Magneto font
Magneto is a streamlined script, after the chrome lettering of the 1930s and 40s. It was designed by Leslie Cabarga, and first issued by The Font Bureau in 1995. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by CabargaType, on Adobe Fonts. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
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Free for commercial useApache 2.0
Fonts like Permanent Marker02by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Shadows Into Light03by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Caveat04by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Patrick Hand05by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Marck Script06by class
Free for commercial useOFL
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Not measured against Magneto: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Magneto or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Magneto
- Designed by
- Leslie CabargaSource: Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- The Font Bureau, 1995Source: Microsoft: font list
- Class
- Streamlined script, after the chrome lettering of the 1930s and 40s
- Comes with
- Microsoft 365, as a cloud font: MagnetoSource: Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- CabargaType, on Adobe Fonts
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
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Questions about Magneto
Is Magneto free?
Not to use anywhere you like. Microsoft 365 includes it as a cloud font, for Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by CabargaType, on Adobe Fonts. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Magneto?
Magneto was designed by Leslie Cabarga, and first issued by The Font Bureau in 1995.
Can I use Magneto in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, yes, with Microsoft 365: Magneto is one of its cloud fonts, which Word downloads when you pick it. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Magneto isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Permanent Marker, Shadows Into Light and Caveat are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Magneto?
FontKind hasn’t measured Magneto: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Permanent Marker, Shadows Into Light and Caveat are casual scripts in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Magneto.