Sedgwick Ave

handwriting · Designed by Pedro Vergani, Kevin Burke

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Sedgwick Ave is a graffiti-inspired handwriting font with a bold, expressive personality. It mimics the look of spray-painted street lettering, featuring irregular strokes, casual letterforms, and a raw energy that feels urban and spontaneous. The characters have a slightly rough texture and natural variation in weight, giving it an authentic hand-drawn quality without feeling overly polished or corporate. It reads clearly at display sizes but carries a distinct street art aesthetic that immediately signals creativity and edge.

This font works well for music event posters, skate or streetwear brand identities, and youth-focused marketing campaigns where an authentic, unfiltered visual voice is needed. It can anchor a headline on a festival website or serve as a logo typeface for a creative studio that wants to distance itself from generic sans-serif branding. It also fits editorial use cases like magazine covers or article headers focused on urban culture, street art, or independent fashion, where the graffiti reference reinforces the content rather than feeling out of place.

Best suited for: Consider Sedgwick Ave for event promotions, creative studio branding, and editorial headlines where urban aesthetics and expressive handwriting strengthen visual communication.

Design considerations: As a single-weight handwriting font, Sedgwick Ave works best at larger display scales where its irregular character and street art qualities remain legible and impactful. The graffiti-inspired aesthetic may require careful color and background choices to maintain readability in smaller applications or dense layouts.

Pairing guidance: Pair Sedgwick Ave with Oswald for structured headlines and supporting text that benefit from geometric sans-serif stability, with Lato for flexible body copy and secondary information across multiple weights, or with Permanent Marker when a complementary handwritten voice reinforces an informal, creative narrative throughout the design.

Pairs well with

Oswald Lato Permanent Marker

Sedgwick Ave at a glance

Designer

Pedro Vergani, Kevin Burke

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

August 2017

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

1 (1 weight)

Classification

Handwriting

Character sets

3

Distributed via

Google Fonts

Sedgwick Ave styles

Weight Name Upright
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123

Sedgwick Ave character map

Uppercase

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Lowercase

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Numbers and punctuation

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ! ? & @ # % $ € £ ( ) [ ] { } . , : ; " ' - / * + =

Latin Extended (sample)

Ā Ă Ą Ć Č Ď Đ Ē Ę Ě Ğ Ī Į İ Ĺ Ľ Ł Ń Ň Ő Œ Ř Ś Ş Š Ť Ů Ű Ź Ż Ž

Vietnamese (sample)

Ạ Ả Ấ Ầ Ẩ Ẫ Ậ Ắ Ằ Ặ Ẹ Ẻ Ẽ Ế Ề Ệ Ỉ Ị Ọ Ỏ Ố Ồ Ộ Ơ Ớ Ờ Ụ Ủ Ư Ứ Ừ Ự Ỳ Ỵ

Which languages does Sedgwick Ave support?

Sedgwick Ave includes 3 character sets:

  • Latin: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and other Western European languages
  • Latin Extended: Central and Eastern European languages such as Polish, Czech, Turkish, Romanian and Hungarian
  • Vietnamese: Vietnamese, including its stacked tone marks

It does not include Cyrillic or Greek characters, so it can't set Russian, Ukrainian or Greek text.

Can I use Sedgwick Ave commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Sedgwick Ave is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, websites, apps, videos, printed products and merchandise without paying or asking permission. The one thing you can't do is sell the font file on its own.

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Sedgwick Ave FAQ

Is Sedgwick Ave free for commercial use?

Yes. Sedgwick Ave is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, so you can use it in commercial projects, including logos, client work and products you sell.

Which weights does Sedgwick Ave include?

Sedgwick Ave comes in a single weight, Regular (400), with no italic style.

Does Sedgwick Ave support Cyrillic?

No. Sedgwick Ave supports Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Sedgwick Ave?

Sedgwick Ave was designed by Pedro Vergani, Kevin Burke. It was added to Google Fonts in August 2017.