Kosugi Maru

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Just want to use the font? Click "Get this font on Google Fonts" to download it or add it directly to a document, design tool (like Canva or Photoshop), or your computer's font list.

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Kosugi Maru is a Japanese sans-serif typeface with rounded terminals that give it a soft, approachable quality without feeling overly casual or childish. It handles both Latin and Japanese (hiragana, katakana, kanji) characters cleanly, maintaining consistent stroke weight throughout. The rounded endings reduce visual tension, making it feel friendly and open while still being legible at a range of sizes. It sits in a middle ground between playful and neutral, which makes it more versatile than fonts that lean hard in either direction.

This font works well for consumer-facing app interfaces where a welcoming tone matters, particularly in health, education, or lifestyle products. It is a solid choice for children's or family-oriented branding where you want approachability without resorting to overly decorative letterforms. It also suits editorial contexts like blog headers or newsletter titles where bilingual Japanese-English content needs a unified visual style across character sets.

Best suited for: Consider Kosugi Maru for bilingual interfaces, educational platforms, and consumer applications where a soft, approachable sans-serif supports both Japanese and Latin text.

Design considerations: The rounded terminals create visual warmth while maintaining professional legibility across multilingual content. With only a regular weight available, design systems may benefit from pairing this font with weights-rich companions for typographic hierarchy.

Pairing guidance: Pair Kosugi Maru with Nunito to layer geometric sans-serif weights for flexible hierarchy, with Noto Serif to introduce serif contrast for editorial distinction, or with M PLUS 1p to reinforce Japanese-optimized sans-serif consistency across both character sets.

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Which languages does Kosugi Maru support?

Kosugi Maru includes 4 character sets:

• Cyrillic: Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian and other Cyrillic-script languages
• Japanese: Japanese kana and kanji
• 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

Can I use Kosugi Maru commercially?

Yes, it's free for personal and commercial use. Kosugi Maru is released under the Apache License 2.0. You can use it in personal and client work, websites, apps and products you sell. If you share the font files themselves, include a copy of the license with them.

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