Noto Sans SignWriting by Google β€” Sans Serif Font β€” preview 11 / 3
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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About Noto Sans SignWriting Font

Noto Sans SignWriting is a design for the Sign-Language SignWriting script. Noto Sans SignWriting contains 37,886 glyphs, 4 OpenType features, and supports 679 characters from the Unicode block Sutton SignWriting. Supported writing systems SignWriting SignWriting (Sutton SignWriting) is a featural Sign-Language script, written vertically and horizontally left-to-right. Used to transcribe some 12 sign languages like Brazilian Sign Language, French Sign Language, Norwegian Sign Language, American Sign Language, Danish Sign Language, and for International Sign. Developed in 1974 by Valerie Sutton, later standardized as the International Sign Writing Alphabet (ISWA). The visually iconic symbols represent the hands, face and body, arranged spatially to reflect the movements made by the signer. Needs software support for complex text layout (shaping). Read more on ScriptSource , Unicode , Wikipedia , Wiktionary , r12a .

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Clean, Modern, Sans Serif
Use Case
Body Text, UI
Ideal For
branding, interfaces, and modern layouts
Pairs With
a contrasting serif for headings

Noto Sans SignWriting Specifications

Font FamilyNoto Sans SignWriting
StyleRegular
Full NameNoto Sans SignWriting Regular
Version2.005
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count38218 glyphs
PostScript NameNotoSansSignWriting-Regular
DesignerMonotype Design Team
FormatTTF (TrueType)
File Size7696.8 KB

OpenType Features

Noto Sans SignWriting ships with 2 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Contextual alternates
  • Ordinals

Languages Supported

Noto Sans SignWriting supports 284 languages.

How to Install Noto Sans SignWriting Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the Noto Sans SignWriting font file (.ttf or .otf).
  2. 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
  3. 3Right-click the font file.
  4. 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
  5. 5Noto Sans SignWriting is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with Noto Sans SignWriting Font?

Noto Sans SignWriting Font is a versatile sans-serif font that works for both headings and body text. Pair it with a contrasting serif or slab serif font to add visual interest and a clear distinction between titles and body copy.

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Noto Sans SignWriting Font

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Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team Β· Updated July 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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