Tsukimi Rounded is a free rounded font for Japanese by Takashi Funayama, on Google Fonts since 2020. It draws the kana but no kanji, and the English alphabet, in 5 weights, 300–700.
いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
01 / Characters
Hiragana and katakana
The characters Japanese readers learn first, set in Tsukimi Rounded.
Hiragana ひらがな
Each with its sound
- あa
- いi
- うu
- えe
- おo
- かka
- きki
- くku
- けke
- こko
- さsa
- しshi
- すsu
- せse
- そso
- たta
- ちchi
- つtsu
- てte
- とto
- なna
- にni
- ぬnu
- ねne
- のno
- はha
- ひhi
- ふfu
- へhe
- ほho
- まma
- みmi
- むmu
- めme
- もmo
- やya
- ゆyu
- よyo
- らra
- りri
- るru
- れre
- ろro
- わwa
- をwo
- んn
Katakana カタカナ
Each with its sound
- アa
- イi
- ウu
- エe
- オo
- カka
- キki
- クku
- ケke
- コko
- サsa
- シshi
- スsu
- セse
- ソso
- タta
- チchi
- ツtsu
- テte
- トto
- ナna
- ニni
- ヌnu
- ネne
- ノno
- ハha
- ヒhi
- フfu
- ヘhe
- ホho
- マma
- ミmi
- ムmu
- メme
- モmo
- ヤya
- ユyu
- ヨyo
- ラra
- リri
- ルru
- レre
- ロro
- ワwa
- ヲwo
- 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
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
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
03 / Weights
5 weights
300–700
- Light · 300いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
- Regular · 400いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
- Medium · 500いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
- SemiBold · 600いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
- Bold · 700いろはにほへと ちりぬるを
04 / Facts
What it covers
- Kanji
- None
- Kana alone: a browser sets kanji in another font
- Kana
- 182
- Hiragana and katakana, with their voiced and small forms
- Weights
- 5
- 300–700
- Vertical text
- Yes
- Vertical forms of its own, OpenType’s vert
- Font file
- 107 KB
- Its Regular: Google serves it in slices
- Licence
- OFL 1.1
- Free for commercial use
Designed by Takashi Funayama. On Google Fonts since 2020, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
LatinIt draws the English alphabet too, as in its name:Tsukimi RoundedFonts with Latin like it →
06 / Questions
Questions about Tsukimi Rounded
Answered from its licence and its font file, and each app’s own font list
Is Tsukimi Rounded free for commercial use?
Yes. Tsukimi Rounded 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 Tsukimi Rounded?
FontKind doesn’t host Tsukimi Rounded’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file: it holds five font files, one per weight. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Does Tsukimi Rounded have kanji?
No: Tsukimi Rounded 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 Tsukimi Rounded on a website?
Through Google Fonts: its stylesheet cuts Tsukimi Rounded into small files by character, and a browser downloads only those holding the characters a page shows, never the whole 107 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 Tsukimi Rounded reserves no name, your copy may keep it.
Can Tsukimi Rounded set vertical text?
Yes: Tsukimi Rounded’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 Tsukimi Rounded in a game or an app?
Yes. The SIL Open Font License lets you build Tsukimi Rounded 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 Tsukimi Rounded in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Tsukimi Rounded isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Tsukimi Rounded Light and Tsukimi Rounded SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Tsukimi Rounded in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Tsukimi Rounded under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Tsukimi Rounded in Figma?
Yes: Tsukimi Rounded is in Figma’s font menu with all five weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Tsukimi Rounded have?
Tsukimi Rounded comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700).
Does Tsukimi Rounded have English letters?
Yes: Tsukimi Rounded draws all 52 letters of the English alphabet, so a line that mixes Japanese and English can stay in one font.
Who designed Tsukimi Rounded?
Tsukimi Rounded was designed by Takashi Funayama. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2020.
What fonts are similar to Tsukimi Rounded?
The most used Japanese rounded fonts besides Tsukimi Rounded are M PLUS Rounded 1c, Zen Maru Gothic and Kosugi Maru. See every Maru Gothic font for Japanese.