Smooch

handwriting · Designed by Robert Leuschke

Smooch: A quick movement of the enemy will jeopardize five gunboats

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Smooch is a casual handwriting font with a loose, flowing stroke that leans slightly and carries the feel of something written quickly with a felt-tip pen or marker. The letterforms are tall and narrow with natural variation in weight and stroke direction, giving it an informal but confident look. It reads as personal and expressive without becoming illegible or overly stylized. The overall impression is warm and approachable, sitting somewhere between a love note and a well-practiced signature rather than stiff calligraphy or generic script.

This font works well in contexts where personality and authenticity matter. A boutique skincare or lifestyle brand could use it in a logo or packaging tagline to communicate a handmade, personal quality without looking amateurish. It suits wedding stationery, event invitations, or greeting card design where the goal is intimacy and warmth. In editorial or social media content, Smooch functions well as a display accent for pull quotes or section labels where a single line of text needs to stand out from a clean sans-serif layout.

Best suited for: Smooch works well for branding accents, event invitations, greeting cards, and social media pull quotes where warmth and personal expression enhance the message.

Design considerations: As a single-weight handwriting font, Smooch offers limited typographic hierarchy options, making it most effective as a display or accent element rather than body text. The tall, narrow letterforms and natural stroke variation create visual interest but may require generous spacing in layouts to maintain readability across different sizes.

Pairing guidance: Pair Smooch with Playfair Display to balance casual warmth with elegant sophistication, use Lato as a clean, neutral workhorse for supporting text and body copy, or combine it with Dancing Script when layering multiple handwriting styles for emphasis and visual rhythm.

Pairs well with

Playfair Display Lato Dancing Script

Smooch at a glance

Designer

Robert Leuschke

License

SIL Open Font License 1.1

Added to Google Fonts

November 2021

Last updated

September 2025

Styles

1 (1 weight)

Classification

Handwriting · Display

Character sets

3

Distributed via

Google Fonts

Smooch styles

Weight Name Upright
400 Regular Aa Bb Gg 123

Smooch 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 Smooch support?

Smooch 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 Smooch commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Smooch 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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Smooch FAQ

Is Smooch free for commercial use?

Yes. Smooch 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 Smooch include?

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

Does Smooch support Cyrillic?

No. Smooch supports Latin, Latin Extended and Vietnamese, but not Cyrillic.

Who designed Smooch?

Smooch was designed by Robert Leuschke. It was added to Google Fonts in November 2021.