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Yesteryear Font

Casual, fully joined script by Astigmatic. Free under the SIL Open Font License.

Resolution

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

About Yesteryear

Yesteryear is a casual script by Astigmatic, published under the SIL Open Font License. It is fully joined: every lowercase letter connects to the next. Its x-height is low at 30 percent of the em, so the lowercase sits small under tall ascenders and needs size to stay legible. Strokes are plain, with swashes that stay within the letter (swash extent 0.175). The stance is a clear right slant at about 24 degrees. It suits craft projects, social graphics, invitations.

How the letters connect

Yesteryear sample sentence
Yesteryear alphabet

Using Yesteryear

Keep Yesteryear at 24 point or larger in print and 32 pixels or larger on screen; below that the small lowercase start to blur. Export SVG for cutting machines with Weld on, so the connected letters cut as one shape, and PNG at 300 DPI for print or a transparent PNG for a layout you make yourself. Before committing, check the capital of your first word, since capitals vary more between script fonts than the lowercase does.

Licence and download

Yesteryear is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (OFL) by Astigmatic, 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, and a modified version may not be distributed under this name.

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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