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Honk
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CSSfont-family: 'Honk', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Honk is a free display font by Ek Type, on Google Fonts since 2024. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Honk has an x-height shorter than 76%, is narrower than 60% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Rubik Iso
Honk on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rubik Iso (79 out of 100) and Wallpoet (76). Rubik Iso is 25% wider and 32% lighter, with an x-height 12% taller; Wallpoet is 40% wider and 52% lighter, with an x-height 9% shorter.
Honk and Rubik Iso laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with HonkRubik Iso…
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 Honk 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
Honk 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 Honk, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Ek Type
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- Variable axes
- MORF 0–45, SHLN 0–100
- On Google Fonts since
- 2024
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, math, symbols, vietnamese
- 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.
Honk 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
- Probably not. Honk is a colour font, which Docs doesn’t take yet. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Google Fonts first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Honk, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Honk under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Honk, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 48.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 58.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.83lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 76% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 60% of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Honk
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Rubik Iso7925% wider · 32% lighter · x-height 12% taller
- Wallpoet7640% wider · 52% lighter · x-height 9% shorter
- Tourney7321% wider · 27% lighter · x-height 12% taller
- Micro 56828% narrower · x-height 25% shorter
- CAT DyFa6811% wider · 7% lighter
- Blaka Hollow6734% heavier · 13% narrower · x-height 3% taller
All 100 fonts similar to Honk →Compare side by side →Get Honk on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Honk without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Some Time Later38text 0.8% narrower · x-height 1.9% shorter
- Kobata36text 1.7% narrower · x-height 3.3% taller
- Keania One35text 1.4% narrower · x-height 3.3% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Honk loads, this sets Arial in its place at 99.7% of its size, so running text keeps Honk’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Honk Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 99.73%;
ascent-override: 90.24%;
descent-override: 32.09%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Honk', 'Honk Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Honk
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Honk free for commercial use?
Yes. Honk 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 Honk?
FontKind doesn’t host Honk’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Honk in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Honk 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 Honk in Google Docs?
Probably not: Honk is a colour font, and Google says those are not supported in Docs, Sheets and Slides yet.
How many weights does Honk have?
Honk comes in one weight, Regular (400). It is a variable font, with two axes of its own. Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.
Who designed Honk?
Honk was designed by Ek Type. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2024. Ek Type also made Mukta, Baloo 2, Gotu and three more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Honk?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rubik Iso (79), Wallpoet (76) and Tourney (73), out of 100. Next to Honk, Rubik Iso is 25% wider and 32% lighter, with an x-height 12% taller. See all 100 fonts like Honk.