Handwriting · Vernon Adams

Pacifico

Q: Is Pacifico free for commercial use?

Yes. Pacifico is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

CSSfont-family: 'Pacifico', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Pacifico is a free handwriting font by Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Pacifico has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 99%. Its thickest strokes are 1.9 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.

Compare with Leckerli One →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Leckerli One

Pacifico on one light table with its two closest fonts, Leckerli One (81 out of 100) and Courgette (73). Leckerli One is 18% lighter and 8% wider, with less stroke contrast; Courgette is 42% lighter and 7% wider, with an x-height 8% taller.

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Ink shared with PacificoLeckerli One…

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 Pacifico 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.

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Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

With this font

Write your ownCursive font generator →Your words in Pacifico and 29 more cursive fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Pacifico 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 Pacifico, and can you use it?

Designer: Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev, Ani Petrova
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, 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.

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

05 / Measurements

Pacifico, measured

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

Hxgp in Pacifico. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 47.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 87.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.54lowercase against capitals
Width: 45.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 87%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.85 : 1moderate stroke contrast

How we measure →

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 99% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 80% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Pacifico

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

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

07 / Swap

Swap Pacifico without a jump

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

Alkatra44text 2.0% wider · x-height 4.5% taller

Fallback while it loads

Until Pacifico loads, this sets Arial in its place at 92.5% of its size, so running text keeps Pacifico’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Pacifico Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 92.46%;
  ascent-override: 140.93%;
  descent-override: 49.00%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

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

08 / Pairs

Used together with Pacifico

Of the 8,006 home pages that load Pacifico, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

More than chanceLobster 6.9×Roboto Slab 3.4×Comfortaa 2.6×

Fonts that go with Pacifico: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerPacifico + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Pacifico

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

Is Pacifico free for commercial use?

Yes. Pacifico 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 Pacifico?

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

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

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

Is Pacifico in Figma?

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

How many weights does Pacifico have?

Pacifico 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 Pacifico?

Pacifico was designed by Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2011. Vernon Adams also made Bangers, Nunito, Oswald and 53 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Pacifico?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Leckerli One (81), Courgette (73) and Sriracha (70), out of 100. Next to Pacifico, Leckerli One is 18% lighter and 8% wider, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Pacifico.