Cherry Bomb One
Cherry Bomb One is a free display font for Japanese by Satsuyako, on Google Fonts since 2020. It draws the kana but no kanji, and the English alphabet, in one weight (400).
いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
01 / Characters
Hiragana and katakana
The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Cherry Bomb One.
Hiragana ひらがな
Each with its sound
- あa
- いi
- うu
- えe
- おo
- かka
- きki
- くku
- けke
- こko
- さsa
- しshi
- すsu
- せse
- そso
- たta
- ちchi
- つtsu
- てte
- とto
- なna
- にni
- ぬnu
- ねne
- のno
- はha
- ひhi
- ふfu
- へhe
- ほho
- まma
- みmi
- むmu
- めme
- もmo
- やya
- ゆyu
- よyo
- らra
- りri
- るru
- れre
- ろro
- わwa
- をwo
- んn
Katakana カタカナ
Each with its sound
- アa
- イi
- ウu
- エe
- オo
- カka
- キki
- クku
- ケke
- コko
- サsa
- シshi
- スsu
- セse
- ソso
- タta
- チchi
- ツtsu
- テte
- トto
- ナna
- ニni
- ヌnu
- ネne
- ノno
- ハha
- ヒhi
- フfu
- ヘhe
- ホho
- マma
- ミmi
- ムmu
- メme
- モmo
- ヤya
- ユyu
- ヨyo
- ラra
- リri
- ルru
- レre
- ロro
- ワwa
- ヲwo
- ンn
02 / Text
As running text
The Iroha, the poem that uses every kana once.
いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす
いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす
いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす
03 / Facts
What it covers
- Kanji
- None
- Kana alone: a browser sets kanji in another font
- Kana
- 189
- Hiragana and katakana, with their voiced and small forms
- Weights
- 1
- One weight, Regular (400)
- Vertical text
- Yes
- Vertical forms of its own, OpenType’s vert
- Font file
- 210 KB
- Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
- Licence
- OFL 1.1
- Free for commercial use
Designed by Satsuyako. On Google Fonts since 2020, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Cherry Bomb OneFonts with Latin like it →
05 / Questions
Questions about Cherry Bomb One
Answered from its licence and its font file, and each app’s own font list
Is Cherry Bomb One free for commercial use?
Yes. Cherry Bomb One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. What it forbids is selling the font file on its own.
How do I download and install Cherry Bomb One?
FontKind doesn’t host Cherry Bomb One’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.
Does Cherry Bomb One have kanji?
No: Cherry Bomb One draws the kana alone, hiragana and katakana, and no kanji. A browser or app sets any kanji in another font, so it suits words written in kana: titles, logos and signs.
How do I use Cherry Bomb One on a website?
Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Cherry Bomb One into small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 210 KB Regular file. To host it yourself, cut it down to the characters your pages use, a step called subsetting, and serve it as WOFF2: the SIL Open Font License allows that, and as Cherry Bomb One reserves no name, your copy may keep it.
Can Cherry Bomb One set vertical text?
Yes: Cherry Bomb One’s file has vertical forms, the OpenType vert feature, so in a vertical line its commas, full stops and brackets, and its small kana, turn and move as they should. On a web page, CSS writing-mode: vertical-rl sets a block vertically; Word, InDesign and Illustrator have vertical text of their own.
Can I use Cherry Bomb One in a game or an app?
Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Cherry Bomb One into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship its licence with the font files, and don’t sell the font on its own.
Is Cherry Bomb One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Cherry Bomb One 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 Cherry Bomb One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Cherry Bomb One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Cherry Bomb One in Figma?
Yes: Cherry Bomb One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Cherry Bomb One have?
Cherry Bomb One comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Does Cherry Bomb One have English letters?
Yes: Cherry Bomb One draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.
Who designed Cherry Bomb One?
Cherry Bomb One was designed by Satsuyako. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2020.
What fonts are similar to Cherry Bomb One?
The most used Japanese display fonts besides Cherry Bomb One are Dela Gothic One, Potta One and Hachi Maru Pop. See every Pop and display font for Japanese.