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Slackside One

あ: あ · The hiragana a, the first kana

Slackside One is a free handwriting font for Japanese by Maniackers Design, on Google Fonts since 2020. It draws the kana but no kanji, and the English alphabet, in one weight (400).

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いろはにほへと ちりぬるを

The start of the Iroha, the poem that uses every kana once · Regular 400

01 / Characters

Hiragana and katakana

The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Slackside One.

Hiragana ひらがな

Each with its sound

  1. あa
  2. いi
  3. うu
  4. えe
  5. おo
  6. かka
  7. きki
  8. くku
  9. けke
  10. こko
  11. さsa
  12. しshi
  13. すsu
  14. せse
  15. そso
  16. たta
  17. ちchi
  18. つtsu
  19. てte
  20. とto
  21. なna
  22. にni
  23. ぬnu
  24. ねne
  25. のno
  26. はha
  27. ひhi
  28. ふfu
  29. へhe
  30. ほho
  31. まma
  32. みmi
  33. むmu
  34. めme
  35. もmo
  36. やya
  37. ゆyu
  38. よyo
  39. らra
  40. りri
  41. るru
  42. れre
  43. ろro
  44. わwa
  45. をwo
  46. んn

Katakana カタカナ

Each with its sound

  1. アa
  2. イi
  3. ウu
  4. エe
  5. オo
  6. カka
  7. キki
  8. クku
  9. ケke
  10. コko
  11. サsa
  12. シshi
  13. スsu
  14. セse
  15. ソso
  16. タta
  17. チchi
  18. ツtsu
  19. テte
  20. トto
  21. ナna
  22. ニni
  23. ヌnu
  24. ネne
  25. ノno
  26. ハha
  27. ヒhi
  28. フfu
  29. ヘhe
  30. ホho
  31. マma
  32. ミmi
  33. ムmu
  34. メme
  35. モmo
  36. ヤya
  37. ユyu
  38. ヨyo
  39. ラra
  40. リri
  41. ルru
  42. レre
  43. ロro
  44. ワwa
  45. ヲwo
  46. ンn

02 / Text

As running text

The Iroha, the poem that uses every kana once.

いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす

Set large

いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす

At reading size · 16 px

いろはにほへと ちりぬるを わかよたれそ つねならむ うゐのおくやま けふこえて あさきゆめみし ゑひもせす

Set vertically

03 / Facts

What it covers

Kanji
None
Kana alone: a browser sets kanji in another font
Kana
178
Hiragana and katakana, with their voiced and small forms
Weights
1
One weight, Regular (400)
Vertical text
Yes
Vertical forms of its own, OpenType’s vert
Font file
168 KB
Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
Licence
OFL 1.1
Free for commercial use

Designed by Maniackers Design. On Google Fonts since 2020, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Get it on Google Fonts Its licence file

LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Slackside OneFonts with Latin like it →

04 / Handwriting

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05 / Questions

Questions about Slackside One

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

Is Slackside One free for commercial use?

Yes. Slackside One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale: print, websites, apps, videos and logos, for clients and in products. What it forbids is selling the font file on its own.

How do I download and install Slackside One?

FontKind doesn’t host Slackside One’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.

Does Slackside One have kanji?

No: Slackside One draws the kana alone, hiragana and katakana, and no kanji. A browser or app sets any kanji in another font, so it suits words written in kana: titles, logos and signs.

How do I use Slackside One on a website?

Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Slackside One into small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 168 KB Regular file. To host it yourself, cut it down to the characters your pages use, a step called subsetting, and serve it as WOFF2: the SIL Open Font License allows that, and as Slackside One reserves no name, your copy may keep it.

Can Slackside One set vertical text?

Yes: Slackside One’s file has vertical forms, the OpenType vert feature, so in a vertical line its commas, full stops and brackets, and its small kana, turn and move as they should. On a web page, CSS writing-mode: vertical-rl sets a block vertically; Word, InDesign and Illustrator have vertical text of their own.

Can I use Slackside One in a game or an app?

Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Slackside One into a game, an app or an e-book, sold or free, with no separate licence to buy, as many paid fonts require. Ship its licence with the font files, and don’t sell the font on its own.

Is Slackside One in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Slackside One 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 Slackside One in Google Docs?

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

Is Slackside One in Figma?

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

How many weights does Slackside One have?

Slackside One comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Does Slackside One have English letters?

Yes: Slackside One draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.

Who designed Slackside One?

Slackside One was designed by Maniackers Design. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2020.

What fonts are similar to Slackside One?

The most used Japanese handwriting fonts besides Slackside One are Klee One, Yusei Magic and Zen Kurenaido. See every Handwriting font for Japanese.