Handwriting · GGBotNet
First Time Writing!
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CSSfont-family: 'First Time Writing!', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
First Time Writing! is a free handwriting font by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, First Time Writing! has an x-height taller than 89%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 98%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Coming Soon
First Time Writing! on one light table with its two closest fonts, Coming Soon (81 out of 100) and Loved by the King (80). Coming Soon is 82% heavier and 13% wider; Loved by the King is 83% heavier and 32% narrower, with an x-height 22% taller.
First Time Writing! and Coming Soon laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with First Time Writing!Coming Soon…
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 First Time Writing! 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
First Time Writing! 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 First Time Writing!, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- Licence
- CC0 1.0, public domain
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Self-hosted.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes. No conditions: it is in the public domain.
- Sharing the files
- Yes. No conditions, not even a credit.
First Time Writing! is under the CC0 1.0, public domain. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
Already in your apps?
- Google Docs
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and First Time Writing! comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- Not verified. Install it from its maker’s repository on GitHub first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- Not verified. Search its font menu, or install it. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for First Time Writing!, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists First Time Writing! under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
First Time Writing!, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 53.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 80.7% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.66lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 44.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 17%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 89% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 98% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to First Time Writing!
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Coming Soon8182% heavier · 13% wider
- Loved by the King8083% heavier · 32% narrower · x-height 22% taller
- Crafty Girls80103% heavier · 24% wider · x-height 5% shorter
- Waiting for the Sunrise7945% heavier · 9% narrower · x-height 7% shorter
- Annie Use Your Telescope7976% heavier · 19% narrower · x-height 9% shorter
- Amatic SC7629% narrower · x-height 24% taller · 11% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to First Time Writing! →Compare side by side →Get First Time Writing! on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap First Time Writing! without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until First Time Writing! loads, this sets Arial in its place at 90.5% of its size, so running text keeps First Time Writing!’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'First Time Writing! Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 90.46%;
ascent-override: 103.26%;
descent-override: 22.62%;
line-gap-override: 1.29%;
}
font-family: 'First Time Writing!', 'First Time Writing! Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about First Time Writing!
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is First Time Writing! free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: First Time Writing! is in the public domain, under CC0 1.0 . Use it, change it and pass it on, commercially too, without even a credit.
How do I download and install First Time Writing!?
First Time Writing! comes free from its maker’s repository on GitHub . On its repository there, choose Code, then Download ZIP, and unzip the file: the fonts are in its First Time Writing!/TrueType (.ttf) folder. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each TTF or OTF file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open. The web fonts this page uses load from its repository, through jsDelivr, as does its licence file .
Is First Time Writing! in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and First Time Writing! comes from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
How many weights does First Time Writing! have?
First Time Writing! 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 First Time Writing!?
First Time Writing! was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Alpha Prota, Blaec, Crayon Libre and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to First Time Writing!?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Coming Soon (81), Loved by the King (80) and Crafty Girls (80), out of 100. Next to First Time Writing!, Coming Soon is 82% heavier and 13% wider. See all 100 fonts like First Time Writing!.