Handwriting · Tina Anderson

Edu SA Beginner

Q: Is Edu SA Beginner free for commercial use?

Yes. Edu SA Beginner is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 Regular

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Edu SA Beginner', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Edu SA Beginner is a free handwriting font by Tina Anderson and Corey Anderson, on Google Fonts since 2022. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Edu SA Beginner has an average x-height, is narrower than 60% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness. Its thickest strokes are 1.1 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Edu NSW ACT Foundation →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Edu NSW ACT Foundation

Edu SA Beginner on one light table with its two closest fonts, Edu NSW ACT Foundation (100 out of 100) and Edu VIC WA NT Beginner (95). Edu NSW ACT Foundation is 3% narrower, with less stroke contrast; Edu VIC WA NT Beginner is 11% wider.

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Ink shared with Edu SA BeginnerEdu NSW ACT Foundation…

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 Edu SA Beginner 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.

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Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

With this font

Sheets to traceLetter tracing worksheets →The alphabet, the numbers or a name in Edu SA Beginner, in grey to trace, then rows to write them again. Free to print on US Letter or A4.

03 / Weights

Edu SA Beginner in 4 weights

4 weights, 400–700 · variable from 400 to 700

Variable weight, 400 to 700

400 Regular
500 Medium
600 Semibold
700 Bold

04 / Facts

Who made Edu SA Beginner, and can you use it?

Designer: Tina Anderson, Corey Anderson
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 4 weights, 400–700
Variable axes: Weight 400–700
On Google Fonts since: 2022
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.

Edu SA Beginner 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 Edu SA Beginner, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Edu SA Beginner 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 →

Get Edu SA Beginner on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Edu SA Beginner, measured

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

Hxgp in Edu SA Beginner. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 41.6% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 77.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.54lowercase against capitals
Width: 37.9% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 44%letter box filled
Contrast: 1.15 : 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 60% of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Edu SA Beginner

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Edu SA Beginner →Compare side by side →Get Edu SA Beginner on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Edu SA Beginner without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Edu SA Beginner loads, this sets Arial in its place at 80% of its size, so running text keeps Edu SA Beginner’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Edu SA Beginner Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 80.03%;
  ascent-override: 126.95%;
  descent-override: 30.49%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Edu SA Beginner', 'Edu SA Beginner Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Questions

Questions about Edu SA Beginner

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

Is Edu SA Beginner free for commercial use?

Yes. Edu SA Beginner 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 Edu SA Beginner?

FontKind doesn’t host Edu SA Beginner’s files: it comes free from Google Fonts . On its page there, choose Get font, then Download all, and unzip the file. It holds one variable file for every style, and a static folder with a file per style: install one set or the other, not both. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open, Word included.

Is Edu SA Beginner in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Edu SA Beginner isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Edu SA Beginner Medium and Edu SA Beginner SemiBold. For someone who hasn’t installed it, turn on Embed fonts in the file in Word’s save options: its licence allows that.

Is Edu SA Beginner in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Edu SA Beginner under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Edu SA Beginner in Figma?

Yes: Edu SA Beginner is in Figma’s font menu with all four weights, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Edu SA Beginner have?

Edu SA Beginner comes in four weights: Regular (400), Medium (500), SemiBold (600) and Bold (700). It is a variable font: it takes any weight from 400 to 700.

Who designed Edu SA Beginner?

Edu SA Beginner was designed by Tina Anderson and Corey Anderson. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2022. Tina Anderson also made Edu TAS Beginner, Edu NSW ACT Foundation, Edu Australia VIC WA NT Hand Dots and six more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Edu SA Beginner?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Edu NSW ACT Foundation (100), Edu VIC WA NT Beginner (95) and Edu QLD Beginner (94), out of 100. Next to Edu SA Beginner, Edu NSW ACT Foundation is 3% narrower, with less stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Edu SA Beginner.