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Monomaniac One

あ: あ · The hiragana a, the first kana

Monomaniac One is a free display font for Japanese by Maniackers Design, on Google Fonts since 2020. It draws the kana but no kanji, and the English alphabet, in one weight (400).

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いろはにほへと ちりぬるを

The start of the Iroha, the poem that uses every kana once · Regular 400

01 / Characters

Hiragana and katakana

The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Monomaniac One.

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

02 / Text

As running text

The Iroha, the poem that uses every kana once.

いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす

Set large

いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす

At reading size · 16 px

いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす

Set vertically

03 / Facts

What it covers

Kanji
None
Kana alone: a browser sets kanji in another font
Kana
178
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
119 KB
Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
Licence
OFL 1.1
Free for commercial use

Designed by Maniackers Design. On Google Fonts since 2020, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Get it on Google Fonts Its licence file

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

04 / Pop and display

More display Japanese fonts

Every Pop and display font for Japanese →

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

05 / Questions

Questions about Monomaniac One

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

Is Monomaniac One free for commercial use?

Yes. Monomaniac One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. What it forbids is selling the font file on its own.

How do I download and install Monomaniac One?

FontKind doesn’t host Monomaniac One’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 Monomaniac One have kanji?

No: Monomaniac One draws the kana alone, hiragana and katakana, and no kanji. A browser or app sets any kanji in another font, so it suits words written in kana: titles, logos and signs.

How do I use Monomaniac One on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Monomaniac One into small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 119 KB 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 SIL Open Font License allows that, and as Monomaniac One reserves no name, your copy may keep it.

Can Monomaniac One set vertical text?

Yes: Monomaniac One’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 Monomaniac One in a game or an app?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Monomaniac One into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship its licence with the font files, and don’t sell the font on its own.

Is Monomaniac One in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Monomaniac One 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 Monomaniac One in Google Docs?

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

Is Monomaniac One in Figma?

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

How many weights does Monomaniac One have?

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

Does Monomaniac One have English letters?

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

Who designed Monomaniac One?

Monomaniac One was designed by Maniackers Design. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2020.

What fonts are similar to Monomaniac One?

The most used Japanese display fonts besides Monomaniac One are Dela Gothic One, Potta One and Hachi Maru Pop. See every Pop and display font for Japanese.