Zapfino® font
Zapfino is a calligraphic formal script by Hermann Zapf, first issued by Linotype in 1998. It comes with macOS; elsewhere it is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype, as Zapfino Extra. 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 useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Free for commercial useOFL
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Not measured against Zapfino: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Zapfino or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Zapfino
- Designed by
- Hermann ZapfSource: Wikipedia: Zapfino
- First issued
- Linotype, 1998Source: Wikipedia: Zapfino
- Class
- Calligraphic formal scriptSource: Wikipedia: Zapfino
- Comes with
- macOS Tahoe: ZapfinoSource: Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe
- Sold by
- Linotype, as Zapfino Extra
- Trademark
- Zapfino is a trademark of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.Source: Monotype: trademarks
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.
Zapfino® is a trademark of Monotype GmbH. FontKind is not affiliated with Monotype GmbH, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Zapfino
Is Zapfino free?
Not to use anywhere you like. It comes with macOS, so a Mac already has it. Anywhere else it needs a licence, sold by Linotype, as Zapfino Extra. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Zapfino?
Zapfino was designed by Hermann Zapf, and first issued by Linotype in 1998.
Can I use Zapfino in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word on a Mac, yes, as macOS comes with Zapfino; on Windows, only after you install a licensed copy. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Zapfino isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Charmonman, Tangerine and Parisienne 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 Zapfino?
FontKind hasn’t measured Zapfino: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. The free fonts whose own descriptions name it, or its model, are Charmonman. Beside them, Tangerine, Parisienne and Cookie are formal scripts in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Zapfino.