Handwriting · Kimberly Geswein

Nothing You Could Do

Your words – they follow you round the site

Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

Find the font. Find its kind.

CSSfont-family: 'Nothing You Could Do', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Nothing You Could Do is a free handwriting font by Kimberly Geswein, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Nothing You Could Do has an average x-height, is wider than 65% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 87%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Vujahday Script →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Vujahday Script

Nothing You Could Do on one light table with its two closest fonts, Vujahday Script (83 out of 100) and Caveat (83). Vujahday Script is 17% narrower and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast; Caveat is 27% narrower and 32% heavier, with an x-height 13% shorter.

Layout

Letters

Show

Size auto

Ink shared with Nothing You Could DoVujahday Script…

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.

Open in the compare tool →

02 / Letters

The Nothing You Could Do 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.

&
?
!
@
%
(
)

Learning cursive? The cursive alphabet, letter by letter →

With this font

Write your ownHandwriting font generator →Your words in Nothing You Could Do and 29 more handwriting fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Nothing You Could Do 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 Nothing You Could Do, and can you use it?

Designer: Kimberly Geswein
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2011
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 or loaded from Google Fonts.
PDFs and documents: Yes.
Changes: Yes.
Sharing the files: Yes, but not for sale. With the licence.

Nothing You Could Do 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 Nothing You Could Do, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
Cricut: Once installed. Design Space lists Nothing You Could Do 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 Nothing You Could Do on Google Fonts

05 / Measurements

Nothing You Could Do, measured

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

Hxgp in Nothing You Could Do. Lines at the measured heights, as a share of the em · The parts of a letter, named

x-height: 40.7% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 78.7% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.52lowercase against capitals
Width: 49.3% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 33%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.95 : 1nearly even strokes

How we measure →

Where it stands among handwriting faces

Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind

x-heightNear the middle of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 65% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 87% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 84% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Nothing You Could Do

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Nothing You Could Do →Compare side by side →Get Nothing You Could Do on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Nothing You Could Do without a jump

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

None of the fonts that look most like Nothing You Could Do sets text to its width and x-height: a swap would move lines.

Fallback while it loads

Until Nothing You Could Do loads, this sets Arial in its place at 109% of its size, so running text keeps Nothing You Could Do’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Nothing You Could Do Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 109.00%;
  ascent-override: 85.92%;
  descent-override: 36.47%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Nothing You Could Do', 'Nothing You Could Do Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Nothing You Could Do

Of the 1,994 home pages that load Nothing You Could Do, 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 chanceJosefin Sans 5.8×Karla 5.1×Lato 1.8×

Fonts that go with Nothing You Could Do: pairs and trios →The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerNothing You Could Do + 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 Nothing You Could Do

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

Is Nothing You Could Do free for commercial use?

Yes. Nothing You Could Do 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 Nothing You Could Do?

FontKind doesn’t host Nothing You Could Do’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 Nothing You Could Do in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Nothing You Could Do 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 Nothing You Could Do in Google Docs?

Most likely. Search for Nothing You Could Do under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.

Is Nothing You Could Do in Figma?

Yes: Nothing You Could Do is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.

How many weights does Nothing You Could Do have?

Nothing You Could Do 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 Nothing You Could Do?

Nothing You Could Do was designed by Kimberly Geswein. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2011. Kimberly Geswein also made Zeyada, Shadows Into Light, Waiting for the Sunrise and 18 more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Nothing You Could Do?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Vujahday Script (83), Caveat (83) and Oooh Baby (79), out of 100. Next to Nothing You Could Do, Vujahday Script is 17% narrower and 12% heavier, with more stroke contrast. See all 100 fonts like Nothing You Could Do.