# Pacifico font

> A rounded, connected brush script inspired by 1950s American surf culture, in one weight with Cyrillic.

Pacifico is a connected brush script typeface by Vernon Adams, inspired by American surf culture of the 1950s. It was redrawn by Jacques Le Bailly and given Cyrillic letters by Botjo Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova. Pacifico has a single style with 1,514 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits logos and short headings.

## Facts

- Classification: [Script](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/script)
- Designed by: Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev, Ani Petrova
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1514
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Pacifico
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/pacifico
- Tagged for: Logos, Packaging, Retro, Casual, Social media

## About Pacifico

Pacifico is a brush script in which the lowercase letters link along the baseline into one continuous stroke. The specimen shows thick lines of nearly constant width with rounded ends, a slight forward lean, looped capitals and upright, rounded numerals. The official notes give its history in steps: Vernon Adams drew it in 2011, taking 1950s American surf culture as the reference; Jacques Le Bailly redrew it in 2016; Botjo Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova added Cyrillic in 2017; and a June 2019 update extended the Cyrillic further. Pacifico comes in a single style, Regular, and is not a variable font. Its 1,514 glyphs, a large number for a script, cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Vietnamese and include the alternates that keep the joins between letters smooth.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2018 The Pacifico Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Pacifico)

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

- **Cafe, surf and beach branding**: Thick rounded strokes and joined letters give a shop name the look of a hand-painted sign.
- **Logos and wordmarks**: A single word in Pacifico forms a compact, connected shape that works as a mark.
- **Social media graphics**: Short phrases stay legible at small sizes because the stroke is heavy and even.
- **Labels and packaging**: The retro brush style suits jars, bottles and stickers where one line carries the product name.
- **Titles in Russian or Ukrainian**: Cyrillic letters join in the same way as the Latin ones.

## Things to know

- **One weight, no bold**: Pacifico exists in Regular only; there is no italic or bold.
- **Capitals are not for all-caps**: In the specimen a row of capitals collides, since each capital is drawn to lead into lowercase letters.
- **Greek is not covered**: Cyrillic and Vietnamese are included; Greek is not.

## FAQs

### Is Pacifico free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Pacifico may be used in personal and commercial work, modified and redistributed, but the fonts cannot be sold on their own and derivatives must carry the same license.

### Who designed Pacifico?

Pacifico was designed by Vernon Adams, redrawn by Jacques Le Bailly, and given Cyrillic letters by Botjo Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova.

### How many weights does Pacifico have?

Pacifico has one weight, Regular 400, with no bold or italic.

### Can I use Pacifico for a logo?

Yes. The license of Pacifico permits use in logos, including commercial ones; the restriction is on selling the font files themselves. Many joined letter pairs look different from the single letters, so check the whole word.

### Does Pacifico support Cyrillic?

Yes. Pacifico includes Cyrillic and Cyrillic Extended subsets with the letters needed for Russian, Ukrainian and Bulgarian, alongside Latin-script languages and Vietnamese.

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