Handwriting · Impallari Type

Caveat

Q: Is Caveat free for commercial use?

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

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

Caveat is a free handwriting font by Impallari Type, on Google Fonts since 2015. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Caveat has an x-height shorter than 73%, is narrower than 68% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Grape Nuts →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Grape Nuts

Caveat on one light table with its two closest fonts, Grape Nuts (92 out of 100) and Kalam (85). Grape Nuts is 13% wider and 17% lighter; Kalam is 26% wider, with an x-height 44% taller and more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with CaveatGrape Nuts…

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 Caveat 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.

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Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

With this font

Write your ownHandwriting font generator →Your words in Caveat and 29 more handwriting fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Weights

Caveat in 4 weights

4 weights, 400–700 · variable from 400 to 700

Variable weight, 400 to 700

400 Regular
500 Medium
600 Semibold
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Who made Caveat, and can you use it?

Designer: Impallari Type
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 4 weights, 400–700
Variable axes: Weight 400–700
On Google Fonts since: 2015
Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Caveat 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

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Caveat, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Caveat under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Caveat on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Caveat, measured

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

Hxgp in Caveat. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 35.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.0% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.51lowercase against capitals
Width: 35.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 43%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.05 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 73% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 68% of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 64% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Caveat

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Caveat's own familyCaveat Brush

All 100 fonts similar to Caveat →Compare side by side →Get Caveat on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Caveat without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Caveat sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Caveat loads, this sets Arial in its place at 76.4% of its size, so running text keeps Caveat’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Caveat Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 76.38%;
  ascent-override: 125.68%;
  descent-override: 39.28%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Pairs

Used together with Caveat

Of the 13,672 home pages that load Caveat, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

More than chanceZilla Slab 14×Fredoka 6.6×Fraunces 6.3×

Fonts that go with Caveat: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerCaveat + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Caveat

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

Is Caveat free for commercial use?

Yes. Caveat 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 Caveat?

FontKind doesn’t host Caveat’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Caveat in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Caveat isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Caveat Medium and Caveat SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Caveat in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Caveat under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Caveat in Figma?

Yes: Caveat is in Figma’s font menu with all four weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Caveat have?

Caveat comes in four weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 400 to 700.

Who designed Caveat?

Caveat was designed by Impallari Type. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2015. Impallari Type also made Libre Baskerville, Dancing Script, Libre Franklin and 28 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Caveat?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Grape Nuts (92), Kalam (85) and Nothing You Could Do (83), out of 100. Next to Caveat, Grape Nuts is 13% wider and 17% lighter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Caveat Brush. See all 100 fonts like Caveat.