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Slackey
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CSSfont-family: 'Slackey', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Slackey is a free display font by Sideshow, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Slackey has an x-height taller than 83%, is wider than 86% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 65%. Its thickest strokes are 1.8 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Galindo
Slackey on one light table with its two closest fonts, Galindo (97 out of 100) and Some Time Later (84). Galindo is 14% narrower and 17% heavier, with an x-height 19% shorter; Some Time Later is 28% narrower, with an x-height 27% shorter and less stroke contrast.
Slackey and Galindo laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with SlackeyGalindo…
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 Slackey 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
Slackey 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 Slackey, 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.
Slackey 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 Slackey, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Slackey under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Slackey, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 64.8% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 72.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.89lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 67.4% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 56%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.79 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 83% of display faces
WidthWider than 86% of display faces
InkDarker than 65% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 71% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Slackey
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Galindo97x-height 19% shorter · 14% narrower · 17% heavier
- Some Time Later8428% narrower · x-height 27% shorter · less stroke contrast
- Luckiest Guy7824% heavier · 12% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Passero One7533% narrower · x-height 19% shorter
- Sigmar One73more stroke contrast · 23% heavier · x-height 10% shorter
- Bowlby One SC7227% heavier · x-height 4% taller · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Slackey →Compare side by side →Get Slackey on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Slackey without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Slackey loads, this sets Arial in its place at 140.3% of its size, so running text keeps Slackey’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Slackey Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 140.34%;
ascent-override: 75.01%;
descent-override: 24.43%;
line-gap-override: 1.95%;
}
font-family: 'Slackey', 'Slackey Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Slackey
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Slackey free for commercial use?
Yes. Slackey 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 Slackey?
FontKind doesn’t host Slackey’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 Slackey in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Slackey 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 Slackey in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Slackey under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Slackey in Figma?
Yes: Slackey is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Slackey have?
Slackey 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 Slackey?
Slackey was designed by Sideshow. It has been on Google Fonts since January 2011. Sideshow also made Satisfy, Chewy, Creepster and twelve more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Slackey?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Galindo (97), Some Time Later (84) and Luckiest Guy (78), out of 100. Next to Slackey, Galindo is 14% narrower and 17% heavier, with an x-height 19% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Slackey.