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.
All the Handwriting Resources / School Fonts
- Free School Fonts (this page)
- Shareware School Fonts are free to try.
- Commercial School Fonts generally offer more complete character sets and greater variety of styles.
- D'Nealian, Zaner-Bloser, etc. explained very briefly.
- Cursive Handwriting in the US offers a little fun history, explains why cursive handwriting is relevant to desktop publishing, and links to some formal cursive handwriting fonts.
- Spencerian Script looks at cursive handwriting before the Palmer, Zaner-Bloser, and other modern handwriting methods. Find some fonts with roots in this lovely style.
- Blackletter Fonts are based on handwriting from as early as the mid-1100s.
Jarman
Jarman School Font
Slanted manuscript font.
q - small curved tail
curved 'connectors' on several lower case characters
unusual curves and ears on some characters
Trace - see Jardotty, below
Rules - No
Style - a simulation of the Christopher Jarman cursive handwriting scheme
q - small curved tail
curved 'connectors' on several lower case characters
unusual curves and ears on some characters
Trace - see Jardotty, below
Rules - No
Style - a simulation of the Christopher Jarman cursive handwriting scheme
Jardotty
Jardotty Trace Font
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
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
Learning Curve 2.0
Learning Curve Font by Blue Vinyl
Cursive font.
Rules - Yes, as extra character
Trace - see Dashed version, below
Extras - Yes, practice curves, rules
Style - similar to Zaner-Bloser old-style but with variations in W, D, and a few other slight differences
Rules - Yes, as extra character
Trace - see Dashed version, below
Extras - Yes, practice curves, rules
Style - similar to Zaner-Bloser old-style but with variations in W, D, and a few other slight differences
Learning Curve Dashed 2.0
Learning Curve Dashed Font by Blue Vinyl
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
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
Penmanship Print
Penmanship Print School Font
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. Could be the font designer's interpretation of a style of manuscript writing.
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. Could be the font designer's interpretation of a style of manuscript writing.
Primer Print
Upright manuscript font.
Rules - No
Trace - No
Extras - Yes, bold version
Style - Zaner-Bloser old-style manuscript
Rules - No
Trace - No
Extras - Yes, bold version
Style - Zaner-Bloser old-style manuscript
Print Clearly
Print Clearly School Font
Upright manuscript font.
Rules - No
Trace - see Dashed version, below
Style - somewhat similar 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)
Rules - No
Trace - see Dashed version, below
Style - somewhat similar 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)
Print Clearly Dashed
Print Clearly Trace Font
Upright manuscript trace font.
Rules - No
Trace - Yes
Style - somewhat similar 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)
Rules - No
Trace - Yes
Style - somewhat similar 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)
Zyia Learns Letters
Zyia Learns Letters School Font
Upright manuscript trace font.
Rules - No
Style - similar to Harcourt Brace
Rules - No
Style - similar to Harcourt Brace
