Handwriting · Robert Leuschke
Mea Culpa
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CSSfont-family: 'Mea Culpa', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Mea Culpa is a free handwriting font by Robert Leuschke, on Google Fonts since 2021. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Mea Culpa has an x-height shorter than 83%, is narrower than 85% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 4.6 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Fleur De Leah
Mea Culpa on one light table with its two closest fonts, Fleur De Leah (89 out of 100) and MonteCarlo (87). Fleur De Leah is 12% wider, with an x-height 21% taller and less stroke contrast; MonteCarlo is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 5% taller.
Mea Culpa and Fleur De Leah laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Mea CulpaFleur De Leah…
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 Mea Culpa 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
Mea Culpa 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 Mea Culpa, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Robert Leuschke
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2021
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Mea Culpa 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 Mea Culpa, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Mea Culpa under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Mea Culpa, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 31.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 81.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.39lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 29.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 4.57 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 83% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 85% of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 96% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Mea Culpa
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Fleur De Leah89x-height 21% taller · 12% wider · less stroke contrast
- MonteCarlo8710% wider · more stroke contrast · x-height 5% taller
- Gwendolyn8615% wider · 27% lighter
- Imperial Script85x-height 17% taller · 26% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Great Vibes84x-height 12% taller · 8% wider · less stroke contrast
- Carattere80less stroke contrast · x-height 11% taller · 7% wider
All 100 fonts similar to Mea Culpa →Compare side by side →Get Mea Culpa on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Mea Culpa without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Ruthie78text 2.7% wider · x-height 2.2% shorter
- Bonheur Royale72same text width · x-height 2.2% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Mea Culpa loads, this sets Arial in its place at 59.7% of its size, so running text keeps Mea Culpa’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Mea Culpa Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 59.66%;
ascent-override: 167.62%;
descent-override: 67.05%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Mea Culpa', 'Mea Culpa Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Mea Culpa
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Mea Culpa free for commercial use?
Yes. Mea Culpa 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 Mea Culpa?
FontKind doesn’t host Mea Culpa’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 Mea Culpa in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Mea Culpa 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 Mea Culpa in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Mea Culpa under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Mea Culpa in Figma?
Yes: Mea Culpa is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Mea Culpa have?
Mea Culpa 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 Mea Culpa?
Mea Culpa was designed by Robert Leuschke. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2021. Robert Leuschke also made Smooch Sans, Updock, Great Vibes and 84 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Mea Culpa?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Fleur De Leah (89), MonteCarlo (87) and Gwendolyn (86), out of 100. Next to Mea Culpa, Fleur De Leah is 12% wider, with an x-height 21% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Mea Culpa.