Handwriting · Impallari Type
Caveat Brush
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CSSfont-family: 'Caveat Brush', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Caveat Brush is a free handwriting font by Impallari Type, on Google Fonts since 2015. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Caveat Brush has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 92%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Slackside One
Caveat Brush on one light table with its two closest fonts, Slackside One (84 out of 100) and Delicious Handrawn (84). Slackside One is 20% wider and 34% lighter, with an x-height 26% shorter; Delicious Handrawn is 7% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 4% taller.
Caveat Brush and Slackside One laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Caveat BrushSlackside One…
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.
02 / Letters
The Caveat Brush 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.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Caveat Brush at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Caveat Brush, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Impallari Type
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2015
- 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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Caveat Brush is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
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 Brush, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Caveat Brush under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Caveat Brush, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.62lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 39.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 64%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.12 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 92% of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Caveat Brush
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
Caveat Brush's own familyCaveat
- Slackside One84x-height 26% shorter · 20% wider · 34% lighter
- Delicious Handrawn847% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 4% taller
- East Sea Dokdo82x-height 28% shorter · 11% narrower · 17% lighter
- Mansalva8022% wider · more stroke contrast · 15% lighter
- Covered By Your Grace79x-height 18% taller · 23% lighter · less stroke contrast
- Just Another Hand7740% narrower · x-height 11% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Caveat Brush →Compare side by side →Get Caveat Brush on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Caveat Brush without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Caveat Brush loads, this sets Arial in its place at 79.6% of its size, so running text keeps Caveat Brush’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Caveat Brush Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 79.56%;
ascent-override: 120.66%;
descent-override: 37.71%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Caveat Brush', 'Caveat Brush Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Caveat Brush
Of the 1,357 home pages that load Caveat Brush, 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
- Roboto17%224 sites · 0.8× chance
- Open Sans13%179 sites · 0.7× chance
- Poppins12%166 sites · 1.1× chance
- Montserrat10%142 sites · 0.8× chance
- Inter6.1%83 sites · 0.6× chance
- Lato5.8%79 sites · 0.7× chance
09 / Questions
Questions about Caveat Brush
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Caveat Brush free for commercial use?
Yes. Caveat Brush 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 Brush?
FontKind doesn’t host Caveat Brush’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Caveat Brush in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Caveat Brush isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. 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 Brush in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Caveat Brush under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Caveat Brush in Figma?
Yes: Caveat Brush is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Caveat Brush have?
Caveat Brush comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Caveat Brush?
Caveat Brush 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 Brush?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Slackside One (84), Delicious Handrawn (84) and East Sea Dokdo (82), out of 100. Next to Caveat Brush, Slackside One is 20% wider and 34% lighter, with an x-height 26% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Caveat. See all 100 fonts like Caveat Brush.