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Handwriting · Sungsit Sawaiwan

BoonJot

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'BoonJot', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

BoonJot is a free handwriting font by Sungsit Sawaiwan, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, BoonJot has an x-height taller than 65%, is wider than 69% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 63%. Its thickest strokes are 1.4 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

Compare with Fuzzy Bubbles →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Fuzzy Bubbles

BoonJot on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fuzzy Bubbles (86 out of 100) and Cause (82). Fuzzy Bubbles is 13% wider and 15% lighter, with less stroke contrast; Cause is 13% lighter, with less stroke contrast.

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BoonJot and Fuzzy Bubbles laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with BoonJotFuzzy Bubbles…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The BoonJot alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

03 / Styles

BoonJot, upright and italic

1 weight (400), with italics

  • 400 Regular, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made BoonJot, and can you use it?

Designer
Sungsit Sawaiwan
Kind
Handwriting
Styles
1 weight (400), with italics
From
GitHub
Character sets
latin, latin-ext
Licence
SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use
Yes.
Logos
Yes.
Websites and apps
Yes. Self-hosted.
PDFs and documents
Yes.
Changes
Yes.
Sharing the files
Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

BoonJot is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Its licence file, in its repository

Already in your apps?

Google Docs
Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and BoonJot comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint
Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
Figma
Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
Canva
Not verified. Search its font menu for BoonJot, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut
Once installed. Design Space lists BoonJot under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get BoonJot on GitHub

05 / Measurements

BoonJot, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in BoonJot. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named
x-height
50.1% of the emlowercase x
Cap height
67.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.74lowercase against capitals
Width
49.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
40%letter box filled
Contrast
1.36 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 65% of handwriting faces

  • WidthWider than 69% of handwriting faces

  • InkLighter than 63% of handwriting faces

  • ContrastMore contrast than 62% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to BoonJot

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to BoonJot →Compare side by side →Get BoonJot on GitHub

07 / Swap

Swap BoonJot without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until BoonJot loads, this sets Arial in its place at 102.2% of its size, so running text keeps BoonJot’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'BoonJot Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 102.22%;
  ascent-override: 107.61%;
  descent-override: 39.13%;
  line-gap-override: 7.34%;
}

font-family: 'BoonJot', 'BoonJot Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about BoonJot

Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list

Is BoonJot free for commercial use?

Yes. BoonJot is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

How do I download and install BoonJot?

BoonJot comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its fonts/ttf folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .

Is BoonJot in Google Docs?

Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and BoonJot comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.

How many weights does BoonJot have?

BoonJot comes in one weight, Regular (400), with an italic. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed BoonJot?

BoonJot was designed by Sungsit Sawaiwan. Sungsit Sawaiwan also made Boon and BoonTook.

What fonts are similar to BoonJot?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fuzzy Bubbles (86), Cause (82) and Playpen Sans (82), out of 100. Next to BoonJot, Fuzzy Bubbles is 13% wider and 15% lighter, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like BoonJot.