Handwriting · Rob Jelinski
Beth Ellen
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CSSfont-family: 'Beth Ellen', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Beth Ellen is a free handwriting font by Rob Jelinski and Alyson Fraser Diaz, on Google Fonts since 2019. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Beth Ellen has an x-height taller than 64%, is wider than 94% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 93%.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of Discipuli Britannica
Beth Ellen on one light table with its two closest fonts, Discipuli Britannica (83 out of 100) and Leckerli One (72). Discipuli Britannica has an x-height 20% shorter; Leckerli One is 16% narrower and 12% heavier.
Beth Ellen and Discipuli Britannica laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Beth EllenDiscipuli Britannica…
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.
02 / Letters
The Beth Ellen alphabet
Capitals, lowercase, figures and signs · weight 400
Tap the letters you like, here and in other fonts, to find the fonts whose letters look most like them.
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Beth Ellen at every size
1 weight (400) · six sizes, in your words
- 12 px
- 16 px
- 24 px
- 36 px
- 48 px
- 72 px
04 / Facts
Who made Beth Ellen, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Rob Jelinski, Alyson Fraser Diaz
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2019
- Character sets
- latin
- 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.
Beth Ellen is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
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 Beth Ellen, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Beth Ellen under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Beth Ellen, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.7% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 92.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.54lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 59.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 64%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 64% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 94% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 93% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Beth Ellen
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Discipuli Britannica83x-height 20% shorter
- Leckerli One7216% narrower · 12% heavier
- CAT Kurier7122% narrower · x-height 14% shorter
- Rock Salt71x-height 56% taller · 45% lighter · 18% wider
- Admiral CAT6817% narrower · 8% lighter
- Yesteryear66x-height 41% shorter · 39% narrower · 39% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Beth Ellen →Compare side by side →Get Beth Ellen on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Beth Ellen without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Playwrite Česko43text 1.6% narrower · x-height 4.4% taller
- Playwrite Slovensko43text 1.6% narrower · x-height 4.4% taller
Fallback while it loads
Until Beth Ellen loads, this sets Arial in its place at 121.2% of its size, so running text keeps Beth Ellen’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Beth Ellen Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 121.16%;
ascent-override: 134.13%;
descent-override: 49.11%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Beth Ellen', 'Beth Ellen Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Beth Ellen
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Beth Ellen free for commercial use?
Yes. Beth Ellen 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 Beth Ellen?
FontKind doesn’t host Beth Ellen’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 Beth Ellen in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Beth Ellen 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 Beth Ellen in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Beth Ellen under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Beth Ellen in Figma?
Yes: Beth Ellen is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Beth Ellen have?
Beth Ellen 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 Beth Ellen?
Beth Ellen was designed by Rob Jelinski and Alyson Fraser Diaz. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2019.
What fonts are similar to Beth Ellen?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Discipuli Britannica (83), Leckerli One (72) and CAT Kurier (71), out of 100. Next to Beth Ellen, Discipuli Britannica has an x-height 20% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Beth Ellen.