Display · Jeff Davis
Comic Relief
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CSSfont-family: 'Comic Relief', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Comic Relief is a free display font by Jeff Davis, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Comic Relief has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Balsamiq Sans
Comic Relief on one light table with its two closest fonts, Balsamiq Sans (83 out of 100) and Sniglet (76). Balsamiq Sans is 5% narrower, with an x-height 4% taller; Sniglet is 4% narrower, with more stroke contrast.
Comic Relief and Balsamiq Sans laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Comic ReliefBalsamiq Sans…
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.
02 / Letters
The Comic Relief 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.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Weights
Comic Relief in 2 weights
2 weights, 400–700
- 400 Regular
- 700 Bold
04 / Facts
Who made Comic Relief, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Jeff Davis
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 2 weights, 400–700
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- Character sets
- cyrillic, greek, 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Comic Relief is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
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 Comic Relief, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Comic Relief under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Comic Relief, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 51.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 73.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.69lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 52.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.97 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore even than 89% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Comic Relief
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Balsamiq Sans835% narrower · x-height 4% taller
- Sniglet764% narrower · more stroke contrast
- Jua7219% heavier · 8% narrower · x-height 7% shorter
- Drama Sans72x-height 5% taller · 6% lighter
- Tilt Neon719% heavier · 4% narrower
- Autour One7030% wider · x-height 17% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Comic Relief →Compare side by side →Get Comic Relief on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Comic Relief without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Varela Round43text 1.5% wider · same x-height
- Chiron GoRound TC36text 2.7% narrower · x-height 3.5% shorter
- M PLUS Rounded 1c33text 1.2% wider · x-height 1.5% taller
- Marmelad32text 0.6% narrower · x-height 2.1% shorter
- Sour Gummy25text 2.7% wider · x-height 2.3% shorter
- Laila20text 1.5% narrower · x-height 0.9% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Comic Relief loads, this sets Arial in its place at 106% of its size, so running text keeps Comic Relief’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Comic Relief Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 106.04%;
ascent-override: 99.46%;
descent-override: 32.09%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Comic Relief', 'Comic Relief Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Comic Relief
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Comic Relief free for commercial use?
Yes. Comic Relief is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.
How do I download and install Comic Relief?
FontKind doesn’t host Comic Relief’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two font files, one per style. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Comic Relief in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Comic Relief 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 Comic Relief in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Comic Relief under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Comic Relief in Figma?
Yes: Comic Relief is in Figma’s font menu with all two weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Comic Relief have?
Comic Relief comes in two weights: Regular (400) and Bold (700).
Who designed Comic Relief?
Comic Relief was designed by Jeff Davis. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2025.
What fonts are similar to Comic Relief?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Balsamiq Sans (83), Sniglet (76) and Jua (72), out of 100. Next to Comic Relief, Balsamiq Sans is 5% narrower, with an x-height 4% taller. See all 100 fonts like Comic Relief.