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Ukrainian fonts: how to choose and where to get them

30 open-licence fonts that set Ukrainian properly, already in the editor.

6 min read · Updated 2026-10-30

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Plenty of fonts say «Cyrillic» and still cannot set a Ukrainian sentence. The usual gap is four letters — ґ, є, і, ї — and the apostrophe: a font drawn for Russian has none of them, so a headline comes out with two typefaces mixed in one word, or with empty boxes where the letters should be.

Below are 30 fonts that pass that test, chosen from the Paletoo font library. Every one is under the SIL Open Font License, which means free for personal and commercial work, and every one is already in the editor: open Paletoo, pick the font, type. Each specimen is drawn in the font itself, with a Ukrainian pangram and the letters that matter.

How to check that a font really speaks Ukrainian

Type a test line before you fall in love with a font: Ґанок, їжак, єнот, імʼя, Їжакевич. Look at the capitals Ґ Є І Ї as well as the lower case — some fonts draw one and not the other — and at the apostrophe, which should be a proper ʼ, not a straight tick.

In Paletoo, the font list does the checking for you. Open Fonts, choose Filter → Language → Ukrainian (Ґ Є І Ї), and only families that set every one of those letters stay. A family with all of them carries a small Ukrainian mark; a row that cannot set your words says No Ukrainian or No Cyrillic under its preview, so you see the gap before it reaches the print shop.

Before printing, export a PDF and zoom into the headline: if a letter is in a different typeface from its neighbours, the font is borrowing it from a fallback.

Jump to: Sans serif and grotesque · Display and accent · Serif · Script and handwritten · Monospaced

Sans serif and grotesque

The workhorses: posts, presentations, websites, packaging. Clean, with a full set of weights for headlines and body text.

Display and accent

For one big word on a poster or a cover. Use them large and sparingly, next to a quiet text face.

Serif

Books, invitations, menus and anything that should feel calm, classic or literary.

Script and handwritten

Greetings, wedding stationery, labels and notes. Script faces with a real Ukrainian Cyrillic are rare: Pinyon Kyiv, Allura Kyiv and Podil Script got theirs from Paletoo.

Monospaced

Every letter the same width: code, prices and timetables in columns, a technical or retro look.

Three pairings that work

One expressive font for the headline, one calm font for the words under it. These three are safe starting points.

Unbounded for the headline, Fixel Text for the text
Unbounded for the headline, Fixel Text for the text
Playfair Display for the headline, Manrope for the text
Playfair Display for the headline, Manrope for the text
Pinyon Kyiv for the headline, Cormorant for the text
Pinyon Kyiv for the headline, Cormorant for the text

How to add your own font

If your brand has its own typeface, drag the font files onto the Fonts panel, or add them in My Fonts. Paletoo takes TTF, OTF, WOFF and WOFF2; a variable font keeps its axes. Your fonts are kept in your browser and appear in every document you open there.

A font you add is checked the same way as the library’s: if your text has letters it lacks, the list says so under its preview.

What the licence allows

The SIL Open Font License (OFL) lets you use these fonts in anything — posts, logos, packaging, ads, books, websites — commercially, without paying or asking. You can embed them in PDFs and ship them with your design. What you cannot do is sell the font file itself.

The licences and authors of the open fonts in the library are listed in Paletoo’s Help menu under Open-source licences; the files we host carry their own licence text next to them.

Questions

Where can I download Ukrainian fonts for free?

You do not have to download the 30 fonts on this page: they are built into Paletoo, which runs in the browser. If you want the files for other programs, every one is open-source; its author and project are named under its specimen, and the same files are published by their authors and on Google Fonts.

Which Ukrainian fonts are free for commercial use?

All of the fonts on this page: they are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use, logos and print. Fonts from paid foundries and «free for personal use» fonts are not; read the licence before you put a font on a product.

Are there handwritten fonts with Ukrainian letters?

Few, which is why we drew three: Pinyon Kyiv, Allura Kyiv and Podil Script are classic scripts with a Ukrainian Cyrillic in their own hand. Caveat and Lobster also set Ukrainian. They are in the «Script and handwritten» section above.

How is this different from Ukrainian fonts in Canva?

In Paletoo, the language filter shows only fonts that set ґ, є, і, ї, and the list warns you when the text has letters a font lacks. Adding your own font file is free in Paletoo; in Canva, uploading fonts is part of the paid plans.

Why does my text show a different font for some letters?

The font does not have those letters — usually ґ, є, і or ї — and the program borrows them from another font. Pick a font from the list above, or one with the Ukrainian mark in Paletoo.

Which serif fonts with Cyrillic are the best?

For headlines and invitations: Playfair Display and Cormorant. For long text: Lora and Alegreya. For something with an edge: Nyght Serif. All five are on this page with specimens.

Keep going

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Paletoo opens in your browser, with no sign-up. Open Fonts, filter by Ukrainian, and every font on this page is a click away.

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