# McLaren font

> A comic-lettering sans from Astigmatic with a mild bounce, made as a general-purpose face for comics and children's books.

McLaren is a comic-style display sans from Astigmatic, created as a general-purpose lettering face for comics. McLaren comes as one Regular style with 375 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended characters. McLaren is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits speech balloons, children's books and playful headings that still need to read clearly.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Astigmatic
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 375
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/McLaren
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/mclaren
- Tagged for: Headlines, Casual, Social media, Kids

## About McLaren

McLaren is a display sans serif made to serve as a general-purpose comic lettering style. Its strokes have nearly constant thickness with flat, slightly angled ends, and the letters lean and shift a little from one to the next, so a line bounces gently without looking messy; in the specimen the A, M and y tilt while round letters stay calm. The lowercase is full-sized, with a two-storey a and a single-storey g. The official notes describe it as legible from short bursts of copy to longer passages and point to children's books and comics. McLaren has one Regular style and is not a variable font. It holds 375 glyphs for the Latin and Latin Extended character sets. The copyright belongs to Brian J. Bonislawsky, trading as Astigmatic, and the font is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright (c) 2012, Brian J. Bonislawsky DBA Astigmatic (AOETI) (astigma@astigmatic.com), with Reserved Font Names "McLaren"

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

- **Comic balloons and captions**: The face was created as go-to comic lettering, and it has a real lowercase for mixed-case dialogue.
- **Children's books**: Simple, clean shapes with a slight bounce keep short pages of story text friendly and readable.
- **Classroom posters and worksheets**: Sturdy even strokes hold up when printed large on a wall chart or small on a handout.
- **Playful app and game text**: Buttons, hints and score labels gain an informal tone while staying clear.

## Things to know

- **Single style**: McLaren has only Regular 400. There is no bold or italic for emphasis.
- **Has lowercase**: Unlike many comic fonts it is not capitals-only; upper and lower case are both drawn.
- **Latin scripts only**: The subsets are Latin and Latin Extended, 375 glyphs in total.

## FAQs

### Is McLaren free for commercial use?

McLaren can be used in commercial and personal work under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. The license also permits modification and redistribution; the font cannot be sold by itself, and derivatives stay under the same license.

### Who designed McLaren?

McLaren is credited to Astigmatic. The copyright notice names Brian J. Bonislawsky, doing business as Astigmatic.

### How many weights does McLaren have?

McLaren has one weight, Regular 400, and no italic.

### Is McLaren a comic font?

Yes. According to the official notes McLaren was made as a generic comic lettering style, with a mild bounce and clean letterforms.

### Which languages does McLaren support?

McLaren 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/mclaren (trendhub)