Handwriting · Kimberly Geswein

Indie Flower

Q: Is Indie Flower free for commercial use?

Yes. Indie Flower 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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Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Indie Flower', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Indie Flower is a free handwriting font by Kimberly Geswein, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Indie Flower has an x-height shorter than 61%, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 79%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Annie Use Your Telescope →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Annie Use Your Telescope

Indie Flower on one light table with its two closest fonts, Annie Use Your Telescope (83 out of 100) and Swanky and Moo Moo (81). Annie Use Your Telescope is 21% narrower and 20% lighter, with an x-height 23% taller; Swanky and Moo Moo is 8% heavier, with an x-height 16% shorter.

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Ink shared with Indie FlowerAnnie Use Your Telescope…

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 Indie Flower 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

Write your ownHandwriting font generator →Your words in Indie Flower and 29 more handwriting fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Indie Flower 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 Indie Flower, and can you use it?

Designer: Kimberly Geswein
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
Character sets: latin, latin-ext
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.

Indie Flower 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 Indie Flower, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Indie Flower 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 Indie Flower on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Indie Flower, measured

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

Hxgp in Indie Flower. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 39.5% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 67.6% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.58lowercase against capitals
Width: 45.5% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 36%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.94 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightSmaller than 61% of handwriting faces
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 79% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 85% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Indie Flower

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Indie Flower →Compare side by side →Get Indie Flower on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Indie Flower without a jump

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

CAT Kakographie58text 0.7% wider · x-height 4.0% taller

Fallback while it loads

Until Indie Flower loads, this sets Arial in its place at 93.2% of its size, so running text keeps Indie Flower’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Indie Flower Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 93.19%;
  ascent-override: 104.19%;
  descent-override: 52.36%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Indie Flower', 'Indie Flower Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Indie Flower

Of the 1,693 home pages that load Indie Flower, the share that load each font too, and how that compares with chance.

Same page, not which sets the headings · HTTP Archive , 1 September 2026

More than chanceOswald 1.6×Lato 1.6×

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerIndie Flower + any fontHow many of the 6,276,350 home pages counted load the two together, and how that compares with chance.Check this font with any other

09 / Questions

Questions about Indie Flower

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

Is Indie Flower free for commercial use?

Yes. Indie Flower 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 Indie Flower?

FontKind doesn’t host Indie Flower’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 Indie Flower in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Indie Flower 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 Indie Flower in Google Docs?

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

Is Indie Flower in Figma?

Yes: Indie Flower is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Indie Flower have?

Indie Flower 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 Indie Flower?

Indie Flower was designed by Kimberly Geswein. It has been on Google Fonts since March 2011. Kimberly Geswein also made Zeyada, Shadows Into Light, Waiting for the Sunrise and 18 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Indie Flower?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Annie Use Your Telescope (83), Swanky and Moo Moo (81) and Crafty Girls (81), out of 100. Next to Indie Flower, Annie Use Your Telescope is 21% narrower and 20% lighter, with an x-height 23% taller. See all 100 fonts like Indie Flower.