Upright Citizen

Upright Citizen font is a handwriting typeface with casual letterforms and honest upstanding character. The hand-drawn strokes create trustworthy presence suited for civic content. This typeface performs well in civic branding, honest community graphics, casual trustworthy materials, and upstanding local content where civic virtue matters. The handwriting quality feels genuinely honest and approachable. Designers creating community organizations, civic materials, or trustworthy local content will find Upright Citizen delivers appropriate integrity. Works well alongside traditional serif faces for cohesive civic design systems.

Upright Citizen was designed by Chris Stain. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Upright Citizen features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Upright Citizen is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency across digital and print workflows, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.