Tone Down the Use of Ornate Script Characters

Some script fonts have many extra curves, swashes, curls, and other exagerated features. Allow extra character or line spacing where necessary. Watch out for too many repetitions of overly ornate letters (especially capitals) in a small amount of space. Fancy fonts lose their effectiveness when too many loops and swooshes compete for attention.

Looking for some fancy scripts with lots of flourishes? Try one of these free fonts:

• Alison - tame, formal script but with a nice flourish on the capitals
• Freebooter Script - lots of long ascenders, descenders, and other strokes
• Loki Cola - a lookalike for the Coca-Cola script with flowing strokes
• Scriptina - lots of long tails and tall loops