Handwriting · Craig Rozynski

Comic Neue

Q: Is Comic Neue free for commercial use?

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

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

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

Comic Neue is a free handwriting font by Craig Rozynski and Hrant Papazian, on Google Fonts since 2020. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Comic Neue has an x-height taller than 62%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Cause →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Cause

Comic Neue on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cause (64 out of 100) and Manjari (63). Cause is 9% wider; Manjari is 9% wider and 13% heavier.

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Ink shared with Comic NeueCause…

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 Comic Neue 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 ownComic font generator →Your words in Comic Neue and 17 more comic fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Weights

Comic Neue in 3 weights

3 weights, 300–700, with italics

300 Light, with its italic
400 Regular, with its italic
700 Bold, with its italic

04 / Facts

Who made Comic Neue, and can you use it?

Designer: Craig Rozynski, Hrant Papazian
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 3 weights, 300–700, with italics
On Google Fonts since: 2020
Character sets: latin
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.

Comic Neue 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 Comic Neue, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Comic Neue 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 Comic Neue on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Comic Neue, measured

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

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

x-height: 49.4% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 67.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.73lowercase against capitals
Width: 46.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 34%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.13 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 62% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 85% of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Comic Neue

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Comic Neue without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Comic Neue loads, this sets Arial in its place at 97.5% of its size, so running text keeps Comic Neue’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Comic Neue Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 97.47%;
  ascent-override: 92.34%;
  descent-override: 25.65%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Comic Neue', 'Comic Neue Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Comic Neue

Of the 1,093 home pages that load Comic Neue, 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 chanceLato 1.6×

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerComic Neue + 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 Comic Neue

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

Is Comic Neue free for commercial use?

Yes. Comic Neue 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 Comic Neue?

FontKind doesn’t host Comic Neue’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds six font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Comic Neue in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Comic Neue 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 Comic Neue Light. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Comic Neue in Google Docs?

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

Is Comic Neue in Figma?

Yes: Comic Neue is in Figma’s font menu with all three weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Comic Neue have?

Comic Neue comes in three weights: Light (300), Regular (400) and Bold (700), each with an italic.

Who designed Comic Neue?

Comic Neue was designed by Craig Rozynski and Hrant Papazian. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2020.

What fonts are similar to Comic Neue?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cause (64), Manjari (63) and Mali (62), out of 100. Next to Comic Neue, Cause is 9% wider. See all 100 fonts like Comic Neue.