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Lacquer

Case
72 px
Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in
0 em
1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Lacquer', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Lacquer is a free display font by Niki Polyocan and Eli Block, on Google Fonts since 2019. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Lacquer has an x-height taller than 76%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 71%. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Caesar Dressing →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Caesar Dressing

Lacquer on one light table with its two closest fonts, Caesar Dressing (84 out of 100) and Freckle Face (76). Caesar Dressing is 7% narrower and 13% heavier, with an x-height 26% taller; Freckle Face is 53% heavier and 11% narrower, with an x-height 8% shorter.

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Lacquer and Caesar Dressing laid on top of each other.

Ink shared with LacquerCaesar Dressing…

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 Lacquer 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.

  • &
  • ?
  • !
  • @
  • %
  • (
  • )

With this font

03 / Sizes

Lacquer 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 Lacquer, and can you use it?

Designer
Niki Polyocan, Eli Block
Kind
Display
Styles
1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since
2019
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.

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

05 / Measurements

Lacquer, measured

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

Hxgp in Lacquer. 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
65.3% of the emcapitals
x / cap
0.90lowercase against capitals
Width
53.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink
41%letter box filled
Contrast
0.78 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

  • x-heightLarger than 76% of display faces

  • WidthNear the middle of display faces

  • InkLighter than 71% of display faces

  • ContrastMore even than 95% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Lacquer

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Lacquer without a jump

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

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Lacquer loads, this sets Arial in its place at 110.4% of its size, so running text keeps Lacquer’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Lacquer Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 110.43%;
  ascent-override: 90.55%;
  descent-override: 18.11%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Questions

Questions about Lacquer

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

Is Lacquer free for commercial use?

Yes. Lacquer 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 Lacquer?

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

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

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

Is Lacquer in Figma?

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

How many weights does Lacquer have?

Lacquer 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 Lacquer?

Lacquer was designed by Niki Polyocan and Eli Block. It has been on Google Fonts since July 2019. Eli Block also made Notable.

What fonts are similar to Lacquer?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Caesar Dressing (84), Freckle Face (76) and Trade Winds (72), out of 100. Next to Lacquer, Caesar Dressing is 7% narrower and 13% heavier, with an x-height 26% taller. See all 100 fonts like Lacquer.