Handwriting · Kimberly Geswein

Annie Use Your Telescope

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Annie Use Your Telescope', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Annie Use Your Telescope is a free handwriting font by Kimberly Geswein, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Annie Use Your Telescope has an average x-height, is narrower than 67% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of The Girl Next Door

Annie Use Your Telescope on one light table with its two closest fonts, The Girl Next Door (86 out of 100) and Waiting for the Sunrise (85). The Girl Next Door is 34% wider and 8% lighter, with an x-height 11% taller; Waiting for the Sunrise is 12% wider and 18% lighter.

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Ink shared with Annie Use Your TelescopeThe Girl Next Door…

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.

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02 / Letters

The Annie Use Your Telescope alphabet

Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400

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03 / Sizes

Annie Use Your Telescope at every size

1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words

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72 px

04 / Facts

Who made Annie Use Your Telescope, and can you use it?

Designer: Kimberly Geswein
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
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.

Annie Use Your Telescope is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.

What each licence allows →

Read the licence

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 Annie Use Your Telescope, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Annie Use Your Telescope under System. Fonts for Cricut →

From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.

How each app gets its fonts →

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05 / Measurements

Annie Use Your Telescope, measured

Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style

Hxgp in Annie Use Your Telescope. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 48.7% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 75.4% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.65lowercase against capitals
Width: 36.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 29%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.84 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 67% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 94% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 93% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Annie Use Your Telescope

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Annie Use Your Telescope →Compare side by side →Get Annie Use Your Telescope on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Annie Use Your Telescope without a jump

Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%

None of the fonts that look most like Annie Use Your Telescope sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Annie Use Your Telescope loads, this sets Arial in its place at 77.8% of its size, so running text keeps Annie Use Your Telescope’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Annie Use Your Telescope Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 77.84%;
  ascent-override: 131.61%;
  descent-override: 52.57%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Annie Use Your Telescope', 'Annie Use Your Telescope Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Annie Use Your Telescope

Of the 542 home pages that load Annie Use Your Telescope, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

More than chanceRoboto Condensed 5.6×

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerAnnie Use Your Telescope + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Annie Use Your Telescope

Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list

Is Annie Use Your Telescope free for commercial use?

Yes. Annie Use Your Telescope 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 Annie Use Your Telescope?

FontKind doesn’t host Annie Use Your Telescope’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds a single font file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Annie Use Your Telescope in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Annie Use Your Telescope isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Annie Use Your Telescope in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Annie Use Your Telescope under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Annie Use Your Telescope in Figma?

Yes: Annie Use Your Telescope is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Annie Use Your Telescope have?

Annie Use Your Telescope comes in one weight, Regular (400). Ask for bold and most apps thicken the letters themselves: a faux bold, not a drawn one.

Who designed Annie Use Your Telescope?

Annie Use Your Telescope was designed by Kimberly Geswein. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2011. Kimberly Geswein also made Zeyada, Shadows Into Light, Waiting for the Sunrise and 18 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Annie Use Your Telescope?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are The Girl Next Door (86), Waiting for the Sunrise (85) and Indie Flower (83), out of 100. Next to Annie Use Your Telescope, The Girl Next Door is 34% wider and 8% lighter, with an x-height 11% taller. See all 100 fonts like Annie Use Your Telescope.