Free Handwriting Fonts for Teachers

These free handwriting fonts for teachers mimic lettering used to teach print and cursive handwriting skills. Below you'll find a very brief description of each of the handwriting fonts and a link to view a larger sample and download the font. The description on this page covers:
Characters - a few specific key characters
Rules - lines to guide placement such as baseline
Trace - dotted outline for tracing
Style - D'Nealian, Zaner-Bloser, etc.

Jarman: Slanted manuscript font.
q - small curved tail
curved 'connectors' on several lower case characters
unusual curves and ears on some characters
Trace - see Jardotty
Rules - No
Style - a simulation of the Christopher Jarman cursive handwriting scheme
View and Download Jarman

Jardotty: Slanted manuscript trace font.
q - small curved tail
curved 'connectors' on several lower case characters
unusual curves and ears on some characters
Trace - Yes
Rules - No
Style - a simulation of the Christopher Jarman cursive handwriting scheme
View and Download Jardotty

Learning Curve BV: Cursive font.
Rules - Yes, as extra character
Trace - see Dashed version
Extras - Yes, practice curves, rules
Style - similar to Zaner-Bloser old-style but with variations in W, D, and a few other slight differences
View and Download Learning Curve BV

Learning Curve Dashed BV: Cursive font.
Rules - Yes, as extra character
Trace - Yes
Extras - Yes, practice curves, rules
Style - similar to Zaner-Bloser old-style but with variations in W, D, and a few other slight differences
View and Download Learning Curve Dashed BV

Penmanship Print: Upright manuscript font.
Rules - Yes, 2 solid, one dashed
Style - can't quite identify this style - it differs from the standards I've found in several ways: thinner, J has top horizontal stroke, straight tail on q (no hook), shorter ascenders and descenders, G includes an extra vertical stroke.
View and Download Penmanship Print

Primer Print: Upright manuscript font.
Rules - No
Trace - No
Extras - Yes, bold version
Style - Zaner-Bloser old-style manuscript
View and Download Primer Print

Zyia Learns Letters: Upright manuscript trace font.
Rules - No
Style - similar to Harcourt Brace
View and Download Zyia Learns Letters

Print Clearly: Upright manuscript font.
Rules - No
Trace - see Dashed version
Style - somewhat similiar to Zaner-Bloser old-style but with significant differences including being overall more narrow plus variations in J, j, K, k, and q (straight tail)
View and Download Print Clearly

Print Clearly Dashed: Upright manuscript trace font.
Rules - No
Trace - Yes
Style - somewhat similiar to Zaner-Bloser old-style but with significant differences including being overall more narrow plus variations in J, j, K, k, and q (straight tail)
View and Download Print Clearly Dashed