Happy Monkey
Happy Monkey is a display font in 1 weight. Its lowercase letters are 10% wider than the typical display font. Last updated 8 September 2025.
Editing a PDF that uses Happy Monkey
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Happy Monkey from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Happy Monkey itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 578 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 639.7 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 241 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 21% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Display |
Weights and styles
Languages beyond basic Latin
Open fonts closest to Happy Monkey
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Farro Regularloosely similar widths (54.5 units)
- Chakra Petch Regularloosely similar widths (54.8 units)
- Quicksand Regularloosely similar widths (55.7 units)
- Raleway Regularloosely similar widths (55.7 units)
- Space Grotesk Regularloosely similar widths (56.1 units)
- Rubik Regularloosely similar widths (56.1 units)
- Krub Regularloosely similar widths (57.7 units)
- Exo 2 Regularloosely similar widths (57.9 units)
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Questions people ask
+Can I edit a PDF that uses Happy Monkey?
Yes. Drop the PDF into MythosPDF and click the text. New letters are set in Happy Monkey itself, loaded from the open font, so the edit matches the rest of the page.
+Is Happy Monkey free to use?
Happy Monkey is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, an open licence that allows free use in documents, including commercial ones. Check the licence text for your exact use.
+Which font is closest to Happy Monkey?
By measured letter widths, Farro is the closest match among open fonts (a mean difference of 54.5 units per 1000 em). Text set in one takes almost the same space in the other.
+Which languages does Happy Monkey support?
It includes these character sets: Latin, Central European.
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