‘The secret of type is that it speaks’ – French poet Paul Claudel
The quality of your content is the most important thing but how you present that content by choosing the right font and layout still has its place. Not just bloggers but graphic designers need to have a solid array of fonts up their sleeves for projects.
Today we bring you a list of 25 beautiful free handwritten fonts that’ll jazz up your content. Remember these fonts are not in any order of preference. Also, the fonts listed below are for personal use & free. However, you are advised to do your own research before using these fonts for commercial use.
#1 Brusher
by Vlad Cristea is a bold & modern brush-lettered font with smooth lines & edges which includes 100 glyphs to give your text a naturally hand-drawn look. The font has been downloaded over 53k since it
#2 Nickainley
by Seniors Studio is a monoline script handwriting font with a touch of classic and vintage in uppercase, lowercase characters, numeral and punctuation.
#3 Monthoers
by Agga Swist’blnk is a vintage-look font free for personal / commercial use which has multilingual support. Works really great for titles, logos, lettering & much more.
#4 Playlist
by Artimasa Studio is a perfectly imperfect hand-drawn font with dry brush styles. Playlist font contains 3 styles: Script, Caps, and Ornament, which you can combine to create beautiful designs. Playlist Free Font can be used for any purposes; personal and commercial.
#5 Jenna Sue
by Jenna Sue Design is a casual handwritten font free for personal AND commercial use. Ever since it’s release in January 2012 the font has received over 502k downloads. This elegant font includes a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#6 Archistico
by Archistico is inspired a bit from Clarendon Serif. The font offers 2 styles – Normal & Bold. Includes a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters which you can mix & match to achieve any desired effect.
#7 Sacramento
by Astigmatic. The author of the font, Brian J. Bonislawsky comments that Sacramento is a monoline, semi-connected script inspired by hand-lettering artist brochure work of the 1950’s and 1960’s. It stands on a thin line between formal and casual lettering styles, yet it has a commanding presence for headlines and titles.
#8 Worstveld Sling Extra
by GemFonts offers 3 styles – Normal, Extra Oblique & Extra 2 Oblique. The nice flowy unattached script style font has over 230 glyphs which include a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#9 Bispo Nova
by Jackson Alves is a script typeface family made based on italic chancery calligraphy. The italic chancery calligraphy typeface has 300 glyphs which include a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#10 Lobster Two
by Impallari Type offers 4 styles – Regular, Italic, Bold & Bold Italic. The retro style font has over 350 glyphs which include a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#11 Firefly
by Sean Coady. The font has only uppercase letters, numbers and various special characters. Great for titles, posters, brand logos etc.
#12 Grand Hotel
by Astigmatic. The author of the font, Brian J. Bonislawsky comments that Grand Hotel finds its inspiration from the title screen of the 1937 film “Cafe Metropole” starring Tyrone Power. This condensed upright connecting script has a classic vibe to it.
#13 Dancing Script OT
by Impallari Type. The feminine & formal style font has 236 glyphs which include a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#14 Blenda Script
by Seniors Studio is a free font inspired by the Lobster font, a bold vintage script. Includes 214 glyphs & can be used for various purposes, such as – news, posters, logos, badges etc
#15 Beer Money
by Roland Huse is a hand-drawn (scribble) font with language extentions and some funny features & correction signs (“<” crosses out the word written before it, “<<” longer cross out, “<<<” even longer cross out, “>” scribble & “>>” pipe). A very interesting font for those scribbled-desk effects on your projects.
#16 BSRU Bansomdej
by WISIT PO is a font with many alternatives. It offers 4 weights & 6 styles – Regular, Bold, Semi Bold, Oblique, Bold Oblique & Black. Perfect for usage in posters headlines and/or body text (especially the latin type).
#17 Belepotan
by Arwan Sutanto is a free typeface based on hand-drawn brush. Offered in 2 styles- Regular & Italic; the font has only uppercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#18 Ananda Namaste Free Font
by Ananda K. Maharjan. The font is inspired by Nepali Devanagari Sanskrit script. The font has only lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#19 Allura
by TypeSETit. The elegant & formal style font has 385 glyphs which include a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#20 Rafale Free Font
#21 Halo Handletter
by Mario Arturo includes a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#22 Break
by Rajesh Rajput is a modern font family that contains five weights – Regular, Light, Extra Light, Bold, & Semi Bold. Includes a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#23 FOFER
by Angie Raess includes a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#24 Journal
by Hans Gerhard Meier aka Fontourist contains 236 glyphs which include a full set of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and various special characters.
#25 Breathe
by MediaLab is a handwritten font in 2 styles (Regular & Press)available in all modern formats. Ideally suitable for the decoration of your works, design of logos, creation of invitations, greeting card and more.
Did we miss any of your favorites? Leave your suggestions in the comments section.
