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Zen Kaku Gothic Antique font

Sans Serif · 5 styles · static · by Yoshimichi Ohira

Yes, Zen Kaku Gothic Antique is free for commercial use: it is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can use it in logos, on websites and in apps (provided the licence notice travels with the font files). You may not sell the font file on its own. Full licence card ↓

Zen Kaku Gothic Antique · 56px · CLEAN
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SIL Open Font License 1.1 Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own. Full licence card ↓
LOOKS
56 px
0.00 em
Align
1.20
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Licence card

Commercial rights and permission terms for Zen Kaku Gothic Antique

SIL Open Font License 1.1

OFL-1.1

Use it for anything, including commercial work and logos; share it with its licence; never sell the font file on its own.

Copyright 2022 The Zen Kaku Gothic Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/zen-kakugothic)

Licence source read 2026-10-21 at https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/main/ofl/zenkakugothicantique/OFL.txt
Commercial work ads, packaging, merch, video, print on demand
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

Whatever you make with the font is yours; the licence covers the font files.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Logo or wordmark a brand, a channel, a game title
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

A logo is a document made with the font; the licence sets no limit on it.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Website the font file served with @font-face
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2

Serving the file to browsers is redistribution: the copyright notice and licence travel with it, and the font file's own metadata counts.

"These can be included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
App or game the font file bundled inside software
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 2

Bundle it in free or paid software; ship the copyright notice and licence with it.

"Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled, redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy contains the above copyright notice and this license."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Modify the font edit glyphs, subset, convert formats
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 3

A modified font stays under the OFL and must not use a Reserved Font Name (each font page lists its own).

"No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding Copyright Holder."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Share the font file give the file to others, free
Allowed, with conditions
Clause: Permission & Conditions 5

Share it freely, with its copyright notice and the OFL.

"The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole, must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be distributed under any other license."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
Sell the font file the font on its own, for money
Not allowed
Clause: Permission & Conditions 1

Selling it inside software you sell is allowed (condition 2); selling the font alone is not.

"Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components, in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt
No credit needed in your work attribution in the thing you made
Allowed
Clause: Preamble

The notice goes with copies of the font file, not into what you make.

"The requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives."
Source text read 2026-10-21 at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/fonts/main/ofl/lato/OFL.txt

Font facts

Technical details, character coverage, and official sources

Family name
Zen Kaku Gothic Antique
Designers
Yoshimichi Ohira
Category
Sans Serif
Styles count
5 styles (static)
Variable axes
None (static weights)
Scripts / Subsets
cyrillic, japanese, latin, latin-ext
Added to Google Fonts
2021-08-31
Last updated
2026-10-01
Google Fonts popularity rank
#448
Style tags (score ≥ 50)
Sans/Neo Grotesque (80), Expressive/Calm (69), Expressive/Business (60), Expressive/Competent (50)
Sources
family metadata (read 2026-10-21)
style tags (read 2026-10-21)
CDN files and subsets (read 2026-10-21)

Use it in your project

Code snippets to load Zen Kaku Gothic Antique in HTML, CSS, or npm

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Zen+Kaku+Gothic+Antique&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Zen+Kaku+Gothic+Antique&display=swap');
npm i @fontsource/zen-kaku-gothic-antique

// In your JS/CSS entry:
import '@fontsource/zen-kaku-gothic-antique';
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Zen Kaku Gothic Antique';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/zen-kaku-gothic-antique@latest/latin-400-normal.woff2') format('woff2');
}
font-family: 'Zen Kaku Gothic Antique', system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;

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Frequently asked questions

Common usage, licensing, and logo questions for Zen Kaku Gothic Antique

Is Zen Kaku Gothic Antique free for commercial use?

Yes. Zen Kaku Gothic Antique is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, allowing unrestricted commercial use in digital graphics, printed materials, branding, websites, apps, and games.

Can I use Zen Kaku Gothic Antique in a logo?

Yes. You can use Zen Kaku Gothic Antique to create logos, wordmarks, branding elements, and corporate identities for both personal and commercial ventures without paying licence fees.

Can I use Zen Kaku Gothic Antique on my website?

Yes. You can embed Zen Kaku Gothic Antique using CSS @font-face or a web font delivery network. The SIL Open Font License 1.1 requires keeping the copyright notice and licence with distributed font files.

Who designed Zen Kaku Gothic Antique?

Zen Kaku Gothic Antique was designed by Yoshimichi Ohira. It was published and indexed in Google Fonts in 2021.