Caveat
HandwritingCaveat
A casual, marker-style handwriting that looks natural for notes, quotes and captions.
Handwriting Fonts: Free Hand-Drawn Fonts for Notes, Quotes and Designs
Twelve free handwriting fonts, from tidy notebook hands to rough felt-marker lettering.
Shadows Into Light
HandwritingShadows Into Light
A neat, light handwriting with a relaxed, sketchbook feel.
Indie Flower
HandwritingIndie Flower
A friendly, rounded handwriting. Informal and easy to read.
Patrick Hand
HandwritingPatrick Hand
A clear, easy-to-read handwriting that works for labels, notes and playful interfaces.
Reenie Beanie
HandwritingReenie Beanie
A scratchy, ballpoint-pen handwriting with a quick, spontaneous look.
Nanum Pen Script
HandwritingNanum Pen Script
A casual pen-written style with a thin, quick stroke, useful for notes and informal captions.
Gloria Hallelujah
HandwritingGloria Hallelujah
A playful, rounded handwriting with a cheerful, informal tone.
Covered By Your Grace
HandwritingCovered By Your Grace
A loose, marker-style hand that feels like a quick note or personal letter.
Homemade Apple
Cursive handHomemade Apple
A loose, flowing pen cursive that looks like real handwriting.
La Belle Aurore
Cursive handLa Belle Aurore
A slanted, fountain-pen style cursive handwriting with a personal, letter-like feel.
Rock Salt
MarkerRock Salt
A rough, marker-written face with a street, graffiti-style attitude.
Permanent Marker
MarkerPermanent Marker
A bold felt-marker style handwriting that stands out in posters, signs and social graphics.
About these fonts
Handwriting fonts bring an unpolished, human feel to a design. They suit quotes, captions, labels, invitations to casual events, kids’ materials and any layout that should look as if someone wrote it by hand. The fonts here cover neat pen styles, loose cursive hands and chunky markers.
Because they are meant to look informal, handwriting fonts work best in short lines. For long passages, a standard text face is easier on the eye. Type a sentence of your own in the box above and compare how each hand renders it.
Licence and installation
Every font on this page comes from the open-source Google Fonts library and is free for personal and commercial use under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (a few under Apache 2.0). Each zip contains the font file, the licence text and a short readme. To install on Windows, unzip, right-click the font and choose Install; on Mac, double-click the file and click Install Font. The live previews show the regular weight and basic Latin characters; the downloads are the complete font files.
Frequently asked questions
Which handwriting font is the easiest to read?
Patrick Hand, Indie Flower and Caveat are among the clearest in this list. Looser cursive hands such as Homemade Apple are better kept for short lines.
Are handwriting fonts good for body text?
Not usually. They are best for short lines such as quotes, captions and labels. Use a standard text font for long paragraphs.
Is Permanent Marker free for commercial use?
The fonts on this page are available under open licences that allow commercial use. Check the licence text included in each download.
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