Handwriting · Robert Leuschke
Ruge Boogie
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CSSfont-family: 'Ruge Boogie', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Ruge Boogie is a free handwriting font by Robert Leuschke, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Ruge Boogie has an average x-height, is narrower than 75% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 66%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Olé
Ruge Boogie on one light table with its two closest fonts, Olé (88 out of 100) and Ingrid Darling (85). Olé is 14% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 29% shorter; Ingrid Darling is 17% narrower and 13% heavier, with an x-height 15% shorter.
Ruge Boogie and Olé laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Ruge BoogieOlé…
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 Ruge Boogie 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.
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- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Ruge Boogie 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 Ruge Boogie, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Robert Leuschke
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, 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.
Ruge Boogie 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 Ruge Boogie, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Ruge Boogie under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Ruge Boogie, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 40.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 65.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.62lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 32.9% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 40%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 75% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 66% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Ruge Boogie
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Olé88x-height 29% shorter · 14% narrower · 9% heavier
- Ingrid Darling8517% narrower · x-height 15% shorter · 13% heavier
- Bonbon8175% wider · x-height 22% taller · 9% lighter
- Puppies Play80x-height 36% shorter · 23% narrower · 6% heavier
- Are You Serious75x-height 15% shorter · 20% heavier · 6% wider
- Butterfly Kids74x-height 21% shorter · 15% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Ruge Boogie →Compare side by side →Get Ruge Boogie on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Ruge Boogie without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Fleur De Leah52same text width · x-height 4.7% shorter
- Grand Hotel44text 1.8% wider · x-height 2.7% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Ruge Boogie loads, this sets Arial in its place at 66.2% of its size, so running text keeps Ruge Boogie’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Ruge Boogie Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 66.17%;
ascent-override: 132.23%;
descent-override: 56.67%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Ruge Boogie', 'Ruge Boogie Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Ruge Boogie
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Ruge Boogie free for commercial use?
Yes. Ruge Boogie 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 Ruge Boogie?
FontKind doesn’t host Ruge Boogie’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 Ruge Boogie in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Ruge Boogie 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 Ruge Boogie in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Ruge Boogie under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Ruge Boogie in Figma?
Yes: Ruge Boogie is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Ruge Boogie have?
Ruge Boogie 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 Ruge Boogie?
Ruge Boogie was designed by Robert Leuschke. It has been on Google Fonts since December 2011. Robert Leuschke also made Smooch Sans, Updock, Great Vibes and 84 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Ruge Boogie?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Olé (88), Ingrid Darling (85) and Bonbon (81), out of 100. Next to Ruge Boogie, Olé is 14% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 29% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Ruge Boogie.