People mostly use either serif or sans-serif fonts and often miss out the handwritten fonts. They are as important as the main font classifications. I particularly like to use handwritten fonts to highlight significant items in screen captures. They add the personal touch in my design and also provide great typographic contrast. However, not all handwritten fonts are legible. I've put together a huge list of free handwritten and script fonts that work well.
akaDora
Alako
Ampersand
Angelina
Avant que
Bee Marker Ink
BethHand
Bradley Hand ITC (update: not free)
Brankovic
Brook 23
CAC Pinafore
Carefree
Chalkdust
Cheryl
CoertSchrift Dik
Complete in Him
CoolHandLuke
Creampuff
Deathrattle
Desyrel
Dwerneck
Eraser
Fafers Handwriting
FFF Tusj
Freehand 575
Freestyle Script (update: not free)
Graph
Hand of Sean
HarabaraHand
Honey Script
HZHandwrite
It Ain't Rocket Science
Japanese Brush
J.D. Handcrafted
Jenelson
Koala (update: not free)
Lauren C. Brown
Learning Curve
Marketing Script
Mighty to Save
Mural Script
Never Let Go
Neville Script
One Stroke Script
OneMiguel Shaded
PP Handwriting
Prelude FLF
Serena
Shelter Me
SimpleLife
Sketch Rockwell
Sketchy
Snyder Speed Brush
Swenson
Tabitha
WC Mano Negra
WC Roughtrad
Wild Script
Windsong
Xiao Gao
Great fonts!
Thanks, a nice list of fonts, will definitely put these to use. :)
Thanks a lot! I love great handwritten fonts.
can i embed these fonts using CSS3? is it legal?
Amazing fonts and thanks so much for this list !! :)
Nice list, but be VERY careful and check the licensing agreements when using any ‘free’ fonts – most of them are ‘free for personal use’, meaning no commercial applications (e.g. using them for anything you’ll make a profit on – magazines, client websites, t-shirts, posters, flyers etc.) and no @font-face (or other web embedding).
For example: Hand of Sean. I know the author, and a donation is required for any commercial use, and (currently) @font-face is not part of that agreement.
Just a heads-up!
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Glad to see I’m not the only one that uses some of these fonts! They’re definitely a great addition to highlight and emphasize key areas of a design.
Thanks for this list… Tried downloading Freehand 575 and it is password protected? Any help?
Great list. Thanks so much, I’ll be using some of these!
Good timing. I was looking for this type of fonts exactly. Nice List.
Great list! I really like Mural. And thanks to Mike for the advice regarding licensing agreements. It’s tru3, you do need to read them for restrictions.
I was wondering what the support is in the print community? I’ve always refrained from using them in print jobs because I was unsure of whether the printer would support them. It’s probably a silly question I know.
Thanks so much! I love some of these! :)
Yay for Font Squirrel and Dafont.com …
Thank you. I was looking something like those fonts.
Great list here.
Thanks for the share as quite a few of these fonts i’ve never seen before but would love to try some of them out.
Hi Nick, you run one of the best design site….
Thanks for all you do for us!
There is such a long time I’m looking for a nice font to implement to my website.
Thanks for the share!
Very creative choices. Iwas looking for a proper font for my new shoppe that will be open soon. Have a great one! Thx Tam
Awesome list and great resource. I’ve run into several times in the last year where I’d like to find a unique hand written font for a water mark on photographs. Have bookmarked for future use.