Free Printed and Cursive School Fonts for Aspiring Writers

Free handwritten fonts for teachers

Handwriting fonts for teachers mimic letters used to teach typing and handwriting skills. Some are dotted fonts so students can easily trace them to learn the movements needed to form the letters.

The brief description here shows each of the free handwriting fonts, along with a link to view a larger sample and download the font.

Print Font

What do we like?

• Great for learning block letters

• Printed manuals appear with letters

What we don’t like

• Some differences with the standard form

The vertical italic font Penmanship Print is an excellent choice for teaching young children about block letter shapes. It has a dotted line and two clear instructions to help children learn the correct letter height.

The font deviates slightly from the standards. For example, there’s a thinner “J” with horizontal top travel, a straight tail on the “q” (no hook), shorter risers and fallers, and an extra vertical hit on the “G.”

The download contains one TrueType font.

Business Font Penmanship Print

Font learning curve 4.0

What do we like?

• Contains guidelines as an additional character

• Easy to trace

What we don’t like

• Minor differences from standard letterforms

Curve Learning 4.0 mimics traditional handwriting textbooks, but with a bit of modern flair. It is a cursive font that contains bold, dotted and regular font as well as dingbats.

Dingbats contain instructions, pencils and other handwritten images.

The download of Learning Curve 4.0 includes both TrueType and OpenType versions of the font.

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Jarman Font

What do we like?

• Mix of printed and handwritten letters

• Free for personal non-commercial use

What we don’t like

• Not suitable for the youngest students

• No guidelines for teaching letter height

Jarman is a free cursive font created by Christopher Jarman in 1997.

The lowercase “q” has a small curved tail and curved connectors appear on some lowercase letters. Other letters have unusual curves and ears. The font is an imitation of Christopher Jarman’s cursive handwriting.

The Jarman font download contains only the regular font. While it can be tracked, Jardotty, another Christopher Jarman font, is better suited to track.

The download contains one TrueType font.

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Jardotty Font

What do we like?

• Dotted font is easy to trace

What we don’t like

• Letter writing guide is missing

Created in 2006, Jardotty is another Christopher Jarman font that is also a cursive script font. However, it consists of symbols made up of dots, making it easy to trace the letter shape as students practice the moves.

Like Jarman, this one also has a small curved “q” tail with different curves on some of the other characters.

The download contains one TrueType font.

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PrimerPrint Font

What do we like?

• Contains block shapes for toddlers

• Contains bold versions

What we don’t like

• Manuals not included

Primer Print is a cursive font that does not contain a font as a font, but has a bold version in addition to the regular font. The font is inspired by teaching materials and is useful for young students who are just learning their letterforms.

This free download features plain and bold Primer Print in Truetype format.

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clear font printing

What do we like?

• Includes Tracked Font Version

What we don’t like

• No rules

• Some differences with the standard form

Clear Printing perfect not only for writing, but also for learning to form letters, as this download includes a stroke version of the font tracing in addition to the regular font.

However, the font differs significantly from the standard form, including that it is generally narrower and has variations of J, j, K, k, and q that have a straight tail.

The download contains regular and striped fonts in TrueType format.

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Zyia learn letters font

What do we like?

• Dotted font is easy to trace

What we don’t like

• Rules not included

Zyia Learns Letters is another handwriting font that is useful for teaching students to write.

The free download includes one TrueType font.

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Where to find more free handwriting fonts

There are many other free handwritten or hand-drawn fonts available for download, but most are not suitable for teaching children letterforms. However, they can also be used elsewhere in the classroom. Check them out to see a preview of the font and a download link to save it to your computer.

These sites include:

• FontSpace

• dafont.com

• 1001 free fonts

• Belka Font