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Irish Grover
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CSSfont-family: 'Irish Grover', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Irish Grover is a free display font by Sideshow, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Irish Grover has an x-height taller than 68%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 2.5 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Mystery Quest
Irish Grover on one light table with its two closest fonts, Mystery Quest (90 out of 100) and Risque (86). Mystery Quest is 6% narrower and 10% lighter, with less stroke contrast; Risque is 5% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 11% shorter.
Irish Grover and Mystery Quest laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Irish GroverMystery Quest…
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 Irish Grover 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
Irish Grover 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 Irish Grover, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sideshow
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- Apache License 2.0
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. Mark the files you changed.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. With its notices, even for a fee.
Irish Grover is under the Apache License 2.0. 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 Irish Grover, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Irish Grover under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Irish Grover, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 56.0% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.80lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 50.1% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 45%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.54 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 68% of display faces
WidthNear the middle of display faces
InkNear the middle of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 85% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Irish Grover
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Mystery Quest90less stroke contrast · 6% narrower · 10% lighter
- Risque86less stroke contrast · x-height 11% shorter · 5% narrower
- Spicy Rice8676% heavier · less stroke contrast · 3% narrower
- Shojumaru8053% wider · 33% heavier · less stroke contrast
- MedievalSharp76less stroke contrast · 24% lighter · 4% wider
- CAT Constantia7541% heavier · x-height 17% shorter · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Irish Grover →Compare side by side →Get Irish Grover on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Irish Grover without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Irish Grover loads, this sets Arial in its place at 104.7% of its size, so running text keeps Irish Grover’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Irish Grover Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 104.75%;
ascent-override: 89.97%;
descent-override: 22.93%;
line-gap-override: 2.52%;
}
font-family: 'Irish Grover', 'Irish Grover Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Irish Grover
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Irish Grover free for commercial use?
Yes. Irish Grover is under the Apache License 2.0 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a file you change is marked as changed.
How do I download and install Irish Grover?
FontKind doesn’t host Irish Grover’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 Irish Grover in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Irish Grover 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 Irish Grover in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Irish Grover under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Irish Grover in Figma?
Yes: Irish Grover is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Irish Grover have?
Irish Grover 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 Irish Grover?
Irish Grover was designed by Sideshow. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2011. Sideshow also made Satisfy, Chewy, Creepster and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Irish Grover?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Mystery Quest (90), Risque (86) and Spicy Rice (86), out of 100. Next to Irish Grover, Mystery Quest is 6% narrower and 10% lighter, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Irish Grover.