Handwriting · Kimberly Geswein
Dawning of a New Day
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CSSfont-family: 'Dawning of a New Day', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Dawning of a New Day is a free handwriting font by Kimberly Geswein, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Dawning of a New Day has an x-height shorter than 84%, is narrower than 69% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 84%. Its thickest strokes are 2.6 times its thinnest: high stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Cedarville Cursive
Dawning of a New Day on one light table with its two closest fonts, Cedarville Cursive (83 out of 100) and La Belle Aurore (82). Cedarville Cursive is 39% wider, with an x-height 32% taller and less stroke contrast; La Belle Aurore is 22% wider, with an x-height 42% taller and less stroke contrast.
Dawning of a New Day and Cedarville Cursive laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Dawning of a New DayCedarville Cursive…
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 Dawning of a New Day 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
Dawning of a New Day 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 Dawning of a New Day, 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.
Dawning of a New Day 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 Dawning of a New Day, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Dawning of a New Day under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Dawning of a New Day, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 31.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 79.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.39lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 35.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 34%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 2.59 : 1high stroke contrast
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 84% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 69% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 84% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore contrast than 87% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Dawning of a New Day
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Cedarville Cursive8339% wider · x-height 32% taller · less stroke contrast
- La Belle Aurore82x-height 42% taller · 22% wider · less stroke contrast
- Imrans School79x-height 20% shorter · 14% narrower · 11% heavier
- Zeyada76x-height 23% taller · less stroke contrast · 7% heavier
- Erratic Cursive7513% wider · x-height 6% taller
- Bienchen SAS7214% wider · 15% heavier · x-height 4% shorter
All 100 fonts similar to Dawning of a New Day →Compare side by side →Get Dawning of a New Day on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Dawning of a New Day without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Dawning of a New Day loads, this sets Arial in its place at 81.5% of its size, so running text keeps Dawning of a New Day’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Dawning of a New Day Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 81.53%;
ascent-override: 137.86%;
descent-override: 59.89%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Dawning of a New Day', 'Dawning of a New Day Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Dawning of a New Day
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Dawning of a New Day free for commercial use?
Yes. Dawning of a New Day 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 Dawning of a New Day?
FontKind doesn’t host Dawning of a New Day’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 Dawning of a New Day in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Dawning of a New Day 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 Dawning of a New Day in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Dawning of a New Day under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Dawning of a New Day in Figma?
Yes: Dawning of a New Day is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Dawning of a New Day have?
Dawning of a New Day 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 Dawning of a New Day?
Dawning of a New Day 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 Dawning of a New Day?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Cedarville Cursive (83), La Belle Aurore (82) and Imrans School (79), out of 100. Next to Dawning of a New Day, Cedarville Cursive is 39% wider, with an x-height 32% taller and less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Dawning of a New Day.