Students in New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory learn Foundation Print from years 1 to 2 and Beginner Cursive from year 3.
This font includes:
| Completed | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ✅ | Foundation Manuscript | a simple sloped print for years 1 and 2 |
| ❌ | Foundation Outline | an outlined version of manuscript (with or without arrows) |
| ❌ | Foundation Dotted | a dotted version of manuscript for tracing letters |
| ✅ | Foundation PreCursive | transitional joining letter alternates for year 3 |
| ❌ | Foundation Cursive | fully joined letters for years 4+ |
| ✅ | Foundation Small Caps | decorative variation for heading styles & emphasis etc |
| Weight | Style | Slope |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Regular | 6º |
| 500 | Medium | 6º |
| 600 | Semi Bold | 6º |
| 700 | Bold | 6º |
To access alternate glyphs in Adobe InDesign or Illustrator, choose Window > Type & Tables > Glyphs.
In MS Word choose Format > Font, then in the font panel, click the Advanced tab. Choose between 1 to 3 Stylistic sets, or use together with contextual alternates and ligatures options for other variations.
In Photoshop, choose Window > Glyphs. In the panel that opens, click Show menu and choose Alternates for Selection. Double-click an alternate's thumbnail to swap them out.
In Pages app (Mac only) click Format > Font > Show Fonts, then from the Fonts panel click the burger menu and choose Typography.
Outline, Outline with arrows and Dotted variations are currently under way, along with joined cursive. Watch the table above for progress indicators - green checkmarks will appear once the font family has been imported to Google Workspace.
2022 Version 1.001
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Jan 10 | Initial commit |
| Apr 10 | Submitted design for small caps and precursive variation |
| May 20 | Precursive and small caps implemented |
| Jun 18 | First release |
| Jun 20 | Adjusted default font size to 11pt |
| Jun 23 | Adjusted linespacing for print mediums |
| Oct 15 | Started outlines and dots development |
- Corey Anderson
- Tina Anderson
- David Berlow (The Font Bureau, Inc)
- Dave Crossland (Google Fonts)
- Chris Betcher (Google for Education)
- Rosalie Wagner (Google Fonts)
- Santiago Orozco (The Font Bureau, Inc)
Copyright (c) 2022 The AU School Handwriting Fonts Project Authors (https://github.com/MezMerrit/AU-School-Handwriting-Fonts)
These Fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied here, and is also available with a FAQ at: (https://scripts.sil.org/OFL).
The fonts files themselves also contain licensing and authorship metadata.
This font repository structure is inspired by Unified Font Repository v0.3, modified for the Google Fonts workflow.