Display · Typomondo

Butcherman

Q: Is Butcherman free for commercial use?

Yes. Butcherman is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Butcherman”.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Butcherman', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Crayon Libre

Butcherman on one light table with its two closest fonts, Crayon Libre (84 out of 100) and Eater (83). Crayon Libre is 14% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 34% shorter; Eater is 21% wider and 31% lighter, with an x-height 16% taller.

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Ink shared with ButchermanCrayon Libre…

Most different letters first; the figure is the share of ink the fonts have in common. Where the fonts agree the letters cancel to black: every white sliver is a real difference.

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02 / Letters

The Butcherman alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.

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03 / Sizes

Butcherman at every size

1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words

12 px
16 px
24 px
36 px
48 px
72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Butcherman, and can you use it?

Designer: Typomondo
Kind: Display
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
Character sets: latin, latin-ext
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1

Can I use it?

Commercial use: Yes.
Logos: Yes.
Websites and apps: Yes. Self-hosted or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes, under another name. Not as “Butcherman”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Butcherman is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

Already in your apps?

Google Docs: Most likely. Under More fonts, in Sheets and Slides too. Google’s guide
Word, PowerPoint: No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
Figma: Yes. Built in, nothing to install. Figma’s help
Canva: Not verified. Search its font menu for Butcherman, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Butcherman under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

Get Butcherman on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Butcherman, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Butcherman. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 74.7% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 73.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 1.01lowercase against capitals
Width: 59.1% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 55%letter box filled

How we measure →

Where it stands among display faces

Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind

x-heightLarger than 94% of display faces
WidthWider than 71% of display faces
InkDarker than 63% of display faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Butcherman

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Butcherman →Compare side by side →Get Butcherman on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Butcherman without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

Fallback while it loads

Until Butcherman loads, this sets Arial in its place at 117% of its size, so running text keeps Butcherman’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Butcherman Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 117.04%;
  ascent-override: 108.47%;
  descent-override: 56.86%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Butcherman', 'Butcherman Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Butcherman

Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list

Is Butcherman free for commercial use?

Yes. Butcherman is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Butcherman”.

How do I download and install Butcherman?

FontKind doesn’t host Butcherman’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Butcherman in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Butcherman isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Butcherman in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Butcherman under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Butcherman in Figma?

Yes: Butcherman is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Butcherman have?

Butcherman comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Butcherman?

Butcherman was designed by Typomondo. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2011. Typomondo also made Eater and Nosifer.

What fonts are similar to Butcherman?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Crayon Libre (84), Eater (83) and Piedra (83), out of 100. Next to Butcherman, Crayon Libre is 14% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 34% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Butcherman.