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Freckle Face
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CSSfont-family: 'Freckle Face', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Freckle Face is a free display font by Astigmatic, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Freckle Face has an average x-height, is narrower than 65% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 73%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Creepster
Freckle Face on one light table with its two closest fonts, Creepster (97 out of 100) and Hanalei Fill (91). Creepster is 5% narrower, with an x-height 36% taller and less stroke contrast; Hanalei Fill is 11% wider, with an x-height 25% taller.
Freckle Face and Creepster laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Freckle FaceCreepster…
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 Freckle Face 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
Freckle Face 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 Freckle Face, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Astigmatic
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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, under another name. Not as “Freckle Face”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Freckle Face 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 Freckle Face, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Freckle Face under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Freckle Face, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 62%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.98 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNarrower than 65% of display faces
InkDarker than 73% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 89% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Freckle Face
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Creepster97x-height 36% taller · less stroke contrast · 5% narrower
- Hanalei Fill91x-height 25% taller · 11% wider
- Free Cheese8132% wider · x-height 7% taller · more stroke contrast
- Piedra8019% heavier · x-height 4% taller
- Darumadrop One77x-height 10% shorter · 5% wider · 9% lighter
- Margarine77x-height 13% taller · 15% lighter · 7% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Freckle Face →Compare side by side →Get Freckle Face on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Freckle Face without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Freckle Face loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.1% of its size, so running text keeps Freckle Face’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Freckle Face Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 96.13%;
ascent-override: 98.85%;
descent-override: 29.00%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Freckle Face', 'Freckle Face Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Freckle Face
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Freckle Face free for commercial use?
Yes. Freckle Face is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Freckle Face”.
How do I download and install Freckle Face?
FontKind doesn’t host Freckle Face’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 Freckle Face in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Freckle Face 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 Freckle Face in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Freckle Face under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Freckle Face in Figma?
Yes: Freckle Face is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Freckle Face have?
Freckle Face 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 Freckle Face?
Freckle Face was designed by Astigmatic. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2012. Astigmatic also made Aclonica, Parisienne, Righteous and 54 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Freckle Face?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Creepster (97), Hanalei Fill (91) and Free Cheese (81), out of 100. Next to Freckle Face, Creepster is 5% narrower, with an x-height 36% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Freckle Face.