Pacifico is a casual script font by Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev, Ani Petrova, released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. A fat 1950s surf-style script; heavy strokes cut cleanly in vinyl. Below are monograms made with it in the styles it suits best; open the monogram maker with Pacifico selected to make your own with any initials and download SVG, PNG or PDF.
Pacifico monogram examples
Using Pacifico for monograms
Pacifico is the heaviest script in the tool, so it is the one to use when you want a script look in glitter or holographic vinyl or on a small item. It is playful; use it for kids, beach and summer projects.
About Pacifico
Pacifico was drawn by Vernon Adams in 2011, inspired by 1950s American surf culture, redrawn by Jacques Le Bailly in 2016 and extended to Cyrillic by Botjo Nikoltchev and Ani Petrova in 2017.
Pacifico is heavy and rounded, closer to a bubble font than to a calligraphy script. That makes it good for kids’ items and summer designs, and less suited to formal monograms.
Pacifico measured from the font file
| Designer (Google Fonts record) | Vernon Adams, Jacques Le Bailly, Botjo Nikoltchev, Ani Petrova |
| Added to Google Fonts | March 2011 |
| Copyright line in the file | Copyright 2018 The Pacifico Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/Pacifico) |
| File version we measured | Version 3.001 |
| Characters in the file | 805 (1,191 glyphs) |
| Thinnest strokes (10th percentile) | 11.0% of the capital height |
| Main strokes (90th percentile) | 16.4% of the capital height |
| Thick-to-thin ratio | 1.5 : 1, nearly even strokes (close to monoline) |
| Typical capital width | 97% of its height (widest 155%) |
| Deepest capital below the baseline | G, 52% of the capital height |
| Outline points in A to Z | 1,790 (most: M, 107; fewest: O, 32) |
Worked example: how small can a Pacifico letter be cut?
Thin stroke = 0.110 x letter height. A 3 inch Pacifico capital therefore has strokes down to 8.40 mm. Taking 1 mm as a cautious minimum for weeding adhesive vinyl: 0.110 x H = 1 mm gives H = 9.1 mm, or 0.36 in per letter (0.45 in for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl, about 25% more). Monograms shrink letters to fit frames and stacks, hence our 2 in overall minimum for Pacifico.
Outline points: 1,790 across A to Z; M has 107, O only 32. A moderate outline that cuts at normal speed on any machine.
For names in the split and wedding styles, the file includes every accented letter we checked, so names such as René, Muñoz, Søren, Łukasz and Strauß set correctly.
For the name in a split monogram or the date under a wedding monogram, pair Pacifico with Montserrat; the tool’s “Text font” control sets it.
Licence and download
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (commercial use allowed; the font may not be sold on its own). Files: Google Fonts and google/fonts.
Frequently asked questions
Is Pacifico free for commercial use?
Yes. Pacifico is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows you to use it commercially, including on products you sell, and to share the font file itself.
What is the smallest size Pacifico cuts well at?
About 2 inches wide in standard adhesive vinyl. Add about 25 percent for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl. Casual scripts have heavier, more even strokes than copperplates and cut reliably from about 2.5 inches.
Which monogram styles suit Pacifico?
Script monogram, Bubble letter monogram, Two-letter monogram. Pacifico is the heaviest script in the tool, so it is the one to use when you want a script look in glitter or holographic vinyl or on a small item.
Where do I download Pacifico?
From Google Fonts. Our maker loads it for you, so there is nothing to install.
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Styles to try
Last reviewed: 25 September 2026. The fonts are open-licensed (SIL OFL or Apache 2.0); see the font list for each licence. The frames are drawn by our own code. Something not working? Please let us know.