 5 weights that can set the body text beside it.

Suggestions come from simple rules on the records: a contrasting classification and enough weights to carry body text. They are a starting point, not a verdict.

Use Kaushan Script on the web

Download the family and host the files on your own site, then declare them in CSS. Please do not link to the files on trendhub.net: preview files here are subsets and their addresses change.

CSS, self-hosted
@font-face {
  font-family: "Kaushan Script";
  src: url("/assets/fonts/KaushanScript-Regular.ttf") format("truetype");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: normal;
  font-display: swap;
}

body {
  font-family: "Kaushan Script", cursive;
}

Or load it from the official source. Google Fonts serves Kaushan Script with this markup:

HTML, Google Fonts

Things to know

One style
Kaushan Script has a single Regular style, with no bold or lighter cut.
Irregular on purpose
The shifting baseline and varying stem angles are part of the design, not a rendering fault.
Latin only
The 402 glyphs cover Latin and Latin Extended. Vietnamese, Cyrillic and Greek are not included.

FAQs

Is Kaushan Script free for commercial use?

Yes. Kaushan Script is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

Who designed Kaushan Script?

Kaushan Script was designed by Pablo Impallari and is credited to Impallari Type. The project was funded by backers on Kickstarter.

How many weights does Kaushan Script have?

Kaushan Script has one weight, Regular 400. There is no bold or italic.

Where does the name Kaushan Script come from?

Vyacheslav Kaushan, who backed the project on Kickstarter, proposed the name Kaushan Script.

Which languages does Kaushan Script support?

Kaushan Script includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as French, Spanish, German, Polish and Turkish. Vietnamese, Cyrillic and Greek are not covered.

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