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Playpen Sans

HandwritingLatinCyrillicKazakh8 stylesVariable
Download family.zip · 861 KB
Size72px
Letter spacing0px
Line height1
Playpen Sans Thin 100
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Playpen Sans Extra Light 200
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Playpen Sans Light 300
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Playpen Sans Regular 400
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Playpen Sans Medium 500
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Playpen Sans Semi Bold 600
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Playpen Sans Bold 700
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Playpen Sans Extra Bold 800
Playpen Sans
Font Playpen Sans in use: the phrase “Fresh mango, warm sun” over a landscape

About the font

Playpen Sans is a free font by TypeTogether, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, Kostas Bartsokas, Vera Evstafieva, Tom Grace, Yorlmar Campos, released under the OFL-1.1 license. Of the 1069 languages we checked, 920 have every letter of their basic alphabet in this font. The x-height is 54% of the em and the capital height is 76%.

Playpen Sans is a handwriting font that supports Latin, Cyrillic and Kazakh. It comes in 8 styles with weights from 100 to 800 and is a variable font. The family contains 3082 glyphs in total. The font is free to use under the OFL-1.1 license. It was created by TypeTogether, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian and José Scaglion as a multiscript design.

Author
TypeTogether, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, Kostas Bartsokas, Vera Evstafieva, Tom Grace, Yorlmar Campos
License terms
OFL-1.1
Scripts
Cyrillic; Latin
Glyphs
3082

Character and uses

Mood
  • playful
  • friendly
Design
  • rounded
  • monoline
Good for

Marked from the shapes of the letters by an AI model, not by the author of the font.

Supported languages

Playpen Sans has every letter of the basic alphabet, capitals included, for 920 languages of the 1069 we checked (language data: Google Fonts). The biggest languages come first.

  • English
  • Russian
  • Spanish
  • Portuguese
  • German
  • French
  • Turkish
  • Kazakh
  • Swahili
  • Indonesian
  • Javanese
  • Vietnamese
  • Italian
  • Filipino
  • Hakka Chinese
  • Nigerian Pidgin
  • Polish
  • Hausa
  • Oromo
  • Sundanese
  • Dutch
  • Ukrainian
  • Yoruba
  • Igbo
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  • Uzbek(Latin)
  • Cebuano
  • Kurdish
  • Malagasy
  • Romanian
  • Nyanja
  • Madurese
  • Somali
  • Zulu
  • Czech
  • Swedish
  • Hungarian
  • Greek
  • Shona
  • Low German
  • Akan
  • Quechua
  • Kinyarwanda
  • Wolof
  • Tunisian Arabic
  • Congo Swahili
  • Turkmen
  • Iloko
  • Xhosa
  • Belarusian
  • Luba-Lulua
  • Azerbaijani
  • Umbundu
  • Afrikaans
  • Hiligaynon
  • Kikuyu
  • Bambara
  • Haitian Creole
  • Tajik
  • Kanuri
  • Catalan
  • Mossi
  • Kimbundu
  • Serbian(Latin)
  • Minangkabau
  • Swiss German
  • Bulgarian
  • Fula
  • Rundi
  • Serbian(Cyrillic)
  • Danish
  • Wolaytta
  • Albanian
  • Croatian
  • Slovak
  • Dyula
  • Southern Sotho
  • Krio
  • Tswana
  • Luyia
  • Guarani
  • Finnish
  • Ganda
  • Norwegian Bokmål
  • Bemba
  • Northern Sotho
  • Luo
  • Tok Pisin
  • Sukuma
  • Tsonga
  • Balinese
  • Sicilian
  • Ewe
  • Mandingo
  • Uzbek(Cyrillic)
  • Norwegian
  • Buginese
  • Kamba
  • Kalenjin
  • Banjar
  • Makhuwa
  • Zarma
  • Bosnian(Cyrillic)
  • Bosnian(Latin)
  • Sidamo
  • Acehnese
  • Galician
  • Lingala
  • Central Atlas Tamazight
  • Tiv
  • Kabyle
  • Bikol

…and 809 more languages that are not listed here.

Special characters

Characters people often look for. “Included” means the font has all signs of the group.

  • Kazakhstani Tenge — Included
  • Russian Ruble — Included
  • Euro — Included
  • Turkish Lira — Included
  • Ukrainian Hryvnia — Included
  • Indian Rupee — Included
  • British Pound — Included
  • Japanese Yen — Included
  • US Dollar — Included
  • Yo (Ё ё) — Included
  • Numero sign — Included
  • Guillemets (angle quotes) — Included
  • En and em dashes — Included
  • Ellipsis — Included
  • Legal marks (© ® ™) — Included
  • Arrows — Not included
  • Math signs — Included

Characteristics

Mapped characters
1051
x-height
54% of the em
Capital height
76% of the em
Version
2.000
Embedding in documents
Allowed

OpenType features

Extras you can switch on in design software or in CSS with font-feature-settings.

  • Standard ligaturesliga
  • Contextual alternatescalt
  • Kerningkern
  • Fractionsfrac
  • Case-sensitive formscase
  • Ordinalsordn
  • Stylistic sets (3)

License at a glance

A plain summary, not legal advice. What counts is the license text that comes with the download.

OFL-1.1

Commercial projects
Allowed
Embedding on a website
Allowed
Modifying the font
Allowed, with conditions
Sharing the font
Allowed, with conditions
Credit and notices
Keep the notices when you share the font
Selling the font on its own
Not allowed

Under the SIL Open Font License a modified font must stay under the same license and may not use the original name if the author reserved it. The font may be bundled with software but not sold by itself.

Read the license text

How to install

Install the .ttf or .otf files, not both versions of the same font; unzip the archive first.

Windows

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install.
  3. Restart your program.
How to install a font on Windows 10 and 11

macOS

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Double-click the .ttf or .otf file.
  3. Click Install Font in the window that opens.
How to install a font on a Mac (macOS)

Linux

  1. Unzip the archive.
  2. Copy the files to ~/.local/share/fonts.
  3. Run fc-cache -f -v and restart your program.
How to install a font on Linux (Ubuntu and others)

Step-by-step guides (9)

Facts and sources

Where the font comes from
fonts.google.com/specimen/Playpen+Sans
Language data
Google Fonts Languages
Page last updated
How the texts on this page are written

FAQ

Is the Playpen Sans font free to use?

Yes. Playpen Sans is distributed under the OFL-1.1 license, which allows free use, including in commercial projects. The license text is in the download.

Does Playpen Sans support Cyrillic?

Yes, Playpen Sans includes Cyrillic glyphs.

How many languages does Playpen Sans support?

Playpen Sans covers 920 of the 1069 languages we checked: it has every letter of their basic alphabets, in both cases. The full list is in the Supported languages section of this page.

Is Playpen Sans a variable font?

Yes. Playpen Sans is a variable font: weight and other properties change smoothly inside one file instead of needing a separate file for each style.

How do I install Playpen Sans?

Download the family archive and unzip it. On Windows, right-click the .ttf or .otf file and choose Install; on macOS, double-click the file and click Install Font. Restart your program afterwards. Step-by-step guides are in the Guides section.

Who created Playpen Sans?

Playpen Sans was created by TypeTogether, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, Kostas Bartsokas, Vera Evstafieva, Tom Grace, Yorlmar Campos.

What is Playpen Sans good for?

Judging by its design, Playpen Sans suits: headings, social media, body text.

Pairs well with Playpen Sans

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  • Heading
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    • A showy heading over a quiet text face
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: friendly
    • The body font is made for reading
  • Heading
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    Body text
    Noto Sans Old Permic
    • A showy heading over a quiet text face
    • The same x-height: lowercase letters stand equally tall
    • A shared mood: friendly
    • The body font is made for reading

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