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Playwrite NZ Basic Font

School, unjoined handwriting face by TypeTogether, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione. Free under the SIL Open Font License.

Resolution

0 × 0 px = 0.00 × 0.00 in at 72 DPI (0.0 cm wide)

About Playwrite NZ Basic

Playwrite NZ Basic is a school handwriting face by TypeTogether, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, published under the SIL Open Font License. It is unjoined: the letters stand apart, so it reads as handwriting rather than continuous cursive. Its x-height is tall at 52 percent of the em, so the lowercase is large and reads clearly at small sizes. Strokes are plain, with swashes that stay within the letter (swash extent 0.09). The stance is a slight right lean at about 9 degrees. It is a variable font (wght 100 to 400), so the weight slider in the generator changes the real outlines rather than faking bold. It suits classroom materials, handwriting worksheets, certificates.

The letters at a glance

Playwrite NZ Basic sample sentence
Playwrite NZ Basic alphabet

Using Playwrite NZ Basic

Keep Playwrite NZ Basic at 14 point or larger in print and 18 pixels or larger on screen; below that the letter shapes start to blur. Because the letters do not connect, it cuts cleanly on a vinyl cutter and reads well on labels; export SVG for cutting and PNG at 300 DPI for print. Before committing, check the spacing between letters at the size you will use; unjoined faces can look loose in a long word.

Licence and download

Playwrite NZ Basic is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL) by TypeTogether, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, verified 2026-09-06. The images you make here may be printed, sold on goods and used in logos with no fee or attribution. The font file may be installed and embedded but not sold on its own.

To use it in Word, Google Docs or Cricut Design Space, download the file from the source repository, install it (double-click, then Install) and restart the app. For joined script on a cutting machine, weld the text so it cuts as one shape, or upload the SVG from the generator instead of typing in Design Space.

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