Handwriting · Patrick Wagesreiter

Patrick Hand

Q: Is Patrick Hand free for commercial use?

Yes. Patrick Hand is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows commercial use at any scale, logos, websites, apps and PDFs included.

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: 'Patrick Hand', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Patrick Hand is a free handwriting font by Patrick Wagesreiter, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Patrick Hand has an average x-height, is of average width and, at its regular weight, is darker than 66%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

Compare with Dekko →Compare with another font

01 / Light table

Laid on top of Dekko

Patrick Hand on one light table with its two closest fonts, Dekko (79 out of 100) and Schoolbell (77). Dekko is 12% lighter, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter; Schoolbell is 8% wider, with more stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with Patrick HandDekko…

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 Patrick Hand 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 Patrick Hand and 29 more handwriting fonts. Download any of them as a PNG for Canva or an SVG for Cricut.

03 / Sizes

Patrick Hand 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 Patrick Hand, and can you use it?

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

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

05 / Measurements

Patrick Hand, measured

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

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

x-height: 46.8% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 66.2% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 40.2% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 48%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.89 : 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
WidthNear the middle of handwriting faces
InkDarker than 66% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 88% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Patrick Hand

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

Patrick Hand's own familyPatrick Hand SC

All 100 fonts similar to Patrick Hand →Compare side by side →Get Patrick Hand on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Patrick Hand without a jump

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

Fallback while it loads

Until Patrick Hand loads, this sets Arial in its place at 81.4% of its size, so running text keeps Patrick Hand’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Patrick Hand Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 81.44%;
  ascent-override: 127.94%;
  descent-override: 38.31%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Patrick Hand', 'Patrick Hand Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Patrick Hand

Of the 1,251 home pages that load Patrick Hand, 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 chanceDosis 14×Nunito 2.5×

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerPatrick Hand + 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 Patrick Hand

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

Is Patrick Hand free for commercial use?

Yes. Patrick Hand 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 Patrick Hand?

FontKind doesn’t host Patrick Hand’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 Patrick Hand in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Patrick Hand 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 Patrick Hand in Google Docs?

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

Is Patrick Hand in Figma?

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

How many weights does Patrick Hand have?

Patrick Hand 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 Patrick Hand?

Patrick Hand was designed by Patrick Wagesreiter. It has been on Google Fonts since July 2011.

What fonts are similar to Patrick Hand?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Dekko (79), Schoolbell (77) and Gamja Flower (75), out of 100. Next to Patrick Hand, Dekko is 12% lighter, with less stroke contrast and an x-height 4% shorter. Its own family, listed apart, adds Patrick Hand SC. See all 100 fonts like Patrick Hand.