Display · Brenda Gallo
Happy Monkey
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CSSfont-family: 'Happy Monkey', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Happy Monkey is a free display font by Brenda Gallo, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Happy Monkey has an x-height shorter than 62%, is wider than 66% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 76%. Its thickest strokes are 1.0 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Comfortaa
Happy Monkey on one light table with its two closest fonts, Comfortaa (70 out of 100) and Tilt Neon (65). Comfortaa is 11% lighter, with an x-height 9% taller; Tilt Neon is 36% heavier and 13% narrower.
Happy Monkey and Comfortaa laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Happy MonkeyComfortaa…
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 Happy Monkey 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 / Sizes
Happy Monkey 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 Happy Monkey, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Brenda Gallo
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2012
- 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 “Happy Monkey”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Happy Monkey 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 Happy Monkey, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Happy Monkey under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Happy Monkey, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 70.0% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.71lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 57.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.00 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of display faces
WidthWider than 66% of display faces
InkLighter than 76% of display faces
ContrastMore even than 83% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Happy Monkey
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Comfortaa70x-height 9% taller · 11% lighter
- Tilt Neon6536% heavier · 13% narrower
- Manjari6213% narrower
- Kodchasan62more stroke contrast · 7% lighter
- Quicksand6022% lighter · 10% narrower · x-height 3% taller
- Baloo 25715% narrower · x-height 6% shorter · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Happy Monkey →Compare side by side →Get Happy Monkey on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Happy Monkey without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Kodchasan62text 1.2% narrower · same x-height
- Tsukimi Rounded43text 3.0% narrower · x-height 2.2% taller
- Mali31text 1.8% narrower · x-height 2.0% taller
- LINE Seed JP24text 1.0% wider · x-height 1.8% taller
- Mitr24text 0.8% wider · x-height 4.0% shorter
- Yomogi21text 2.6% narrower · x-height 1.1% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Happy Monkey loads, this sets Arial in its place at 114.9% of its size, so running text keeps Happy Monkey’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Happy Monkey Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 114.93%;
ascent-override: 82.66%;
descent-override: 22.19%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Happy Monkey', 'Happy Monkey Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Happy Monkey
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Happy Monkey free for commercial use?
Yes. Happy Monkey 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 “Happy Monkey”.
How do I download and install Happy Monkey?
FontKind doesn’t host Happy Monkey’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 Happy Monkey in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Happy Monkey 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 Happy Monkey in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Happy Monkey under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Happy Monkey in Figma?
Yes: Happy Monkey is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Happy Monkey have?
Happy Monkey 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 Happy Monkey?
Happy Monkey was designed by Brenda Gallo. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2012. Brenda Gallo also made Raleway Dots, Spirax and Bubbler One.
What fonts are similar to Happy Monkey?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Comfortaa (70), Tilt Neon (65) and Manjari (62), out of 100. Next to Happy Monkey, Comfortaa is 11% lighter, with an x-height 9% taller. See all 100 fonts like Happy Monkey.