Is the seal script font really free for commercial use?

Yes. SIL Open Font License 1.1 permits commercial use, embedding and modification. The restrictions are that you cannot sell the font on its own and cannot reuse the reserved name on a modified version.

Why does the font look different from the seals on this site?

The font draws the character shape. A seal adds carving: strokes are thinned to a physical ink width, the face is fitted to a square, circle or oval border, and weathering is applied. The generator does that part; the font does not.

Can I use this font for a tattoo design?

Yes, and it is a better starting point than a decorative “Asian style” font, because these are recorded seal-script forms rather than invented decoration. Still confirm rare characters against a seal dictionary before the needle comes out.

Which seal script font is this, exactly?

JFZSKSealScript — a Zhongshan King (中山王) bronze-inscription style, the Warring-States script named for the bronze vessels of the Zhongshan state, released under the SIL OFL.

Is there a small seal script (小篆) font too?

The Chongxi small seal supplement used here covers only a few dozen characters and is licensed CC-BY-ND, so it is not redistributable as a general font. For full small seal coverage look for the Academia Sinica font directly, under its own licence terms.

Seal script font free, OFL, real 篆書

The font behind every seal on this site: JFZSKSealScript, a Zhongshan King (中山王) bronze-inscription seal script released under the SIL Open Font License. Preview your own text below, then download the file and install it.

Preview the font with your own text

Any Chinese text

印章

Rendered as drawn glyphs — not carved. The generator does the carving.

Download full font (2.4 MB TTF) Subset (526 KB) Licence (OFL 1.1)

What is in the file

Two builds ship from the same source. The subset (≈526 KB) covers the characters this site actually carves — the hundred-family surnames, the characters used in our name entries, and the syllable glyphs used for transliteration; it is the file the generator loads by default because it arrives fast.

The full font (2.4 MB) carries the complete Zhongshan King seal-script character set and is what the site falls back to for unusual characters. If you are setting your own text rather than using our generator, take the full file.

Licence: what you may and may not do

JFZSKSealScript is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 — the same licence as most open text fonts. You may use it commercially, embed it in products, modify it and redistribute it. You may not sell the font by itself, and a modified version must not use the reserved font name.

The artwork you make with it is yours: carving a seal and exporting a PNG puts no obligation on you. The licence binds redistribution of the font file, not the pictures it draws.

A caveat about rare characters

The main font does not contain every character. Fifteen of the hundred-family surnames — among them 蒋, 薛 and 谭 — are missing from it, so this site supplements them from the Academia Sinica Chongxi small seal (CC-BY-ND 3.0 TW, credited in the footer).

If you need a character that neither font carries, the honest answer is that no free seal-script font has it. A geometric skeleton can be generated to fill the gap, but a skeleton is a reconstruction, not a recorded glyph — check one against a seal dictionary before putting it on a tattoo.

Installing and using it

Download the TTF, then install it the way your system installs fonts (double-click on macOS or Windows; copy into ~/.fonts on Linux). In CSS, reference it by family name JFZSKSealScript — though note the shapes are drawn to be carved, not set: very small sizes lose the fine terminals that make the style legible.

Because Zhongshan King seal glyphs run tall and curved, give the text generous line height and do not let your layout squeeze the characters. If you want the carved look rather than the drawn outline, that is a rendering step rather than a font feature — which is what the generator does.

More seal guides

What is a name seal?Zhuwen vs Baiwen Seal vs chop vs stamp How to use a seal English → Chinese names Seal script translator Seal script font Seal script Name library →

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How worn the ink looks — 0% is a fresh stamp, 100% is eroded stone.

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FAQ

What is SealsCrafter?

SealsCrafter (sealscrafter.com) is a free Chinese name seal generator: it transliterates your English name into a real Chinese name — characters chosen for sound and meaning — then carves it as an authentic seal (印章) in genuine seal script. You export a transparent PNG instantly: no sign-up, no watermark, no cost. The carving uses the Zhongshan King (中山王) bronze-inscription seal script, supplemented by the Academia Sinica Chongxi Small Seal (崇羲篆體) for characters the main font lacks.

What is a Chinese name seal?

A personal stamp — classically a small stone engraved with your name in seal script and pressed in red cinnabar ink — used in China, Japan and Korea for 3,000 years in place of a signature. Full guide: what is a Chinese name seal.

What is the difference between 朱文 and 白文?

朱文 (zhūwén) prints the characters in red on paper; 白文 (báiwén) prints them white out of a solid red field. Both are authentic modes of carving — see zhuwen vs baiwen. Both are one click away in the generator above.

Is it a seal, a chop or a stamp?

Seal (印章) is the carved stone; a chop is the same object called by its Anglo-Indian colonial-era name (from Hindi chhāp, common in Hong Kong and Singapore); a stamp is usually the modern rubber office version. More: seal vs chop vs stamp.

Is it really free?

Yes — free, no login, no watermark. Ad-supported.

What font does it use?

The Zhongshan King seal script (中山王篆), a Warring-States bronze-inscription style, released under the SIL Open Font License.

Can I use the PNG commercially?

The seal design is yours to use. The font is OFL-licensed; exporting the image is fine for any personal or commercial use.