The seeds for the standardization of Croatian handwriting education were sown in 2007 when the Ministry of Education promoted a series of research projects that yielded numerous resources focused on Croatian language education, particularly for reading and writing. Among these was a handbook for handwriting education by Ante Bežen and Siniša Reberski, an influential work in the standardization of handwriting instruction from 2013 onwards. In first grade, students match letters with sounds and learn to recognize them in the context of words by means of print-style letters. From second grade, students must write using a continuous and fully joined cursive called ‘rukopisno pismo’ . Playwrite Hrvatska Lijeva is a variable font with a weight range from Thin (100) to Regular (400), and supports over 150 Latin-based languages. It has a single-weight sibling with Guides, Playwrite HR Lijeva Guides , designed to harmonize seamlessly with this main font while providing a visual aid for primary school children. To contribute, see github.com/TypeTogether/Playwrite . Playwrite Hrvatska Lijeva characteristics This is a slanted continuous cursive handwriting model with short looped ascenders and descenders. The uppercase letters are slightly decorative, with some designed to facilitate connecting strokes. Distinctively, the lowercase letters 'm' and 'n' do not have a curved entry stroke, whereas 'r', 'v', 'w', and 'y' do. The construction of these letters is characterized by a slow, rounde