Handwriting · Kimberly Geswein
The Girl Next Door
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CSSfont-family: 'The Girl Next Door', cursive; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.1;
The Girl Next Door is a free handwriting font by Kimberly Geswein, on Google Fonts since 2011. Among the 331 handwriting faces on FontKind, The Girl Next Door has an x-height taller than 90%, is wider than 64% and, at its regular weight, is lighter than 95%. Its thickest strokes are 0.9 times its thinnest: nearly even strokes.
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01 / Light table
Laid on top of Annie Use Your Telescope
The Girl Next Door on one light table with its two closest fonts, Annie Use Your Telescope (86 out of 100) and Waiting for the Sunrise (86). Annie Use Your Telescope is 25% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 10% shorter; Waiting for the Sunrise is 16% narrower and 10% lighter, with an x-height 8% shorter.
The Girl Next Door and Annie Use Your Telescope laid on top of each other.
Ink shared with The Girl Next DoorAnnie Use Your Telescope…
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 The Girl Next Door 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 / Sizes
The Girl Next Door 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 The Girl Next Door, and can you use it?
- Designer
- Kimberly Geswein
- Kind
- Handwriting
- Styles
- 1 weight (400)
- On Google Fonts since
- 2011
- Character sets
- latin, latin-ext
- 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.
The Girl Next Door is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. This is a plain summary, not legal advice: the licence itself decides.
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 The Girl Next Door, or upload it with Canva Pro. Canva’s help
- Cricut
- Once installed. Design Space lists The Girl Next Door under System. Fonts for Cricut →
From each app’s own font list or help pages, read on 28 September 2026.
05 / Measurements
The Girl Next Door, measured
Taken from the font file's own outlines, regular style
- x-height
- 54.1% of the emlowercase x
- Cap height
- 64.2% of the emcapitals
- x / cap
- 0.84lowercase against capitals
- Width
- 48.3% of the emaverage lowercase
- Ink
- 27%letter box filled
- Contrast
- 0.94 : 1nearly even strokes
Where it stands among handwriting faces
Ranked against all 331 handwriting faces on FontKind
x-heightLarger than 90% of handwriting faces
WidthWider than 64% of handwriting faces
InkLighter than 95% of handwriting faces
ContrastMore even than 85% of handwriting faces
06 / Similar fonts
Fonts similar to The Girl Next Door
Matched letter by letter · its own family apart
- Annie Use Your Telescope8625% narrower · x-height 10% shorter · 9% heavier
- Waiting for the Sunrise8616% narrower · x-height 8% shorter · 10% lighter
- Give You Glory824% narrower · less stroke contrast · 7% heavier
- Swanky and Moo Moo80x-height 38% shorter · 46% heavier · 8% narrower
- Zeyada79x-height 29% shorter · 29% narrower · 37% heavier
- Indie Flower75x-height 27% shorter · 35% heavier · 6% narrower
All 100 fonts similar to The Girl Next Door →Compare side by side →Get The Girl Next Door on Google Fonts
07 / Swap
Swap The Girl Next Door without a jump
Running text within 3% of the width, x-height within 5%
Fallback while it loads
Until The Girl Next Door loads, this sets Arial in its place at 106.4% of its size, so running text keeps The Girl Next Door’s width and lines keep their height: nothing moves when it arrives.
@font-face {
font-family: 'The Girl Next Door Fallback';
src: local('Arial');
size-adjust: 106.38%;
ascent-override: 104.56%;
descent-override: 68.67%;
line-gap-override: 0.00%;
}
font-family: 'The Girl Next Door', 'The Girl Next Door Fallback', sans-serif;08 / Questions
Questions about The Girl Next Door
Answered from its licence, Google Fonts and each app’s own font list
Is The Girl Next Door free for commercial use?
Yes. The Girl Next Door 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 The Girl Next Door?
FontKind doesn’t host The Girl Next Door’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 The Girl Next Door in Microsoft Word?
Not until you install it: The Girl Next Door 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 The Girl Next Door in Google Docs?
Most likely. Search for The Girl Next Door under More fonts in the font menu of Docs; added there, it is in Sheets and Slides too.
Is The Girl Next Door in Figma?
Yes: The Girl Next Door is in Figma’s font menu, in the browser and the desktop app, with nothing to install.
How many weights does The Girl Next Door have?
The Girl Next Door 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 The Girl Next Door?
The Girl Next Door was designed by Kimberly Geswein. It has been on Google Fonts since April 2011. Kimberly Geswein also made Zeyada, Shadows Into Light, Waiting for the Sunrise and 18 more on FontKind.
What fonts are similar to The Girl Next Door?
The closest in our letter-by-letter match are Annie Use Your Telescope (86), Waiting for the Sunrise (86) and Give You Glory (82), out of 100. Next to The Girl Next Door, Annie Use Your Telescope is 25% narrower and 9% heavier, with an x-height 10% shorter. See all 100 fonts like The Girl Next Door.