Handwriting · Vernon Adams

Damion

Q: Is Damion free for commercial use?

Yes. Damion 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 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

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

Damion is a free handwriting font by Vernon Adams, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Damion has an x-height shorter than 74%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 2.2 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

Compare with Yellowtail →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Yellowtail

Damion on one light table with its two closest fonts, Yellowtail (93 out of 100) and Condiment (80). Yellowtail is 15% lighter, with an x-height 27% taller and less stroke contrast; Condiment has an x-height 18% taller.

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Ink shared with DamionYellowtail…

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 Damion 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

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03 / Sizes

Damion 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 Damion, and can you use it?

Designer: Vernon Adams
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
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.

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

05 / Measurements

Damion, measured

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

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

x-height: 35.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.5% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.50lowercase against capitals
Width: 39.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 73%letter box filled
Contrast: 2.22 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 74% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 96% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 85% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Damion

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Damion without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Damion loads, this sets Arial in its place at 80.8% of its size, so running text keeps Damion’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Damion Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 80.79%;
  ascent-override: 124.99%;
  descent-override: 45.09%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Pairs

Used together with Damion

Of the 1,392 home pages that load Damion, 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

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerDamion + 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 Damion

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

Is Damion free for commercial use?

Yes. Damion 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 Damion?

FontKind doesn’t host Damion’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 Damion in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Damion 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 Damion in Google Docs?

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

Is Damion in Figma?

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

How many weights does Damion have?

Damion 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 Damion?

Damion was designed by Vernon Adams. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2011. Vernon Adams also made Bangers, Nunito, Oswald and 53 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Damion?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Yellowtail (93), Condiment (80) and Marck Script (78), out of 100. Next to Damion, Yellowtail is 15% lighter, with an x-height 27% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Damion.