Display · Astigmatic
Spicy Rice
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CSSfont-family: 'Spicy Rice', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Spicy Rice is a free display font by Astigmatic, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Spicy Rice has an x-height taller than 71%, is narrower than 62% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Shojumaru
Spicy Rice on one light table with its two closest fonts, Shojumaru (90 out of 100) and Irish Grover (86). Shojumaru is 58% wider and 25% lighter, with more stroke contrast; Irish Grover is 43% lighter and 3% wider, with more stroke contrast.
Spicy Rice and Shojumaru laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Spicy RiceShojumaru…
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 Spicy Rice 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
Spicy Rice 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 Spicy Rice, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Astigmatic
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- 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 “Spicy Rice”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Spicy Rice 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 Spicy Rice, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Spicy Rice under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Spicy Rice, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 57.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.79lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 79%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.11 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 71% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 62% of display faces
InkDarker than 95% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 67% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Spicy Rice
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Shojumaru9058% wider · 25% lighter · more stroke contrast
- Irish Grover86more stroke contrast · 43% lighter · 3% wider
- Sancreek79more stroke contrast · x-height 12% taller · 24% lighter
- Galindo7520% wider · more stroke contrast · 17% lighter
- Brassia7337% wider · x-height 23% taller · 41% lighter
- MedievalSharp7257% lighter · 7% wider · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Spicy Rice →Compare side by side →Get Spicy Rice on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Spicy Rice without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Spicy Rice loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.5% of its size, so running text keeps Spicy Rice’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Spicy Rice Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.46%;
ascent-override: 106.96%;
descent-override: 37.49%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Spicy Rice', 'Spicy Rice Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Spicy Rice
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Spicy Rice free for commercial use?
Yes. Spicy Rice 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 “Spicy Rice”.
How do I download and install Spicy Rice?
FontKind doesn’t host Spicy Rice’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 Spicy Rice in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Spicy Rice 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 Spicy Rice in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Spicy Rice under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Spicy Rice in Figma?
Yes: Spicy Rice is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Spicy Rice have?
Spicy Rice 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 Spicy Rice?
Spicy Rice was designed by Astigmatic. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2011. Astigmatic also made Aclonica, Parisienne, Righteous and 54 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Spicy Rice?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Shojumaru (90), Irish Grover (86) and Sancreek (79), out of 100. Next to Spicy Rice, Shojumaru is 58% wider and 25% lighter, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Spicy Rice.