Ink Free font
Ink Free is a typeface by Steve Matteson, from Microsoft. It comes with Windows: use it on that computer, in documents and pictures, but its licence doesn’t let you put the font file on a website or pass it on. These 24 free handwriting faces come closest to it, measured letter by letter, closest first.
Ink Free itself comes from your device, if it is installed
01 / Free alternatives to Ink Free — compared by measurements
The original · Ink Free, from your device
89match · #1
Give You Glory
Find the font. Find its kind.16% heavier · x-height 3% taller
Differs most from Ink Free in q, A, and G
85match · #2
Waiting for the Sunrise
Find the font. Find its kind.13% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from Ink Free in Y, I, and U
85match · #3
Shadows Into Light
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · x-height 15% taller · 28% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in 4, I, and 8
80match · #4
Architects Daughter
Find the font. Find its kind.54% heavier · x-height 11% shorter · 9% wider
Differs most from Ink Free in 1, y, and E
79match · #5
Reenie Beanie
Find the font. Find its kind.27% narrower · x-height 22% shorter · 13% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in 8, v, and 3
79match · #6
Mynerve
Find the font. Find its kind.48% heavier · x-height 14% shorter
Differs most from Ink Free in c, p, and U
78match · #7
Covered By Your Grace
Find the font. Find its kind.98% heavier · 18% narrower · x-height 7% shorter
Differs most from Ink Free in O, 8, and w
77match · #8
Shadows Into Light Two
Find the font. Find its kind.45% heavier · 15% narrower · x-height 13% taller
Differs most from Ink Free in I, Z, and 1
75match · #9
Just Me Again Down Here
Find the font. Find its kind.154% heavier · x-height 45% shorter · 35% narrower
Differs most from Ink Free in c, p, and G
75match · #10
Fuzzy Bubbles
Find the font. Find its kind.21% wider · 38% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in G, c, and 9
75match · #11
Liu Jian Mao Cao
Find the font. Find its kind.16% narrower · x-height 13% taller · 9% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in L, p, and j
75match · #12
Over the Rainbow
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 52% taller
Differs most from Ink Free in p, L, and j
73match · #13
The Girl Next Door
Find the font. Find its kind.4% wider · 8% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in I, H, and q
73match · #14
First Time Writing!
Find the font. Find its kind.33% lighter · 4% narrower
Differs most from Ink Free in G, d, and I
72match · #15
Square Peg
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 49% shorter · 41% narrower · 80% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in 9, j, and 6
72match · #16
Long Cang
Find the font. Find its kind.15% narrower · x-height 15% shorter · 18% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in m, f, and A
71match · #17
Grape Nuts
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 34% shorter · 45% heavier · 13% narrower
Differs most from Ink Free in p, t, and a
71match · #18
Handlee
Find the font. Find its kind.45% heavier · 7% narrower · x-height 6% shorter
Differs most from Ink Free in B, A, and g
71match · #19
Indie Flower
Find the font. Find its kind.x-height 25% shorter · 46% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in b, 6, and c
70match · #20
Schoolbell
Find the font. Find its kind.81% heavier · x-height 10% shorter · 6% narrower
Differs most from Ink Free in c, y, and d
69match · #21
Nanum Pen Script
Find the font. Find its kind.17% narrower · 30% heavier · x-height 9% shorter
Differs most from Ink Free in I, 8, and e
69match · #22
Annie Use Your Telescope
Find the font. Find its kind.22% narrower · 17% heavier · x-height 8% shorter
Differs most from Ink Free in d, H, and I
69match · #23
Shalimar
Find the font. Find its kind.48% narrower · x-height 44% shorter · 41% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in 8, t, and l
68match · #24
Loved by the King
Find the font. Find its kind.35% narrower · x-height 24% taller · 22% heavier
Differs most from Ink Free in 7, 8, and v
About Ink Free
- Designed by
- Steve MattesonSource: Microsoft: font list
- First issued
- MicrosoftSource: Microsoft: font list
- Comes with
- Windows 11: Ink FreeMicrosoft 365, as a cloud font: Ink FreeSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
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Questions about Ink Free
Is Ink Free free?
Free to use where it is installed, not to pass on: Ink Free comes with Windows, and its licence doesn’t let you put it on a website or pass the file on. The 24 fonts on this page are free to use, commercially and on websites too: 22 under the SIL Open Font License, 1 in the public domain (CC0) and 1 under the Apache License.
Which free font is closest to Ink Free?
Give You Glory, at 89 out of 100 in our letter-by-letter match, then Waiting for the Sunrise (85) and Shadows Into Light (85). Next to Ink Free, Give You Glory is 16% heavier, with an x-height 3% taller.
Can I use a free Ink Free alternative in Word or Google Docs?
In Google Docs, most likely: Give You Glory, Waiting for the Sunrise, Shadows Into Light and 20 more of them can be added from the font menu, under More fonts.
Who designed Ink Free?
Ink Free was designed by Steve Matteson, and issued by Microsoft.