noenemies.com— "Handwriting fonts are generally overlooked by print and web designers. Why not use them more? Here I've outlined all the best handwriting fonts."
Jan 17, 2007View in Crawl 4
Why not use them more?It isn't that handwriting fonts are unprofessional. It's that they're usually a lot harder to read than serif and sans serif fonts. Generally, you don't want readers to have to decipher what's been written, so you have to use either really big font sizes or a lot of white space around the text. A solid block of 10 point handwriting-style fonts are usually terrible to try to read.
One of the nicer hand-writing type fonts that I've come across is based on E.W.Dijkstra's handwriting. (<a class="user" href="http://lucacardelli.name/Fonts.htm)">http://lucacardelli.name/Fonts.htm)</a>I once used FontForge to make a font from scans of my own handwriting using. It was kind of nifty, but it was also enough to convince me that font design is not for me. (Besides the limited utility of handwriting fonts anyway...)
blogjonesJan 18, 2007
Why not use them more?It isn't that handwriting fonts are unprofessional. It's that they're usually a lot harder to read than serif and sans serif fonts. Generally, you don't want readers to have to decipher what's been written, so you have to use either really big font sizes or a lot of white space around the text. A solid block of 10 point handwriting-style fonts are usually terrible to try to read.
boojumJan 18, 2007
One of the nicer hand-writing type fonts that I've come across is based on E.W.Dijkstra's handwriting. (<a class="user" href="http://lucacardelli.name/Fonts.htm)">http://lucacardelli.name/Fonts.htm)</a>I once used FontForge to make a font from scans of my own handwriting using. It was kind of nifty, but it was also enough to convince me that font design is not for me. (Besides the limited utility of handwriting fonts anyway...)
bisqwitJan 18, 2007
For some reason, Windows XP tells me that none of those TTF files are valid font files.
forgetfulcaJan 18, 2007
exactly, my reply when I read the title was "because they are kitschy'.
Closed AccountJan 18, 2007
Because its not actually handwriting and looks stupid perhaps
fontgardenJan 29, 2007
Handwriting fonts free and commercial is my living :) Font Garden <a class="user" href="http://www.fontgarden.com">http://www.fontgarden.com</a> is the site - welcome if you'd like!
theadvinciJul 3, 2008
Bummer... A 404 again... And I already dugg it.