Handwriting · Peter S. Baker
Joscelyn
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CSSfont-family: 'Joscelyn', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Joscelyn is a free handwriting font by Peter S. Baker, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Joscelyn has an x-height shorter than 62%, is wider than 95% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 96%. Its thickest strokes are 1.3 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of 18th Century
Joscelyn on one light table with its two closest fonts, 18th Century (79 out of 100) and Gianna (69). 18th Century is 193% lighter and 33% narrower, with an x-height 138% shorter; Gianna is 51% narrower and 34% lighter, with an x-height 15% shorter.
Joscelyn and 18th Century laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Joscelyn18th Century…
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 Joscelyn 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
Joscelyn 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 Joscelyn, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Peter S. Baker
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- 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.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes.
- Changes
- Yes.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Joscelyn 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
- Not verified. Docs adds Google Fonts, and Joscelyn 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 Joscelyn, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Joscelyn under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Joscelyn, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 39.2% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 99.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.39lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 60.2% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 73%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.31 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 62% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 95% of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 96% of handwriting faces
ContrastNear the middle of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Joscelyn
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- 18th Century79x-height 138% shorter · 193% lighter · 33% narrower
- Gianna6951% narrower · 34% lighter · x-height 15% shorter
- WindSong6664% lighter · 17% narrower · x-height 14% shorter
- Passions Conflict6660% narrower · x-height 53% shorter · 30% lighter
- Qwitcher Grypen6657% narrower · x-height 43% shorter · 45% lighter
- Kolker Brush6663% narrower · x-height 49% shorter · 22% lighter
All 100 fonts similar to Joscelyn →Compare side by side →Get Joscelyn on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Joscelyn without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
None of the fonts that look most like Joscelyn sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.
Fallback while it loads
Until Joscelyn loads, this sets Arial in its place at 117.6% of its size, so running text keeps Joscelyn’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Joscelyn Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 117.64%;
ascent-override: 102.01%;
descent-override: 68.85%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Joscelyn', 'Joscelyn Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Joscelyn
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Joscelyn free for commercial use?
Yes. Joscelyn 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 Joscelyn?
Joscelyn 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 font 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 Joscelyn in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Joscelyn 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 Joscelyn have?
Joscelyn 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 Joscelyn?
Joscelyn was designed by Peter S. Baker. Peter S. Baker also made Elstob, ElstobP and Junicode.
What fonts are similar to Joscelyn?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are 18th Century (79), Gianna (69) and WindSong (66), out of 100. Next to Joscelyn, 18th Century is 193% lighter and 33% narrower, with an x-height 138% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Joscelyn.