Author's note

Donkey Kong World font by David Martin is a free cartoon dingbats typeface that drops an entire jungle adventure straight into your glyphs panel. Each character is a bold, inky vignette-swinging vines, barrel chaos, and chunky silhouettes that feel ripped from an old CRT screen. The illustrations are dense and energetic, with just enough rough edges to keep the retro-console vibe alive, so a single keystroke instantly reads as “classic platformer” without any extra artwork.

Using Donkey Kong World, you can quickly build game fan art, YouTube thumbnails, party invitations, stickers, posters, and streaming overlays that look hand-illustrated. This free font works beautifully at large sizes where the tiny details-bananas, crates, and character poses-have room to breathe. For a clean, readable layout, pair the dingbats with a simple pixel or blocky sans serif for text, letting Donkey Kong World handle all the visual noise and nostalgia.

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Basic font information

Copyright notice
2006 Made by David Martin Visit 24hourbauer.co.uk for details
Font family
Donkey Kong World
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Fonts@ www.24hourbauer.co.uk
Full font name
Donkey Kong World
Name table version
Version 1.0
Postscript font name
DonkeyKongWorld
Trademark notice
Visit www.geocities.com/theknightfoughtweakly/fonts or www.24hourbauer.co.uk for details.

Extended font information

Platforms supported

PlatformEncoding
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only

Font details

Revision1
Glyph count222
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsEmbedding for permanent installation
Family classSymbolic
WeightMedium (normal)
WidthMedium (normal)
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBold
PitchNot monospaced