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Magnetic Drawing
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CSSfont-family: 'Magnetic Drawing', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Magnetic Drawing is a free handwriting font by GGBotNet, from its maker’s repository on GitHub. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Magnetic Drawing has an x-height taller than 98%, is wider than 93% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 99%.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Azabache
Magnetic Drawing on one light table with its two closest fonts, Azabache (75 out of 100) and Homemade Apple (72). Azabache is 273% heavier and 18% narrower, with an x-height 25% shorter; Homemade Apple is 238% heavier, with an x-height 16% shorter.
Magnetic Drawing and Azabache laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with Magnetic DrawingAzabache…
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 Magnetic Drawing 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.
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
- i
- j
- k
- l
- m
- n
- o
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- u
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- &
- ?
- !
- @
- %
- (
- )
03 / Sizes
Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing, and can you use it?
- Designer
- GGBotNet
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- From
- GitHub
- Character sets
- latin
- 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.
Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Magnetic Drawing under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages.
05 / Measurements
Magnetic Drawing, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 69.4% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 60.9% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 1.14lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 58.8% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 13%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 98% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 93% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 99% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Magnetic Drawing
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Azabache75273% heavier · x-height 25% shorter · 18% narrower
- Homemade Apple72238% heavier · x-height 16% shorter
- Pangolin71231% heavier · 21% narrower · x-height 20% shorter
- Erratic Cursive69163% heavier · x-height 52% shorter · 33% narrower
- Sankofa Display67100% heavier · x-height 35% shorter · 24% narrower
- Are You Serious65259% heavier · x-height 50% shorter · 41% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to Magnetic Drawing →Compare side by side →Get Magnetic Drawing on GitHub
07 / Swap
Swap Magnetic Drawing without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Magnetic Drawing loads, this sets Arial in its place at 122.3% of its size, so running text keeps Magnetic Drawing’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Magnetic Drawing Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 122.27%;
ascent-override: 76.35%;
descent-override: 16.77%;
line-gap-override: 0.96%;
}
font-family: 'Magnetic Drawing', 'Magnetic Drawing Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Magnetic Drawing
Answered from its licence, GitHub and each app’s own font list
Is Magnetic Drawing free for commercial use?
Yes, with no conditions at all: Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing?
Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing/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 Magnetic Drawing in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing have?
Magnetic Drawing 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 Magnetic Drawing?
Magnetic Drawing was designed by GGBotNet. GGBotNet also made Alpha Prota, Blaec, Crayon Libre and 16 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to Magnetic Drawing?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Azabache (75), Homemade Apple (72) and Pangolin (71), out of 100. Next to Magnetic Drawing, Azabache is 273% heavier and 18% narrower, with an x-height 25% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Magnetic Drawing.