Sans serif · Astigmatic

Mouse Memoirs

Q: Is Mouse Memoirs free for commercial use?

Yes. Mouse Memoirs 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 “Mouse Memoirs”.

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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Mouse Memoirs', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Mouse Memoirs is a free sans serif by Astigmatic, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Mouse Memoirs has an average x-height, is narrower than 97% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 97%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Rum Raisin

Mouse Memoirs on one light table with its two closest fonts, Rum Raisin (100 out of 100) and Englebert (88). Rum Raisin is 22% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 5% taller; Englebert is 31% wider and 34% lighter, with more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with Mouse MemoirsRum Raisin…

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 Mouse Memoirs alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Sizes

Mouse Memoirs 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 Mouse Memoirs, and can you use it?

Designer: Astigmatic
Kind: Sans serif
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 “Mouse Memoirs”: the licence reserves the name.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Mouse Memoirs 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 →

Read the licence

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 Mouse Memoirs, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Mouse Memoirs 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 →

Get Mouse Memoirs on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Mouse Memoirs, measured

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

Hxgp in Mouse Memoirs. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 51.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 70.1% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.73lowercase against capitals
Width: 32.4% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 69%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.90 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among sans serifs

Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 97% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 97% of sans serifs
ContrastMore even than 98% of sans serifs

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Mouse Memoirs

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Mouse Memoirs →Compare side by side →Get Mouse Memoirs on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Mouse Memoirs without a jump

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

Piscolabis42same text width · x-height 1.9% shorter

Fallback while it loads

Until Mouse Memoirs loads, this sets Arial in its place at 66.2% of its size, so running text keeps Mouse Memoirs’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Mouse Memoirs Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 66.20%;
  ascent-override: 141.40%;
  descent-override: 31.57%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Mouse Memoirs', 'Mouse Memoirs Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Mouse Memoirs

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

Is Mouse Memoirs free for commercial use?

Yes. Mouse Memoirs 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 “Mouse Memoirs”.

How do I download and install Mouse Memoirs?

FontKind doesn’t host Mouse Memoirs’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 Mouse Memoirs in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Mouse Memoirs 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 Mouse Memoirs in Google Docs?

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

Is Mouse Memoirs in Figma?

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

How many weights does Mouse Memoirs have?

Mouse Memoirs 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 Mouse Memoirs?

Mouse Memoirs was designed by Astigmatic. It has been on Google Fonts since November 2012. Astigmatic also made Aclonica, Parisienne, Righteous and 54 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Mouse Memoirs?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Rum Raisin (100), Englebert (88) and Truculenta (82), out of 100. Next to Mouse Memoirs, Rum Raisin is 22% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 5% taller. See all 100 fonts like Mouse Memoirs.