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Japanese · Maru Gothic (rounded)丸ゴシック

Kosugi Maru

あ: あ · The hiragana a, the first kana

Kosugi Maru is a free rounded font for Japanese by MOTOYA, on Google Fonts since 2021. It draws 6,682 kanji and the kana, and the English alphabet, in one weight (400).

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あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風

The opening of Miyazawa Kenji’s The Polano Square · Regular 400

01 / Characters

Hiragana, katakana and kanji

The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Kosugi Maru.

Hiragana ひらがな

Each with its sound

  1. あa
  2. いi
  3. うu
  4. えe
  5. おo
  6. かka
  7. きki
  8. くku
  9. けke
  10. こko
  11. さsa
  12. しshi
  13. すsu
  14. せse
  15. そso
  16. たta
  17. ちchi
  18. つtsu
  19. てte
  20. とto
  21. なna
  22. にni
  23. ぬnu
  24. ねne
  25. のno
  26. はha
  27. ひhi
  28. ふfu
  29. へhe
  30. ほho
  31. まma
  32. みmi
  33. むmu
  34. めme
  35. もmo
  36. やya
  37. ゆyu
  38. よyo
  39. らra
  40. りri
  41. るru
  42. れre
  43. ろro
  44. わwa
  45. をwo
  46. んn

Katakana カタカナ

Each with its sound

  1. アa
  2. イi
  3. ウu
  4. エe
  5. オo
  6. カka
  7. キki
  8. クku
  9. ケke
  10. コko
  11. サsa
  12. シshi
  13. スsu
  14. セse
  15. ソso
  16. タta
  17. チchi
  18. ツtsu
  19. テte
  20. トto
  21. ナna
  22. ニni
  23. ヌnu
  24. ネne
  25. ノno
  26. ハha
  27. ヒhi
  28. フfu
  29. ヘhe
  30. ホho
  31. マma
  32. ミmi
  33. ムmu
  34. メme
  35. モmo
  36. ヤya
  37. ユyu
  38. ヨyo
  39. ラra
  40. リri
  41. ルru
  42. レre
  43. ロro
  44. ワwa
  45. ヲwo
  46. ンn

Kanji 漢字

Each with its meaning

  1. 永eternity
  2. 日sun
  3. 月moon
  4. 火fire
  5. 水water
  6. 木tree
  7. 金gold
  8. 土earth
  9. 山mountain
  10. 川river
  11. 雨rain
  12. 花flower
  13. 空sky
  14. 海sea
  15. 風wind
  16. 森forest
  17. 夢dream
  18. 愛love
  19. 心heart
  20. 道way
  21. 書write
  22. 字letter
  23. 光light
  24. 春spring
  25. 夏summer
  26. 秋autumn
  27. 冬winter
  28. 東east
  29. 京capital
  30. 語language

02 / Text

As running text

The opening of Miyazawa Kenji’s The Polano Square.

あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。

Set large

あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。

At reading size · 16 px

あのイーハトーヴォのすきとおった風、夏でも底に冷たさをもつ青いそら、うつくしい森で飾られたモリーオ市、郊外のぎらぎらひかる草の波。

Set vertically

03 / Facts

What it covers

Kanji
6,682
More than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set
Kana
177
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
3.4 MB
Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
Licence
Apache License 2.0
Free for commercial use

Designed by MOTOYA. On Google Fonts since 2021, under the Apache License 2.0.

Get it on Google Fonts Its licence file

LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Kosugi MaruFonts with Latin like it →

04 / Maru Gothic

More rounded Japanese fonts

Every Maru Gothic font for Japanese →

All 76 Japanese fonts →Japanese, Chinese and Korean fonts →

05 / Questions

Questions about Kosugi Maru

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

Is Kosugi Maru free for commercial use?

Yes. Kosugi Maru is under the Apache License 2.0 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. A file you change has to say that you changed it.

How do I download and install Kosugi Maru?

FontKind doesn’t host Kosugi Maru’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 Kosugi Maru have kanji?

Yes: Kosugi Maru draws 6,682 kanji, with the hiragana and katakana. That is more than the 6,355 of JIS levels 1 and 2, the standard set for Japanese text.

How do I use Kosugi Maru on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Kosugi Maru into about a hundred small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 3.4 MB 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 Apache License allows that, with a note in the file that you changed it.

Can Kosugi Maru set vertical text?

Yes: Kosugi Maru’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 Kosugi Maru in a game or an app?

Yes. The Apache License lets you build Kosugi Maru into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship a copy of its licence with the font files.

Is Kosugi Maru in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Kosugi Maru 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 Kosugi Maru in Google Docs?

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

Is Kosugi Maru in Figma?

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

How many weights does Kosugi Maru have?

Kosugi Maru comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Does Kosugi Maru have English letters?

Yes: Kosugi Maru draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.

Who designed Kosugi Maru?

Kosugi Maru was designed by MOTOYA. It has been on Google Fonts since September 2021.

What fonts are similar to Kosugi Maru?

The most used Japanese rounded fonts besides Kosugi Maru are M PLUS Rounded 1c, Zen Maru Gothic and Kiwi Maru. See every Maru Gothic font for Japanese.