Monsieur La Doulaise is a script font by Sudtipos, released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. A formal French-style script with slender strokes and elaborate capitals. Below are monograms made with it in the styles it suits best; open the monogram maker with Monsieur La Doulaise selected to make your own with any initials and download SVG, PNG or PDF.
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Monsieur La Doulaise monogram examples
Using Monsieur La Doulaise for monograms
A slender, formal French script with long, elaborate capitals. It photographs well on stationery and looks best in a single colour on a plain background; frames tend to fight with its flourishes.
About Monsieur La Doulaise
Monsieur La Doulaise is the third Bluemlein revival by Alejandro Paul (Sudtipos) in our set. Like the others, it began as a lettering-artist’s alphabet built from collected signatures in 1930s and 40s New York and was given a fictitious name.
Its capitals carry large looped flourishes, and the loops are separate shapes once cut. In vinyl, weed the loops first and keep the design at 4 inches or more so they do not lift.
Monsieur La Doulaise measured from the font file
| Designer (Google Fonts record) | Sudtipos |
| Added to Google Fonts | November 2011 |
| Copyright line in the file | Copyright (c) 2006 Alejandro Paul (sudtipos@sudtipos.com), with Reserved Font Name \ |
| File version we measured | Version 1.000 |
| Characters in the file | 231 (234 glyphs) |
| Thinnest strokes (10th percentile) | 1.2% of the capital height |
| Main strokes (90th percentile) | 3.6% of the capital height |
| Thick-to-thin ratio | 3.0 : 1, high stroke contrast |
| Typical capital width | 153% of its height (widest 202%) |
| Deepest capital below the baseline | Y, 51% of the capital height |
| Outline points in A to Z | 4,203 (most: K, 255; fewest: O, 107) |
Worked example: how small can a Monsieur La Doulaise letter be cut?
Thin stroke = 0.012 x letter height. A 3 inch Monsieur La Doulaise capital therefore has strokes down to 0.91 mm. Taking 1 mm as a cautious minimum for weeding adhesive vinyl: 0.012 x H = 1 mm gives H = 83.3 mm, or 3.28 in per letter (4.10 in for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl, about 25% more). Monograms shrink letters to fit frames and stacks, hence our 4.5 in overall minimum for Monsieur La Doulaise.
Outline points: 4,203 across A to Z; K has 255, O only 107. That is a heavy outline: expect slower cuts, and if Design Space reports a design as too complex, drop the frame or cut the letters separately.
For names in the split and wedding styles, the file includes é ñ ø Ł ß, so names such as René, Muñoz, Søren set correctly, but it lacks ő ș ễ (as in Erdős or Ștefan); use a different text font for those names.
For the name in a split monogram or the date under a wedding monogram, pair Monsieur La Doulaise with Cinzel; the tool’s “Text font” control sets it.
Licence and download
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (commercial use allowed; the font may not be sold on its own). Files: Google Fonts and google/fonts.
Frequently asked questions
Is Monsieur La Doulaise free for commercial use?
Yes. Monsieur La Doulaise is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows you to use it commercially, including on products you sell, and to share the font file itself.
What is the smallest size Monsieur La Doulaise cuts well at?
About 4.5 inches wide in standard adhesive vinyl. Add about 25 percent for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl. Script fonts have thin joining strokes, so they need size: 3 to 4 inches in adhesive vinyl, 4 to 5 inches in heat-transfer vinyl, and 2.5 inches or more for satin-stitch embroidery.
Which monogram styles suit Monsieur La Doulaise?
Vine monogram, Wedding monogram, Script monogram. A slender, formal French script with long, elaborate capitals.
Where do I download Monsieur La Doulaise?
From Google Fonts. Our maker loads it for you, so there is nothing to install.
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Last reviewed: 25 September 2026. The fonts are open-licensed (SIL OFL or Apache 2.0); see the font list for each licence. The frames are drawn by our own code. Something not working? Please let us know.