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Lily Script One
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CSSfont-family: 'Lily Script One', sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Lily Script One is a free display font by Julia Petretta, on Google Fonts since 2013. Among the 554 display faces on FontKind, Lily Script One has an x-height shorter than 71%, is narrower than 61% and, at its regular weight, is darker than 86%. Its thickest strokes are 1.7 times its thinnest: moderate stroke contrast.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Lobster
Lily Script One on one light table with its two closest fonts, Lobster (86 out of 100) and Oleo Script Swash Caps (80). Lobster is 9% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 13% taller; Oleo Script Swash Caps is 12% narrower, with an x-height 11% shorter and more stroke contrast.
Lily Script One and Lobster laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Lily Script OneLobster…
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 Lily Script One 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
Lily Script One 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 Lily Script One, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Julia Petretta
- Kind
- Display
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2013
- 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, under another name. Not as “Lily”: the licence reserves the name.
- Sharing the files
- Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.
Lily Script One 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 Lily Script One, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Lily Script One under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Lily Script One, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.5% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 76.1% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.65lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.6% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 70%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 1.73 : 1moderate stroke contrast
Where it stands among display faces
Ranked against all 554 display faces on FontKind
x-heightSmaller than 71% of display faces
WidthNarrower than 61% of display faces
InkDarker than 86% of display faces
ContrastMore contrast than 70% of display faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Lily Script One
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Lobster86more stroke contrast · x-height 13% taller · 9% narrower
- Oleo Script Swash Caps8012% narrower · x-height 11% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Sansita Swashed8024% lighter · x-height 7% taller · 3% narrower
- Flubby77x-height 29% taller · more stroke contrast · 28% lighter
- Oleo Script7112% narrower · x-height 11% shorter · more stroke contrast
- Agbalumo699% wider · more stroke contrast
All 100 fonts similar to Lily Script One →Compare side by side →Get Lily Script One on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap Lily Script One without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
- Alkatra57text 2.3% narrower · x-height 0.8% shorter
- Miniver48same text width · x-height 1.6% shorter
- Berkshire Swash34text 1.9% narrower · x-height 2.4% taller
- Admiral CAT32text 2.2% wider · x-height 2.2% shorter
Fallback while it loads
Until Lily Script One loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.5% of its size, so running text keeps Lily Script One’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Lily Script One Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 96.46%;
ascent-override: 105.43%;
descent-override: 37.22%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'Lily Script One', 'Lily Script One Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Lily Script One
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is Lily Script One free for commercial use?
Yes. Lily Script One is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 , which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included; a changed version may not be called “Lily”.
How do I download and install Lily Script One?
FontKind doesn’t host Lily Script One’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 Lily Script One in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Lily Script One 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 Lily Script One in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for Lily Script One under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is Lily Script One in Figma?
Yes: Lily Script One is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does Lily Script One have?
Lily Script One 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 Lily Script One?
Lily Script One was designed by Julia Petretta. It has been on Google Fonts since June 2013. Julia Petretta also made Kreon, Kenia, Text Me One and one more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Lily Script One?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Lobster (86), Oleo Script Swash Caps (80) and Sansita Swashed (80), out of 100. Next to Lily Script One, Lobster is 9% narrower, with more stroke contrast and an x-height 13% taller. See all 100 fonts like Lily Script One.