Cutive

Designed by Vernon Adams

1 weights • Version 24 • On Google Fonts since 2012 • Popularity #776

Quick Summary

1

Styles

400-400

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

2

Languages / Subsets

Category
serif
Best for
display
Scripts
Latin
Origin
United Kingdom
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 11, 2025

© 2012 The Cutive Project Authors , with Reserved Font Names "Cutive"

The quick brown fox

32px

About Cutive Fonts

The design of Cutive, and this monospace sister family Cutive Mono, is based on a number of classic typewriter typefaces, in particular the faces of IBM's 'Executive,' and the older 'Smith-Premier.' In Cutive these old faces re-emerge as webfonts that are useful for adding character to body texts as well as in larger sizes for headers and display.

To contribute to the project see github.com/googlefonts/CutiveFont.

Who Designed Cutive?

Vernon Adams portrait

Vernon Adams

Vernon practiced typeface design professionally from 2007 to 2014. A lifelong artist, during this period he eagerly explored designing type for the mobile/cloud era of computing. His work spans all genres, from lively script faces to workhorse text families and operating system UI. Vernon graduated with an MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading (UK) in 2006, and passed away in California in 2014. Almost all his typefaces live on as open source Google Fonts, and his favorite projects were Oxygen Mono, Monda, and Bowlby One. Follow his story at sansoxygen.com

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