Yomogi

Name: Yomogi
Author: Akira Yoshino

Yomogi captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Akira Yoshino68% Accessible

Characters256

Glyphs307

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Yomogi

Best Font Pairings for Yomogi

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Yomogi, including combinations with Andada, Quattrocento Roman and Literata Book.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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Test Yomogi Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Yomogi with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Character Set

Yomogi Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Yomogi Body Typography

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Yomogi, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Yomogi demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Yomogi for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Yomogi small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Yomogi delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Yomogi italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Yomogi bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Yomogi typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Yomogi typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Yomogi'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Yomogi in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Yomogi:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Yomogi:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Yomogi';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Yomogi');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Code Snippets for Yomogi

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Yomogi', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Yomogi', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'yomogi': ['Yomogi', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-yomogi">Your text here</p>

About

Yomogi: History & Characteristics

Akira Yoshino

Handwriting

Open Source

Representing script typeface design, Yomogi showcases flowing connections and expressive movement, making it well-suited for greeting cards. Its natural rhythm and organic flow contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for invitations and creative projects, Yomogi adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes Yomogi is a font that primarily supports Japanese characters, including a wide range of Kanji, Hirag....

Yomogi was crafted by Akira Yoshino. The typeface brings careful attention to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Yomogi features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs.

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

Yomogi

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Yomogi

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Yomogi's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Handwriting analysis. TypeSmith classifies Yomogi within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 68). Yomogi handles most reading scenarios adequately, with best results at sizes above 14 px on screen.

Design Heritage

Designed by Akira Yoshino. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Handwriting with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Yomogi

Yomogi embodies the Scripts typeface, anchored in the tradition where handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Its distinctive disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it well-suited for personal branding and lifestyle blogs. TypeSmith indexes Yomogi in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Yomogi

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Fonts Similar to Yomogi

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Yomogi based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Using Yomogi Accessibly

Yomogi falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

How Legible is Yomogi?

Yomogi draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

How Readable is Yomogi?

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Yomogi for Long-Form Content

Yomogi provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Yomogi Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Yomogi. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Yomogi at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

How to Use Yomogi Effectively

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Yomogi. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Yomogi in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Get Yomogi

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Yomogi Multilingual Support

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

Yomogi is a font that primarily supports Japanese characters, including a wide range of Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. It also includes support for Latin script, enabling the display of English and other Western languages.

Legal

Yomogi License Information

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Yomogi is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Yomogi ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'yomogi': ['Yomogi', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-yomogi">Your text here</p>

Yomogi

Best Ways to Use Yomogi

Best Font Pairings for Yomogi

Test Yomogi Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Yomogi Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Yomogi Accessibly

How Legible is Yomogi?

How Readable is Yomogi?

Yomogi for Long-Form Content

Yomogi Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Yomogi Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Yomogi

Best Ways to Use Yomogi

Best Font Pairings for Yomogi

Test Yomogi Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Yomogi Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Using Yomogi Accessibly

How Legible is Yomogi?

How Readable is Yomogi?

Yomogi for Long-Form Content

Yomogi Accessibility Recommendations

How to Use Yomogi Effectively

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal