Handwriting · Vernon Adams
Norican
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CSSfont-family: 'Norican', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Norican is a free handwriting font by Vernon Adams, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Norican has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 92%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Satisfy
Norican on one light table with its two closest fonts, Satisfy (82 out of 100) and Courgette (79). Satisfy is 6% wider and 8% lighter; Courgette is 25% wider, with an x-height 23% taller and more stroke contrast.
Norican and Satisfy laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with NoricanSatisfy…
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 Norican 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
Norican 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 Norican, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Vernon Adams
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
Norican 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 Norican, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Norican under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Norican, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 74.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.55lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 39.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 63%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.28 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 92% of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Norican
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Satisfy826% wider · 8% lighter
- Courgette7925% wider · x-height 23% taller · more stroke contrast
- Leckerli One7826% wider · x-height 20% taller · 13% heavier
- Damion76more stroke contrast · x-height 15% shorter · 15% heavier
- Dancing Script75x-height 19% shorter · 23% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Yesteryear75x-height 28% shorter · 40% heavier · 8% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Norican →Compare side by side →Get Norican on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Norican without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Norican loads, this sets Arial in its place at 77.9% of its size, so running text keeps Norican’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Norican Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 77.90%;
ascent-override: 131.30%;
descent-override: 49.57%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Norican', 'Norican Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Norican
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Norican free for commercial use?
Yes. Norican 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 Norican?
FontKind doesn’t host Norican’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 Norican in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Norican 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 Norican in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Norican under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Norican in Figma?
Yes: Norican is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Norican have?
Norican 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 Norican?
Norican was designed by Vernon Adams. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2012. Vernon Adams also made Bangers, Nunito, Oswald and 53 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Norican?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Satisfy (82), Courgette (79) and Leckerli One (78), out of 100. Next to Norican, Satisfy is 6% wider and 8% lighter. See all 100 fonts like Norican.