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Seaweed Script
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CSSfont-family: 'Seaweed Script', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Seaweed Script is a free display font by Neapolitan, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Seaweed Script has an x-height shorter than 98%, is narrower than 88% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 81%. Its thickest strokes are 2.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Miniver
Seaweed Script on one light table with its two closest fonts, Miniver (76 out of 100) and Vujahday Script (65). Miniver is 20% wider and 10% lighter, with an x-height 38% taller; Vujahday Script is 45% lighter and 5% wider, with an x-height 18% taller.
Seaweed Script and Miniver laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Seaweed ScriptMiniver…
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 Seaweed Script 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
Seaweed Script 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 Seaweed Script, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Neapolitan
- 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 “Seaweed Script”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Seaweed Script 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 Seaweed Script, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Seaweed Script under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Seaweed Script, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 35.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 74.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.47lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 38.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 66%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.33 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 98% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 88% of display faces
InkDarker than 81% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 82% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Seaweed Script
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Miniver76x-height 38% taller · 20% wider · 10% lighter
- Vujahday Script6545% lighter · x-height 18% taller · 5% wider
- Homemade Apple64x-height 66% taller · 56% wider · 32% lighter
- Caveat6135% lighter · less stroke contrast · 7% narrower
- Yuji Boku6147% wider · x-height 29% taller · 48% lighter
- CAT Reporter5919% narrower · x-height 17% taller · 13% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Seaweed Script →Compare side by side →Get Seaweed Script on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Seaweed Script without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Damion49text 0.9% narrower · x-height 0.7% shorter
- Mr Dafoe45text 2.4% narrower · x-height 2.9% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Seaweed Script loads, this sets Arial in its place at 81.5% of its size, so running text keeps Seaweed Script’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Seaweed Script Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 81.53%;
ascent-override: 116.07%;
descent-override: 50.42%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Seaweed Script', 'Seaweed Script Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Seaweed Script
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Seaweed Script free for commercial use?
Yes. Seaweed Script 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 “Seaweed Script”.
How do I download and install Seaweed Script?
FontKind doesn’t host Seaweed Script’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 Seaweed Script in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Seaweed Script 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 Seaweed Script in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Seaweed Script under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Seaweed Script in Figma?
Yes: Seaweed Script is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Seaweed Script have?
Seaweed Script 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 Seaweed Script?
Seaweed Script was designed by Neapolitan. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2012. Neapolitan also made Skranji, Codystar, Emilys Candy and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Seaweed Script?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Miniver (76), Vujahday Script (65) and Homemade Apple (64), out of 100. Next to Seaweed Script, Miniver is 20% wider and 10% lighter, with an x-height 38% taller. See all 100 fonts like Seaweed Script.