Licenses & Credits

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Sudoku uses third-party fonts and software. Required notices are below.

Fonts

The following fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and may be bundled with this software:

Playwrite IS, Klee One, Kalam, Satisfy, Caveat, Shantell Sans, Geist Pixel, IBM Plex Sans KR, Noto Sans Arabic, Lato, Montserrat, Raleway, Oswald, Source Sans 3, PT Sans, Poppins, Nunito, Dosis, Fira Sans, Bitter, Courier Prime, Source Code Pro, Doto, Playfair Display, Merriweather, Crimson Text, PT Serif, Dancing Script, Lobster, Pacifico, and Ojuju.

The OFL is available at openfontlicense.org.

Apache 2.0

Roboto is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Other fonts

Software

$1 Unistroke Recognizer

Hand-drawn digit recognition is based on a TypeScript port of the $1 Unistroke Recognizer. Reference implementation: nok/onedollar-unistroke-coffee. MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Darius Morawiec

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Paper Shaders

Halftone, dither, and magazine color effects use Paper Shaders, licensed under the Apache License 2.0.

Paper Shaders
Copyright 2026 Paper

Powered by Paper Shaders:
https://shaders.paper.design

Apache License 2.0: apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

CSS photocopied zine effect

Home Zine* cover treatment adapted from CSS photocopied zine effect by Lynn Fisher (@lynnandtonic). Public CodePen, MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2020 Lynn Fisher
https://codepen.io/lynnandtonic/pen/YzwVJYp

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

CSS 3D pencil

Desktop pencil treatment adapted from 3D CSS Pencil by FabioG (@FabioG). Public CodePen, MIT License.

Copyright (c) FabioG
https://codepen.io/FabioG/pen/YyQrWY

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

CSS 3D pencil ferrule and eraser

Pencil ferrule and eraser adapted from 3D CSS Pencil by Brad Arnett (@bradarnett). Public CodePen, MIT License.

Copyright (c) Brad Arnett
https://codepen.io/bradarnett/pen/XyZKaG

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

ShaderGradient

Gradient themes use ShaderGradient (@shadergradient/react), Copyright (c) ruucm, MIT License.

Rough.js

Sketch-style board rendering uses Rough.js, Copyright (c) Preet Shihn, MIT License.

image-vectorizer (Potrace)

Rough-mode glyph outlines are traced with image-vectorizer, a JavaScript port of Potrace by Peter Selinger. Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2. Corresponding source is available from those projects. The GPL-2.0 text is at gnu.org.

Credits