40 Best Free Handwriting Fonts for Designers

Dec. 27, 2018

Handwriting fonts are an easy way to add a personal touch to your content. Designers use them to createeye-catching logosand pull quotes on websites because they contrast sharply against the body text. While handwriting fonts aren’t particularly appropriate for corporate contexts or in professional documents, they are a great choice forpersonal blogs, arts & crafts websites, comics, restaurant menus and ads, as well as for small businesses in the creative industry. Handwriting fonts are especially popular thanks to the lettering trend in web design, because the hand lettering effect can be achieved by using decorative fonts. You can evencreate your own handwriting fontsfor free!

1. Teen Idle

1. Teen Idle

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Antique Book is a very neat brush handwriting font with thin, straight lines that combines fine calligraphy with readable glyphs. I like this and consider it to be one of the best free handwriting fonts on the market.

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As the name says, this is a cute font that comes in four weights (regular, bold, heavy and semibold). It supports extended characters and diacritical marks, and there’s also a “Comic” version available for download separately.

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Another quirky informal font, DP Dork Diary is neat and quite readable for a handwriting font, so it’s perfect for explanations and notes on a screenshot, or for personal websites and Tumblr blogs.

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Handschrift is a blocky handwriting font with thin lines that give the impression of writing with a fine pen. Its high readability makes it suitable for image captions on Pinterest, for example.

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Tragic Marker is fat marker-style handwriting font which, as its name suggests, resembles the neat and bold handwriting of a thick marker. The font can be used in a variety of different settings, including headings, e-greeting cards, and designs that aim to be playful yet professional.

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Shrag Script will look equally good on a DIY website or in designs for schoolchildren – it looks warm and friendly, but more importantly, it’s neat and readable.

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Black Jack is an informal handwriting font that looks light, fresh and simply effortless. It features a peculiar lowercase T glyph which is sure to catch everyone’s eye. It’s one of the oldest fonts on this list, but it’s still incredibly popular and looks good in modern designs.

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Blenda Script is all about wide brush strokes and that retro feel. It has defined ligatures and is a good choice for titles in vintage designs andposters.

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This handwriting font has thick brush strokes, so if you’re going for a permanent marker look with a slightly Oriental touch, Belepotan is the solution. It supports accents and features small caps. An italic version is also available for download.

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This brush handwriting font has a historical significance – it was created by the members of the Occupy movement that protested for freedom and human rights, and against the richest 1% of the population. However, you don’t have to be an activist to recognize the beauty of this font. It has thick brush strokes with a tinge of calligraphy and offers support for several character sets.

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Oneer is among the most original fonts on this list. With extra thick strokes, it looks like it has been freshly painted with a brush, and its most prominent feature are the underlined and overlined small caps. Whether you use it on a poster or as a title, Oneer will definitely get noticed.

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Alex Brush is a formal, very elegant cursive handwriting font perfect for invitations and Pinterest images. Thanks to variable line thickness, it’s legible and has an excellent flow.

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Anke is a neat calligraphic handwriting font with optimized kerning and support for accents. You can use it as a signature for a refined and unique look.

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Dancing Script is a casual handwriting font that combines thin and thick lines for a calligraphy effect. It’s great for retro and informal designs, and it’s available on Google Web Fonts in bold and normal styles.

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Modeschrift is a handwriting font with calligraphy brush strokes that give it a professional look. It supports accents and some extended characters.

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Rundkursiv would be just another formal handwriting font if it wasn’t for the ornate swashes that give it a classic and refined look. It works best for quotes and has support for accents and extended characters.

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Sevillana is different from other cursive handwriting fonts in several ways: it’s backslanted, has small curlicues and an interesting background story. This font is an attempt to recreate and preserve the lettering style used on handmade commemorative plates from the Spanish region of Andalusia. This is one of my favorite free handwriting fonts.

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Amatic is a thin handwriting font that comes in two styles – regular and bold. It’s a narrow, all-caps font that will give any design a fresh and modern look.

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Beer Money truly stands out. It’s a handwriting font with thick strokes that looks sketched and fits best in grunge, informal and poster designs.

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Newbie Serif is a graffiti-style handwriting font with thick strokes and outlines, perfect for posters, titles and anything that needs to arrest the reader’s attention.

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Something Wild is another great handwriting font that looks like something you’d write with a flat brush. The font, with its imperfect finish, has a rustic feel to it which makes it a great option for posters and flyers, and probably even for that gaming project you needed a title screen for.

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To make your message grab eyeballs effortlessly, No Time can be quite effective. Said to be created by a stressed designer, this fontlooks bold and is quite expressive. And it’s this expressive appearance that makes it spot-on for posters and banners. I find this one to be one of the best handwriting fonts.

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If a crisp and natural look is what you prefer, Debby could be a better pick. The hand-drawn brush font featuresirregular bouncy characters and the rough shapes. Whether you wish to make your quote look pleasing to the eyes, design your greeting card, make your poster stand out, or give the wedding invitation the needed x-factor to look elegant, it can cater to your needs with aplomb.

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If I were to pick out a font to design titles and logos with precision, “Swistlnk Mothoers” would turn out to be my first choice – more often than not. Thevintage-inspired handwriting fonthas a striking similarity with a letterpress courtesy the lines and stamp-like look. Furthermore, it comes in clean and texture versions which make it a better pick for designing logos.

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Amanda Lesson’s Luna can easily stake the claim of being one of the best fonts for designers. The clean handwriting fontfeatures a contrast between letters and lines. Therefore, it’s more legible. With the crisp design, it suits diverse design projects including logo, badge, insignia, packaging, headline, poster, t-shirt/apparel, greeting card, and wedding invitation.

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If enhancing handwriting is your main priority, Fofer Font can easily fit into your needs. Thanks to theirregular shape and seamless looking flows, it makes your text appear striking. So, save it for the times where you want your message to shout out loud for instant attention.

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Every time I have tried out Ruffle Beauty, I have come out impressed. And rightly so as this font has gota nice mix of a sporty and beautiful look. While this font is available for free for personal and commercial use, you can offer up some donations to bolster creativity.

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Times when you may want your handwriting to appear eye-catching without having to put an extra effort, a font like SoulMarker can have a role to play. The handwriting fontcomes in two distinct styles. While the bold variant gives your design an attractive look, the light one endows natural and minimalist appearance.

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A good-looking font like Mazak deserves a safe spot in this roundup of the top fonts for designers. It’s abrush drawn vector-free font and comes in capital letters. Thanks to the highlighted marker strokes, it has a retro look. You can use it to make your posters and banners appear more attention-grabbing.

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Ivana Isadora is a freelance writer and translator working in English, Croatian and Swedish. She’s a Linux user & KDE fan interested in web design, startups, and personal branding. She loves discovering new apps and presenting them to the world.