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Mystery Quest
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CSSfont-family: 'Mystery Quest', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Mystery Quest is a free display font by Sideshow, on Google Fonts since 2012. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Mystery Quest has an x-height taller than 75%, is narrower than 67% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 72%. Its thickest strokes are 1.5 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Irish Grover
Mystery Quest on one light table with its two closest fonts, Irish Grover (90 out of 100) and Henny Penny (88). Irish Grover is 6% wider and 11% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Henny Penny is 10% wider, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 6% taller.
Mystery Quest and Irish Grover laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Mystery QuestIrish Grover…
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 Mystery Quest 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
Mystery Quest 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 Mystery Quest, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Sideshow
- 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 “Mystery Quest”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Mystery Quest 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 Mystery Quest, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Mystery Quest under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Mystery Quest, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 58.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 75.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.78lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 47.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 41%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.49 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 75% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 67% of display faces
InkLighter than 72% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 65% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Mystery Quest
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Irish Grover90more stroke contrast · 6% wider · 11% heavier
- Henny Penny88more stroke contrast · 10% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Amarante72more stroke contrast · x-height 16% shorter · 23% heavier
- Sancreek6848% heavier · 15% wider · more stroke contrast
- Risque67x-height 15% shorter · 16% heavier · less stroke contrast
- Smythe6425% narrower · x-height 20% shorter · 11% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Mystery Quest →Compare side by side →Get Mystery Quest on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Mystery Quest without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Mystery Quest loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.7% of its size, so running text keeps Mystery Quest’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Mystery Quest Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.75%;
ascent-override: 100.87%;
descent-override: 41.71%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Mystery Quest', 'Mystery Quest Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Mystery Quest
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Mystery Quest free for commercial use?
Yes. Mystery Quest 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 “Mystery Quest”.
How do I download and install Mystery Quest?
FontKind doesn’t host Mystery Quest’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 Mystery Quest in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Mystery Quest 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 Mystery Quest in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Mystery Quest under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Mystery Quest in Figma?
Yes: Mystery Quest is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Mystery Quest have?
Mystery Quest 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 Mystery Quest?
Mystery Quest was designed by Sideshow. It has been on Google Fonts since February 2012. Sideshow also made Satisfy, Chewy, Creepster and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Mystery Quest?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Irish Grover (90), Henny Penny (88) and Amarante (72), out of 100. Next to Mystery Quest, Irish Grover is 6% wider and 11% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Mystery Quest.