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Purple Purse
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CSSfont-family: 'Purple Purse', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Purple Purse is a free display font by Astigmatic, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Purple Purse has an x-height shorter than 95%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 8.4 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Abril Fatface
Purple Purse on one light table with its two closest fonts, Abril Fatface (80 out of 100) and Stardom (78). Abril Fatface is 17% heavier, with an x-height 15% taller and more stroke contrast; Stardom is 29% lighter, with an x-height 24% taller and more stroke contrast.
Purple Purse and Abril Fatface laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Purple PurseAbril Fatface…
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 Purple Purse 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
Purple Purse 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 Purple Purse, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Astigmatic
- Kind
- Display
- 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, under another name. Not as “Purple Purse”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Purple Purse 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 Purple Purse, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Purple Purse under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Purple Purse, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.60lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 57%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 8.43 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 95% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkDarker than 66% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 98% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Purple Purse
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Abril Fatface80x-height 15% taller · 17% heavier · more stroke contrast
- Stardom78x-height 24% taller · more stroke contrast · 29% lighter
- Chonburi6528% wider · x-height 18% taller
- Yeseva One64x-height 21% taller · 13% wider · 8% lighter
- Gravitas One6463% wider · x-height 32% taller · 16% heavier
- Rakkas61less stroke contrast · 9% narrower · 19% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Purple Purse →Compare side by side →Get Purple Purse on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Purple Purse without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Jacques Francois27text 2.7% wider · x-height 4.8% taller
- CAT Altenglisch25text 2.2% narrower · same x-height
- Alkalami22text 1.4% narrower · x-height 1.4% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Purple Purse loads, this sets Arial in its place at 100.5% of its size, so running text keeps Purple Purse’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Purple Purse Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 100.47%;
ascent-override: 90.88%;
descent-override: 33.53%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Purple Purse', 'Purple Purse Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Purple Purse
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Purple Purse free for commercial use?
Yes. Purple Purse is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Purple Purse”.
How do I download and install Purple Purse?
FontKind doesn’t host Purple Purse’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 Purple Purse in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Purple Purse 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 Purple Purse in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Purple Purse under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Purple Purse in Figma?
Yes: Purple Purse is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Purple Purse have?
Purple Purse 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 Purple Purse?
Purple Purse was designed by Astigmatic. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2012. Astigmatic also made Aclonica, Parisienne, Righteous and 54 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Purple Purse?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Abril Fatface (80), Stardom (78) and Chonburi (65), out of 100. Next to Purple Purse, Abril Fatface is 17% heavier, with an x-height 15% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Purple Purse.