Handwriting · Jitka Janečková
Telma
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CSSfont-family: 'Telma', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
Telma is a free handwriting font by Jitka Janečková, from Fontshare. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, Telma has an x-height taller than 64%, is wider than 66% and, at its regular weight, is of average darkness.
01 / Light table
Laid on top of Felipa
Telma on one light table with its two closest fonts, Felipa (83 out of 100) and Britney (78). Felipa is 26% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 3% taller; Britney is 12% narrower and 10% lighter, with an x-height 10% shorter.
Telma and Felipa laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with TelmaFelipa…
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 Telma 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 / Weights
Telma in 5 weights
5 weights, 300–900
- 300 Light
- 400 Regular
- 500 Medium
- 700 Bold
- 900 Black
04 / Facts
Who made Telma, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Jitka Janečková
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 5 weights, 300–900
- From
- Fontshare
- Character sets
- latin
- Licence
- ITF Free Font License 2.0
Can I use it?
- Commercial use
- Yes.
- Logos
- Yes. Even registered as a trademark.
- Websites and apps
- Yes. Your own, not as a font others pick.
- PDFs and documents
- Yes. Embedded so that it can’t be pulled out.
- Changes
- No. Not even subsetting, without ITF’s written consent.
- Sharing the files
- No. Only within your organisation.
Telma is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0. 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 Telma comes from Fontshare. Google’s guide
- Word, PowerPoint
- No. Install it from Fontshare first. Microsoft’s list
- Figma
- No. Telma comes from Fontshare: install it first. Figma’s help
- Canva
- Not verified. Search its font menu for Telma, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists Telma under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
Telma, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 49.9% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 69.6% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.72lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 49.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 44%letter box filled
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 64% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 66% of handwriting faces
InkNear the middle of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to Telma
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Felipa8326% narrower · 18% lighter · x-height 3% taller
- Britney7812% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · 10% lighter
- Charm7715% narrower · x-height 5% shorter · 7% lighter
- Praise7625% narrower · 39% heavier · x-height 5% shorter
- Kaushan Script7529% heavier · 10% narrower · x-height 5% shorter
- Courgette7515% heavier
All 100 fonts similar to Telma →Compare side by side →Get Telma on Fontshare
07 / Swap
Swap Telma without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until Telma loads, this sets Arial in its place at 96.6% of its size, so running text keeps Telma’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'Telma Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 96.57%;
ascent-override: 100.44%;
descent-override: 32.10%;
line-gap-override: 9.32%;
}
font-family: 'Telma', 'Telma Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about Telma
Answered from its licence, Fontshare and each app’s own font list
Is Telma free for commercial use?
Yes. Telma is under the ITF Free Font License 2.0 , which allows commercial use, logos you can register as trademarks and your own websites and apps. But its files may not be changed, not even subset, nor passed outside your organisation.
How do I download and install Telma?
FontKind doesn’t host Telma’s files: it comes free from Fontshare , Indian Type Foundry’s library, and only from there. Download it from its page there and unzip the file. On Windows or a Mac, double-click each font file and choose Install, then restart any app that was open.
Is Telma in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: Telma isn’t one of Microsoft 365’s cloud fonts. Installed, it is in Word’s font menu and PowerPoint’s. On Windows, its weights beyond Regular and Bold show as fonts of their own, such as Telma Light and Telma Black. For someone who hasn’t installed it, save it as a PDF, which carries the font with it.
Is Telma in Google Docs?
Probably not: the More fonts list in Docs draws on Google Fonts, and Telma comes from Fontshare. Docs can’t add a font of your own, so set it in an app on your computer, such as Word, instead.
Is Telma in Figma?
Not built in: Figma includes Google Fonts, and Telma comes from Fontshare. Install it on your computer and Figma lists it.
How many weights does Telma have?
Telma comes in five weights: Light (300), Regular (400), Medium (500), Bold (700) and Black (900).
Who designed Telma?
Telma was designed by Jitka Janečková. Jitka Janečková also made Neco and Striper.
What fonts are similar to Telma?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Felipa (83), Britney (78) and Charm (77), out of 100. Next to Telma, Felipa is 26% narrower and 18% lighter, with an x-height 3% taller. See all 100 fonts like Telma.