Handwriting · James Grieshaber

Reenie Beanie

Q: Is Reenie Beanie free for commercial use?

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

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Case

Size72 px

Weight400 RegularThe only weight it comes in

Letter spacing0 em

Line height1.10

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CSSfont-family: 'Reenie Beanie', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;

Reenie Beanie is a free handwriting font by James Grieshaber, on Google Fonts since 2010. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Reenie Beanie has an average x-height, is narrower than 71% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 94%. Its thickest strokes are 0.8 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.

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01 / Light table

Laid on top of Just Me Again Down Here

Reenie Beanie on one light table with its two closest fonts, Just Me Again Down Here (90 out of 100) and Long Cang (85). Just Me Again Down Here is 124% heavier and 11% narrower, with an x-height 30% shorter; Long Cang is 17% wider, with an x-height 10% taller and less stroke contrast.

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Ink shared with Reenie BeanieJust Me Again Down Here…

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

03 / Sizes

Reenie Beanie 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 Reenie Beanie, and can you use it?

Designer: James Grieshaber
Kind: Handwriting
Styles: 1 weight (400)
On Google Fonts since: 2010
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.

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

05 / Measurements

Reenie Beanie, measured

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

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

x-height: 41.0% of the emlowercase x
Cap height: 57.9% of the emcapitals
x / cap: 0.71lowercase against capitals
Width: 33.8% of the emaverage lowercase
Ink: 28%letter box filled
Contrast: 0.85 : 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
WidthNarrower than 71% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 94% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 92% of handwriting faces

06 / Similar fonts

Fonts similar to Reenie Beanie

Matched letter by letter · its own family apart

All 100 fonts similar to Reenie Beanie →Compare side by side →Get Reenie Beanie on Google Fonts

07 / Swap

Swap Reenie Beanie without a jump

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

Caveat Brush59text 1.9% wider · x-height 0.6% taller

Fallback while it loads

Until Reenie Beanie loads, this sets Arial in its place at 78.1% of its size, so running text keeps Reenie Beanie’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Reenie Beanie Fallback';
  src: local('Arial');
  size-adjust: 78.08%;
  ascent-override: 96.05%;
  descent-override: 32.02%;
  line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}

font-family: 'Reenie Beanie', 'Reenie Beanie Fallback', sans-serif;

08 / Pairs

Used together with Reenie Beanie

Of the 1,599 home pages that load Reenie Beanie, 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

The pairs sites choose most →

Pair checkerReenie Beanie + 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 Reenie Beanie

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

Is Reenie Beanie free for commercial use?

Yes. Reenie Beanie 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 Reenie Beanie?

FontKind doesn’t host Reenie Beanie’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 Reenie Beanie in Microsoft Word?

Not until you install it: Reenie Beanie 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 Reenie Beanie in Google Docs?

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

Is Reenie Beanie in Figma?

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

How many weights does Reenie Beanie have?

Reenie Beanie 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 Reenie Beanie?

Reenie Beanie was designed by James Grieshaber. It has been on Google Fonts since May 2010. James Grieshaber also made Black Ops One, Sarina, Short Stack and three more on FontKind.

What fonts are similar to Reenie Beanie?

The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Just Me Again Down Here (90), Long Cang (85) and Nanum Brush Script (84), out of 100. Next to Reenie Beanie, Just Me Again Down Here is 124% heavier and 11% narrower, with an x-height 30% shorter. See all 100 fonts like Reenie Beanie.