Sans serif · Typofactur
Winky Rough
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CSSfont-family: 'Winky Rough', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Winky Rough is a free sans serif by Typofactur, on Google Fonts since 2025. Among the 697 sans serifs on FontKind, Winky Rough has an average x-height, is narrower than 72% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 78%. Its thickest strokes are 1.2 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Walter Turncoat
Winky Rough on one light table with its two closest fonts, Walter Turncoat (77 out of 100) and Fluxisch Else (71). Walter Turncoat is 14% wider and 23% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller; Fluxisch Else is 13% wider and 7% lighter, with an x-height 5% taller.
Winky Rough and Walter Turncoat laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Winky RoughWalter Turncoat…
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 Winky Rough 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 / Weights
Winky Rough in 7 weights
7 weights, 300–900, with italics · variable from 300 to 900
Variable weight, 300 to 900
- 300 Light, with its italic
- 400 Regular, with its italic
- 500 Medium, with its italic
- 600 Semibold, with its italic
- 700 Bold, with its italic
- 800 Extra bold, with its italic
- 900 Black, with its italic
04 / Facts
Who made Winky Rough, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Typofactur
- Kind
- Sans serif
- Styles
- 7 weights, 300–900, with italics
- Variable axes
- Weight 300–900
- On Google Fonts since
- 2025
- 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.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Winky Rough 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 Winky Rough, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Winky Rough under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Winky Rough, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 50.6% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 66.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.76lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 46.7% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 48%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.24 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among sans serifs
Ranked against all 697 sans serifs on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of sans serifs
WidthNarrower than 72% of sans serifs
InkDarker than 78% of sans serifs
ContrastMore contrast than 64% of sans serifs
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Winky Rough
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Walter Turncoat7714% wider · 23% lighter · x-height 7% taller
- Fluxisch Else7113% wider · x-height 5% taller · 7% lighter
- Formera71x-height 13% shorter · 8% narrower · less stroke contrast
- Margarine70x-height 21% taller · 8% wider · 10% heavier
- Metal Mania64x-height 17% taller · 11% narrower
- Darumadrop One6417% heavier · 7% wider · less stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Winky Rough →Compare side by side →Get Winky Rough on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Winky Rough without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Winky Sans24same text width · same x-height
- Emilys Candy18same text width · x-height 1.8% taller
- Griffy12text 1.0% narrower · x-height 1.1% shorter
- Gochi Hand0same text width · x-height 3.1% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Winky Rough loads, this sets Arial in its place at 95.2% of its size, so running text keeps Winky Rough’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Winky Rough Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 95.16%;
ascent-override: 106.66%;
descent-override: 33.10%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Winky Rough', 'Winky Rough Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Winky Rough
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Winky Rough free for commercial use?
Yes. Winky Rough 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 Winky Rough?
FontKind doesn’t host Winky Rough’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds two variable files, one for the uprights and one for the italics, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.
Is Winky Rough in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Winky Rough isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Winky Rough Light and Winky Rough Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.
Is Winky Rough in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Winky Rough under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Winky Rough in Figma?
Yes: Winky Rough is in Figma’s font menu with all seven weights and their italics, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Winky Rough have?
Winky Rough comes in seven weights, from Light (300) to Black (900), each with an italic. It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 300 to 900.
Who designed Winky Rough?
Winky Rough was designed by Typofactur. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2025. Typofactur also made Epunda Slab, Winky Sans and Epunda Sans.
What fonts are similar to Winky Rough?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Walter Turncoat (77), Fluxisch Else (71) and Formera (71), out of 100. Next to Winky Rough, Walter Turncoat is 14% wider and 23% lighter, with an x-height 7% taller. See all 100 fonts like Winky Rough.