Handwriting · Robert Leuschke
Festive
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Festive is a free handwriting font by Robert Leuschke, on Google Fonts since 2021. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Festive has an x-height shorter than 85%, is narrower than 71% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 75%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Olé
Festive on one light table with its two closest fonts, Olé (78 out of 100) and Birthstone Bounce (74). Olé is 17% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter; Birthstone Bounce is 33% lighter, with an x-height 71% taller.
Festive and Olé laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with FestiveOlé…
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 Festive 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
Festive 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 Festive, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Robert Leuschke
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2021
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext, vietnamese
- 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.
Festive 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 Festive, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Festive under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Festive, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 31.3% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 79.5% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.39lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 34.0% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 53%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 85% of handwriting faces
WidthNarrower than 71% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 75% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Festive
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Olé7817% narrower · 18% lighter · x-height 8% shorter
- Birthstone Bounce74x-height 71% taller · 33% lighter
- Comforter73x-height 46% taller · 26% lighter · 8% narrower
- Ingrid Darling7220% narrower · x-height 10% taller · 16% lighter
- Love Light7214% narrower · 23% lighter
- Ruge Boogie71x-height 29% taller · 25% lighter · 3% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Festive →Compare side by side →Get Festive on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Festive without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Festive loads, this sets Arial in its place at 68.9% of its size, so running text keeps Festive’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Festive Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 68.86%;
ascent-override: 159.74%;
descent-override: 85.68%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Festive', 'Festive Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Festive
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Festive free for commercial use?
Yes. Festive 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 Festive?
FontKind doesn’t host Festive’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 Festive in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Festive 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 Festive in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Festive under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Festive in Figma?
Yes: Festive is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Festive have?
Festive 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 Festive?
Festive was designed by Robert Leuschke. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2021. Robert Leuschke also made Smooch Sans, Updock, Great Vibes and 84 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Festive?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Olé (78), Birthstone Bounce (74) and Comforter (73), out of 100. Next to Festive, Olé is 17% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Festive.