About Osu Game

osu! is the free-to-play online rhythm game created in 2007 by Dean "peppy" Herbert, with gameplay drawn from commercial rhythm games like Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan and Elite Beat Agents. The game has grown into one of the largest free-to-play rhythm communities on PC, with tournaments and a thriving custom-beatmap ecosystem — all anchored by a friendly humanist-sans wordmark.

Like the game itself, the identity is deliberately approachable: rounded terminals, soft contrast, no pretension. The choice of Aller (a free typeface) is on-message — osu! is open-source, donation-funded, and community-driven, and the wordmark's free-and-open type lineage underscores that posture. Aller has since appeared across game UI, indie tournament branding, and rhythm-game fan content.

What font does Osu Game use?

Osu Game uses Aller Bold, designed by Marc Weymann, Henrik Kubel and Susanne Dechant for Dalton Maag (2008). Distributed free for non-commercial and commercial use under Dalton Maag's free-font license.

On this page, Lipi offers a generated lookalike of the font used in Osu Game — ready to download instantly with a commercial license, no third-party purchase required.

Where this style works

Aller and its humanist-sans cousins are the natural pick for indie game UI, esports tournament branding, app interfaces, dashboard typography, lifestyle and wellness wordmarks, and editorial body type that needs to read comfortably at long passages. The bold cut gives display work enough weight to anchor headers and buttons without slipping into a heavy industrial register.

What you get

Instant download as OTF, TTF and WOFF, with a commercial-use license for $7.99.

Full diacritic coverage for 81 Latin-script languages

English, Spanish, Indonesian, Portuguese, Swahili, German, Turkish, Filipino, Italian, Polish, Oromo, Uzbek (Latin), Zulu, Dutch, Somali, Malagasy, Afrikaans, Shona, Hungarian, Rundi, Kinyarwanda, Czech, Swedish, Serbian, Quechua, Albanian, Croatian, Luyia, Luo, Danish, Finnish, Slovak, Ganda, Sango, Norwegian Bokmål, Kalenjin, North Ndebele, Swiss German, Bemba, Nyankole, Soga, Teso, Lithuanian, Gusii, Galician, Sena, Slovenian, Chiga, Irish, Makonde, Morisyen, Estonian, Kabuverdianu, Basque, Norwegian Nynorsk, Friulian, Shambala, Bena, Asu, Luxembourgish, Icelandic, Jola-Fonyi, Taita, Samburu, Machame, Colognian, Breton, Vunjo, Makhuwa-Meetto, Rwa, Rombo, Sangu, Faroese, Romansh, Scottish Gaelic, Upper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian, Manx, Inari Sami, Volapük, Cornish.

Rhythm Game Dean Herbert Peppy Aller Bold Sansserif font Dalton Maag game logo

Not affiliated with or endorsed by the rights holders of Osu Game. The font on this page is an original Lipi-generated lookalike of the font used in Osu Game, not a redistribution of the original commercial typeface. For the original typeface, see the official source.

Frequently asked questions

Is the osu! font free?

Aller — the typeface the osu! wordmark uses — is free via Dalton Maag for both personal and commercial use. The Lipi version on this page is a separately-generated lookalike with full 81-language diacritic coverage, packaged OTF/TTF/WOFF with a single commercial license at $7.99 for designers who want a one-click download.

What fonts are similar to Aller Bold?

Comparable humanist bold sans-serifs include Source Sans Pro Bold, Open Sans Bold, Fira Sans Bold, IBM Plex Sans Bold, and Lato Bold — all free via Google Fonts. Commercial alternatives include Calibri, Avenir Next, and Proxima Nova.

What is this font best for?

Indie game UI, esports and tournament branding, app and web interface typography, dashboards, podcast and YouTube channel art, and any wordmark that needs to feel friendly and modern without commercial-foundry licensing overhead.