Edu SA Beginner
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The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/edu-sa-beginner2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/edu-sa-beginner/wght.css';3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Edu SA Beginner Variable", cursive;
}Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style -->Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* edu-sa-beginner-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Edu SA Beginner Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/edu-sa-beginner:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
}Background & Story
The Foundation Fonts for Australian Schools collection is a set of handwriting fonts designed specifically to meet Australian Education standards. While weights, widths and optical sizes were carefully crafted to work well in an Australian classroom environment, they are just as comfortable to read and work with in the home environment.
Each Australian state teaches different handwriting styles in lower primary school (although some states do share the same style). There are essentially three stages involved with each state's styles:
- The foundational stage involves learning basic letter formation.
- The transitional stage adds joining ligatures to some letters.
- The cursive stage joins almost all letters (with some exceptions).
The SA School Fonts include:
- South Australia Beginner Alphabet - a simple sloped print for early primary school.
Google Workspace users are provided standard versions online, however they may download or build the complete OpenType versions from GitHub for local installations. To download the full version, or to contribute, see github.com/MezMerrit/AU-School-Handwriting-Fonts.
The handwriting fonts that help Australian students learn how to read and write are now available in Google Workspace
Google for Education Australia and Google Fonts partnered to make Foundation Fonts for Australian Schools available on Google Workspace, including Google Workspace for Education. The fonts are also available for download from the Google Fonts website.
Australian teachers are required to use state-mandated handwriting styles to teach reading and writing to school children from ages four to nine. Designed by Tina and Corey Anderson, the five Foundation Fonts exemplify proper handwriting for English and other languages using the Latin writing system, and include common math symbols. The regular weight of each font imitates the pencil thickness of handwriting, making the fonts easy for students to recognize as they learn how to write letter shapes.
The availability of these fonts on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides is also important for the adoption of Chromebooks and Google Workspace for Education in Australian schools.
To read more, visit The handwriting fonts that help Australian students learn how to read and write are now available in Google Workspace
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/edu-sa-beginnerDesigned by
Tina Anderson, Corey Anderson
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License
OFL-1.1