The handwriting styles expected by each State's Education Department are summarized as follows: Stateīase: Denotes the basic print version of the font.Īlts: Denotes whether ✅ or not ❌ the precursive alternate glyphs are currently included. The 'documentation' subdirectories contain PDF's for each State's style requirements. In lower primary school some Australian States teach different handwriting styles, while some States share the same style. Google Workspace users are provided standard versions online, however they may download or build the complete OpenType versions from GitHub for local installations. Each font contains every possible character produced by an English language keyboard, including common math symbols used by Australian students from Years 1 to 4.
Default versions of the fonts come with OpenType features to aid in transitional stages between learning basic handwriting to the initial cursive stage. 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.ĪU School Handwriting Fonts ranges in weights from 400 to 700, making them useful for print media as well. The AU School Handwriting Fonts are an English language, OpenType, variable typeface family designed specifically to meet Australian Education standards.
