Handwriting · Sideshow
Rock Salt
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CSSfont-family: 'Rock Salt', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Rock Salt is a free handwriting font by Sideshow, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Rock Salt has an x-height taller than 98%, is wider than 99% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 82%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Permanent Marker
Rock Salt on one light table with its two closest fonts, Permanent Marker (91 out of 100) and Trade Winds (78). Permanent Marker is 58% heavier and 20% narrower, with an x-height 24% shorter; Trade Winds is 40% heavier, with an x-height 29% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Rock Salt and Permanent Marker laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Rock SaltPermanent Marker…
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 Rock Salt 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
Rock Salt 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 Rock Salt, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sideshow
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0
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. Mark the files you changed.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. With its notices, even for a fee.
Rock Salt is under the Apache License 2.0. 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 Rock Salt, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Rock Salt under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Rock Salt, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 77.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 104.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.74lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 69.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 35%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.01 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 98% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 99% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 82% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 72% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Rock Salt
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Permanent Marker9158% heavier · x-height 24% shorter · 20% narrower
- Trade Winds78x-height 29% shorter · more stroke contrast · 40% heavier
- Beth Ellen7182% heavier · x-height 36% shorter · 15% narrower
- Splash66x-height 43% shorter · 38% narrower · 26% heavier
- Lacquer64x-height 24% shorter · 24% narrower · 15% heavier
- Homemade Apple61x-height 24% shorter · 28% heavier · 13% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Rock Salt →Compare side by side →Get Rock Salt on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Rock Salt without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Rock Salt sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Rock Salt loads, this sets Arial in its place at 140.7% of its size, so running text keeps Rock Salt’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Rock Salt Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 140.65%;
ascent-override: 112.69%;
descent-override: 54.71%;
line-gap-override: 2.22%;
}
font-family: 'Rock Salt', 'Rock Salt Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Pairs
Used together with Rock Salt
Of the 1,767 home pages that load Rock Salt, 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
- Roboto16%276 sites · 0.8× chance
- Open Sans14%246 sites · 0.8× chance
- Montserrat13%224 sites · 1× chance
- Lato7.4%131 sites · 0.9× chance
- Poppins5.7%100 sites · 0.5× chance
- Inter5.3%94 sites · 0.5× chance
More than chanceCourier Prime 134×Rubik 2×
Fonts that go with Rock Salt: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →
Pair checkerRock Salt + 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 other09 / Questions
Questions about Rock Salt
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Rock Salt free for commercial use?
Yes. Rock Salt is under the Apache License 2.0 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.
How do I download and install Rock Salt?
FontKind doesn’t host Rock Salt’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 Rock Salt in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Rock Salt 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 Rock Salt in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Rock Salt under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Rock Salt in Figma?
Yes: Rock Salt is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Rock Salt have?
Rock Salt 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 Rock Salt?
Rock Salt was designed by Sideshow. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2011. Sideshow also made Satisfy, Chewy, Creepster and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Rock Salt?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Permanent Marker (91), Trade Winds (78) and Beth Ellen (71), out of 100. Next to Rock Salt, Permanent Marker is 58% heavier and 20% narrower, with an x-height 24% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Rock Salt.