Handwriting · Kimberly Geswein
Cedarville Cursive
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CSSfont-family: 'Cedarville Cursive', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Cedarville Cursive is a free handwriting font by Kimberly Geswein, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Cedarville Cursive has an average x-height, is wider than 64% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 69%. Its thickest strokes are 1.8 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of Dawning of a New Day
Cedarville Cursive on one light table with its two closest fonts, Dawning of a New Day (83 out of 100) and La Belle Aurore (82). Dawning of a New Day is 28% narrower, with an x-height 24% shorter and more stroke contrast; La Belle Aurore is 12% narrower, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 7% taller.
Cedarville Cursive and Dawning of a New Day laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Cedarville CursiveDawning of a New Day…
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 Cedarville Cursive 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
Cedarville Cursive 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 Cedarville Cursive, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Kimberly Geswein
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- 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.
Cedarville Cursive 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 Cedarville Cursive, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Cedarville Cursive under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Cedarville Cursive, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 41.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 84.8% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.49lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.5% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 39%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.76 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 64% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 69% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 76% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Cedarville Cursive
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Dawning of a New Day8328% narrower · x-height 24% shorter · more stroke contrast
- La Belle Aurore82less stroke contrast · 12% narrower · x-height 7% taller
- Erratic Cursive79x-height 20% shorter · 19% narrower · 11% lighter
- Zeyada7629% narrower · less stroke contrast · x-height 7% shorter
- Imrans School74x-height 40% shorter · 38% narrower
- Helvetia Verbundene72more stroke contrast · x-height 6% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Cedarville Cursive →Compare side by side →Get Cedarville Cursive on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Cedarville Cursive without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Cedarville Cursive sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Cedarville Cursive loads, this sets Arial in its place at 100.3% of its size, so running text keeps Cedarville Cursive’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Cedarville Cursive Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 100.31%;
ascent-override: 124.51%;
descent-override: 64.55%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Cedarville Cursive', 'Cedarville Cursive Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Cedarville Cursive
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Cedarville Cursive free for commercial use?
Yes. Cedarville Cursive 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 Cedarville Cursive?
FontKind doesn’t host Cedarville Cursive’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 Cedarville Cursive in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Cedarville Cursive 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 Cedarville Cursive in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Cedarville Cursive under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Cedarville Cursive in Figma?
Yes: Cedarville Cursive is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Cedarville Cursive have?
Cedarville Cursive 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 Cedarville Cursive?
Cedarville Cursive was designed by Kimberly Geswein. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2011. Kimberly Geswein also made Zeyada, Shadows Into Light, Waiting for the Sunrise and 18 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Cedarville Cursive?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Dawning of a New Day (83), La Belle Aurore (82) and Erratic Cursive (79), out of 100. Next to Cedarville Cursive, Dawning of a New Day is 28% narrower, with an x-height 24% shorter and more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Cedarville Cursive.