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Homemade Apple

Q: Is Homemade Apple free for commercial use?

Yes. Homemade Apple is under the Apache License 2.0, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Splash

Homemade Apple on one light table with its two closest fonts, Splash (83 out of 100) and Erratic Cursive (80). Splash is 29% narrower, with an x-height 24% shorter; Erratic Cursive is 35% narrower and 22% lighter, with an x-height 43% shorter.

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Ink shared with Homemade AppleSplash…

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 Homemade Apple 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 ownHandwriting font generator →Your words in Homemade Apple and 29 more handwriting fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Homemade Apple 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 Homemade Apple, and can you use it?

Designer: Font Diner
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
Character sets: latin
Licence: Apache License 2.0

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. Mark the files you changed.
Sharing the files: Yes. With its notices, even for a fee.

Homemade Apple is under the Apache License 2.0. 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 Homemade Apple, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Homemade Apple 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 Homemade Apple on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Homemade Apple, measured

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

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

x-height: 58.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 98.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.60lowercase against capitals
Width: 60.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 45%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 93% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 95% of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Homemade Apple

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Homemade Apple without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Homemade Apple sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Homemade Apple loads, this sets Arial in its place at 125.1% of its size, so running text keeps Homemade Apple’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Homemade Apple Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 125.05%;
  ascent-override: 103.63%;
  descent-override: 67.63%;
  line-gap-override: 1.41%;
}

font-family: 'Homemade Apple', 'Homemade Apple Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Homemade Apple

Of the 1,740 home pages that load Homemade Apple, 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 chanceRadley 391×IM Fell English 252×Lexend 13×

Fonts that go with Homemade Apple: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerHomemade Apple + 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 Homemade Apple

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

Is Homemade Apple free for commercial use?

Yes. Homemade Apple is under the Apache License 2.0 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.

How do I download and install Homemade Apple?

FontKind doesn’t host Homemade Apple’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 Homemade Apple in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Homemade Apple 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 Homemade Apple in Google Docs?

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

Is Homemade Apple in Figma?

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

How many weights does Homemade Apple have?

Homemade Apple 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 Homemade Apple?

Homemade Apple was designed by Font Diner. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2011. Font Diner also made Permanent Marker, Schoolbell, Cherry Cream Soda and two more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Homemade Apple?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Splash (83), Erratic Cursive (80) and Are You Serious (79), out of 100. Next to Homemade Apple, Splash is 29% narrower, with an x-height 24% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Homemade Apple.