Kosugi

MOTOYA · Sans Serif · 1 style · ✓ Apache

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Styles and weights

Regular 400 Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs

Character set

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

0123456789

.,;:!?'"()[]{}<>@#$%&*+-=/\_

Subsets included: cyrillic, japanese, latin, latin-ext

About Kosugi

Kosugi is a sans serif typeface designed by MOTOYA, published as an open-source font in 2016. It carries a calm, even rhythm, which shapes where it works best. The family ships 1 style.

Language support extends beyond basic Latin to cyrillic, japanese, latin-ext. Because Kosugi is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, you can use it in commercial work without buying anything or crediting anyone in the design itself.

Licence

✓ Kosugi is free for commercial use

Apache License 2.0, verified by DaFontFonts

Apache 2.0 is a permissive software licence used by fonts like Roboto and Open Sans (early versions). It allows unrestricted commercial and personal use, modification, and redistribution, including selling, as long as the licence text and copyright notice accompany redistributed font files.

You can

Commercial use anywhere, client work, products, advertising, logos
Web and app embedding
Print and merchandise without attribution on the product itself
Modification and redistribution, even commercially

Keep in mind

Keep the licence text and copyright notice with the font files when you redistribute them

How we verify licences

Get the files

Desktop and print: The full family, 1 style, from the official source. Download Kosugi
Web embedding: Self-host the woff2 for the fastest, most private setup.

@font-face { font-family: 'Kosugi'; src: url('kosugi.woff2') format('woff2'); font-weight: 400; font-display: swap; }

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Questions

Is Kosugi free for commercial use?

Yes. Kosugi is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which permits commercial use in client work, products for sale, advertising, web and app embedding. There are no royalties and no attribution requirement in your designs.

Can I use Kosugi in a logo?

Yes. The Apache License 2.0 allows logo use, including logos you register as trademarks. The licence covers the font software; your logo design remains entirely yours.

Do I need to credit MOTOYA when using Kosugi?

No. Attribution is not required in designs, websites, or products. The only rule that ever applies: if you redistribute the font files themselves, keep the licence file with them.

How many styles does Kosugi have?

Kosugi includes 1 style: Regular.

What languages does Kosugi support?

Character sets included: cyrillic, japanese, latin, latin-ext. Check the character-set preview on this page before committing to a multilingual project.