Over the Rainbow

Name: Over the Rainbow
Author: Kimberly Geswein

Over the Rainbow captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Kimberly Geswein68% Accessible

Characters737

Glyphs884

Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Over the Rainbow

Best Font Pairings for Over the Rainbow

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Over the Rainbow, including combinations with Permian Serif, Avara and Devroye.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Over the Rainbow with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

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Character Set

Over the Rainbow Glyphs & Characters

Size48

Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

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Body Text Table

Body Copy

Over the Rainbow Body Typography

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Over the Rainbow, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Over the Rainbow demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Over the Rainbow for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Over the Rainbow small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

Element	Weight	Size	Line Height	Tracking	Preview
Body Text	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Over the Rainbow delivers excellent readability for body copy
Italicized	Regular Italic	16px	24px	0.5px	Over the Rainbow italic provides elegant emphasis
Bold	Bold	16px	24px	0.5px	Over the Rainbow bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small Caps	Regular	16px	24px	0.5px	Over the Rainbow typography specimen
Secondary Text	Medium	14px	20px	0.5px	Over the Rainbow typography specimen

.your-class { font-family: 'Over the Rainbow'; }

Quick Start

Integrating Over the Rainbow

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Over+the+Rainbow:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Over+the+Rainbow:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Over the Rainbow';
  src: url('https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Over+the+Rainbow');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Using Over the Rainbow in CSS

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

 1.my-text {
 2  font-family: 'Over the Rainbow', sans-serif;
 3  font-weight: 400;
 4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

 1$font-primary: 'Over the Rainbow', sans-serif;
 2
 3.my-text {
 4  font-family: $font-primary;
 5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

 1// tailwind.config.js
 2module.exports = {
 3  theme: {
 4    extend: {
 5      fontFamily: {
 6        'over-the-rainbow': ['Over the Rainbow', 'sans-serif'],
 7      },
 8    },
 9  },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-over-the-rainbow">Your text here</p>

About

Over the Rainbow Background & Features

Kimberly Geswein

Handwriting

Open Source

Over the Rainbow, a distinctive script typeface, exhibits flowing connections and calligraphic beauty, making it well-suited for greeting cards. Its fluid strokes and natural rhythm contribute to its versatile character. Particularly effective for creative projects and invitations, Over the Rainbow adapts confidently across design contexts. Extended language coverage includes The font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, ....

Over the Rainbow was created by Kimberly Geswein. The typeface demonstrates a commitment to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Over the Rainbow features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Over the Rainbow is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Extended language support spanning Cyrillic, Greek, and Latin Extended ensures reliable rendering across global audiences.

Over the Rainbow

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Over the Rainbow

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Over the Rainbow's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

Classification

Handwriting analysis. Typographic analysis places Over the Rainbow within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 68). Over the Rainbow offers acceptable readability for standard design contexts, though specialized accessibility projects may benefit from higher-rated alternatives.

Design Heritage

Designed by Kimberly Geswein. The designer's attention to letterform construction and spacing rhythm produces a Handwriting with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow is classified as a Scripts typeface, rooted in the tradition where handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Its distinctive disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery. TypeSmith indexes Over the Rainbow in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available

3 curated pairings for Over the Rainbow

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Related Fonts: Over the Rainbow

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TypeSmith identifies 5 fonts with similar visual characteristics to Over the Rainbow based on classification, x-height ratio, and stroke weight. These alternatives maintain the same typographic personality while offering different weight options and language support.

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Accessibility & Usability

Accessibility Score

Good Accessibility

Accessibility Overview for Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow falls in the moderate accessibility tier, working best at medium-to-large sizes where its letterforms remain clearly differentiated. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

Over the Rainbow Legibility Characteristics

Over the Rainbow draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Over the Rainbow's Readability

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Visual Comfort with Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Over the Rainbow Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Over the Rainbow. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Over the Rainbow at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Best Practices for Using Over the Rainbow

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Over the Rainbow. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Over the Rainbow in WOFF2 format with its extended character set to ensure consistent rendering across global audiences.

Get the Font

Download Over the Rainbow

Available on Google Fonts

4 weights available for download

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Available Weights

400

Regular

400

Regular Italic

700

Bold

700

Bold Italic

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

Over the Rainbow Multilingual Support

Extended Latin Coverage

Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

English
French
German
Spanish
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch

Nordic

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish
Icelandic

Central European

Polish
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Slovak

Baltic

Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian

The font supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian (Latin script), Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, Thai, Lao, Khmer, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, and Korean.

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License Type

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1

Free for personal and commercial use

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What you can do

Personal projects
Commercial projects
Web embedding
App embedding
Modification
Redistribution

Restrictions

Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Over the Rainbow is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Over the Rainbow ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.

1// tailwind.config.js 2module.exports = { 3 theme: { 4 extend: { 5 fontFamily: { 6 'over-the-rainbow': ['Over the Rainbow', 'sans-serif'], 7 }, 8 }, 9 }, 10} 11 12// Usage in HTML 13<p class="font-over-the-rainbow">Your text here</p>

Over the Rainbow

Best Ways to Use Over the Rainbow

Best Font Pairings for Over the Rainbow

Test Over the Rainbow Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Over the Rainbow Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Overview for Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow Legibility Characteristics

Over the Rainbow's Readability

Visual Comfort with Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Over the Rainbow

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal

What you can do

Restrictions

Over the Rainbow

Best Ways to Use Over the Rainbow

Best Font Pairings for Over the Rainbow

Test Over the Rainbow Font Pairings Live

Character Set

Type Scale

Over the Rainbow Body Typography

Quick Start

HTML Link Tag

CSS @import

CSS @font-face

Implementation

Standard CSS

SCSS Variable

Tailwind CSS

About

Typography Judgment

Classification

Accessibility

Design Heritage

Overview

Categories

Explore More

Inclusive Design

Accessibility Overview for Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow Legibility Characteristics

Over the Rainbow's Readability

Visual Comfort with Over the Rainbow

Over the Rainbow Accessibility Recommendations

Best Practices for Using Over the Rainbow

Get the Font

Available Weights

Weight Reference

Internationalization

Western European

Nordic

Central European

Baltic

Legal