Sans serif · Lana Roulhac
Story Script
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CSSfont-family: 'Story Script', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Story Script is a free sans serif by Lana Roulhac and Ben Buysse, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Story Script has an x-height shorter than 85%, is narrower than 87% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 85%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Allan
Story Script on one light table with its two closest fonts, Allan (66 out of 100) and Sriracha (62). Allan is 16% narrower, with an x-height 7% taller and more stroke contrast; Sriracha is 16% wider and 9% heavier, with more stroke contrast.
Story Script and Allan laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Story ScriptAllan…
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 Story 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
Story 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 Story Script, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Lana Roulhac, Ben Buysse
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Story 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 Story Script, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Story Script under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Story Script, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 47.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.3% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.73lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 42.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 52%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.94 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 85% of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 87% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 85% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 97% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Story Script
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Allan6616% narrower · x-height 7% taller · more stroke contrast
- Sriracha6216% wider · more stroke contrast · 9% heavier
- Kalam60more stroke contrast · x-height 8% taller · 14% lighter
- Condiment58more stroke contrast · 42% heavier · x-height 13% shorter
- Gveret Levin5327% wider · x-height 11% taller · 8% heavier
- Edu TAS Beginner52x-height 12% shorter · 8% narrower · 15% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Story Script →Compare side by side →Get Story Script on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Story Script without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Story Script loads, this sets Arial in its place at 84.5% of its size, so running text keeps Story Script’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Story Script Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 84.53%;
ascent-override: 113.45%;
descent-override: 40.22%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Story Script', 'Story Script Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Story Script
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Story Script free for commercial use?
Yes. Story Script is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Story Script?
FontKind doesn’t host Story 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 Story Script in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Story 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 Story Script in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Story Script under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Story Script in Figma?
Yes: Story Script is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Story Script have?
Story 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 Story Script?
Story Script was designed by Lana Roulhac and Ben Buysse. It has been on Google Fonts since August 2025.
What fonts are similar to Story Script?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Allan (66), Sriracha (62) and Kalam (60), out of 100. Next to Story Script, Allan is 16% narrower, with an x-height 7% taller and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Story Script.