Kiwi Maru

Designed by Hiroki-Chan

3 weights • Version 20 • On Google Fonts since 2020 • Popularity #489

Quick Summary

3

Styles

300-500

Weight Range

Static

Not variable

4

Languages / Subsets

Category
serif
Best for
text
Scripts
Cyrillic, Japanese, Latin
Origin
China
License
SIL Open Font License
Last updated
Sep 11, 2025

© 2020 The Kiwi Maru Project Authors

The quick brown fox

32px

About Kiwi Maru Fonts

Kiwi Maru was created mainly for use in digital devices, and I hope you will use it experimentally in your papers and reports.

The basic vocabulary of the Japanese language is divided into three categories: "everyday words", which are used freely in everyday conversation, articles and novels, "written words", which are used in official situations and sentences, and "slang", which is more informal in style.

  Kiwi Maru Regular is a typeface for visualization and sharing of everyday and slang expressions in the digital age. Nowadays, in 2020, Mincho and Gothic typefaces are exclusively used in smart phones, tablets and PC environment. We hope that the introduction of a round font will change the way people express their emotions and feelings, which have been missing from the analog and digital worlds, and the painful feeling of having too many Chinese characters in a font.

There are three weights, L, R and M. These vary only slightly in weight as we wanted to provide you with the ability to account for the difference in weight between different OS, browsers, and devices.

To contribute to the project, visit github.com/Kiwi-KawagotoKajiru/Kiwi-Maru

Who Designed Kiwi Maru?

Hiroki-Chan portrait

Hiroki-Chan

Hiroki-Chan expresses himself through typeface design because he feels it is the best way to share his perspective and creativity. Currently his goal is to confront his narcissism, and create typefaces that better suit himself.

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