Handwriting · Sudtipos

Monsieur La Doulaise

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Monsieur La Doulaise', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Monsieur La Doulaise is a free handwriting font by Sudtipos, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Monsieur La Doulaise has an x-height shorter than 99%, is narrower than 78% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 83%. Its thickest strokes are 4.3 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Miss Fajardose

Monsieur La Doulaise on one light table with its two closest fonts, Miss Fajardose (91 out of 100) and Ballet (86). Miss Fajardose is 34% narrower and 11% lighter, with an x-height 6% taller; Ballet is 29% lighter, with an x-height 84% taller.

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Ink shared with Monsieur La DoulaiseMiss Fajardose…

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 Monsieur La Doulaise alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Sizes

Monsieur La Doulaise 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 Monsieur La Doulaise, and can you use it?

Designer: Sudtipos
Kind: Handwriting
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 “Monsieur La Doulaise”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Monsieur La Doulaise 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 →

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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 Monsieur La Doulaise, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Monsieur La Doulaise 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 →

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05 / Measurements

Monsieur La Doulaise, measured

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

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

x-height: 17.2% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 100.6% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.17lowercase against capitals
Width: 32.3% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 57%letter box filled
Contrast: 4.34 : 1high stroke contrast

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 99% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 78% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 83% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 96% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Monsieur La Doulaise

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Monsieur La Doulaise →Compare side by side →Get Monsieur La Doulaise on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Monsieur La Doulaise without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Monsieur La Doulaise sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Monsieur La Doulaise loads, this sets Arial in its place at 61.8% of its size, so running text keeps Monsieur La Doulaise’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Monsieur La Doulaise Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 61.81%;
  ascent-override: 169.56%;
  descent-override: 83.00%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Monsieur La Doulaise', 'Monsieur La Doulaise Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Monsieur La Doulaise

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

Is Monsieur La Doulaise free for commercial use?

Yes. Monsieur La Doulaise 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 “Monsieur La Doulaise”.

How do I download and install Monsieur La Doulaise?

FontKind doesn’t host Monsieur La Doulaise’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 Monsieur La Doulaise in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Monsieur La Doulaise 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 Monsieur La Doulaise in Google Docs?

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

Is Monsieur La Doulaise in Figma?

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

How many weights does Monsieur La Doulaise have?

Monsieur La Doulaise 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 Monsieur La Doulaise?

Monsieur La Doulaise was designed by Sudtipos. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2011. Sudtipos also made Mr Dafoe, Dr Sugiyama, Aguafina Script and eleven more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Monsieur La Doulaise?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Miss Fajardose (91), Ballet (86) and Herr Von Muellerhoff (83), out of 100. Next to Monsieur La Doulaise, Miss Fajardose is 34% narrower and 11% lighter, with an x-height 6% taller. See all 100 fonts like Monsieur La Doulaise.