From hand-drawn typography, custom script, sketched, brushed to freeform quirky illustrations, the hand-drawn look is emerging as a growing design trend in 2017.
As the need for authenticity is increasing, many companies have started to incorporate unique and customised fonts to individualize their brands and make them stand out from the more digitally created designs.
Hand crafted adds warmth and a human touch which evokes the feeling of:
• homemade and wholesome with a sense of nostalgia for the past.
• unique personality.
• good-for-you nature, raw and organic.
As a source of inspiration, here is a selection of hand-drawn typography in use as well as a list of 30 Best FREE Hand-Drawn fonts.
30 Best FREE Hand-Drawn Fonts
Hundreds of fonts are being released every month as the popularity for hand-drawn fonts grows. Some really are hand-drawn and others are modified to give it that hand-drawn look. Creative Market is a great website to purchase hand-crafted fonts from creatives around the world.
Here is a list of 35 best Free Hand-written fonts. Enjoy!
NOTE: All of the fonts listed are free for Personal Use while some are also free for Commercial Use. Please be sure to check the terms and license information for
commercial uses.
01 SORTDECAI BRUSH SCRIPT
Sortdecai Brush Script is a hand lettered modern brush script typeface. Combining the style of classic calligraphy with a modern style. Free for Personal Use only. By: Agga Swistblnk
02 HELMUT
Helmut Script is an interesting and charming typeface. Perfect for logos, packaging, branding, clothing, posters, invitations, greeting cards, news, blogs. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Polythene Designs
03 HAMMOCK
Hammock is a beautiful, handmade brush font. Fresh & self made look embodying the passion for travelling, surfing, nature and all things made with love. Great for packaging, logo design and lots more. Free for Personal Use only.
By: Mats-Peter Forss & Andreas Twardzik
04 SOPHIA
Sophia is a completely Hand-lettered font: sweet, saucy, and a little shabby.
Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Emily Spadoni & Mats-Peter Forss
05 AVELINE
Aveline is a hand-drawn Script Font. Perfect for logos, name tag, handwritten quotes, product packaging, merchandise, social media & greeting cards.
Demo version is Free for Personal Use only.
By: Faisal Tanjung
06 SITKA
Sitka is a fun, playful and quirky All-Caps brush typeface. Perfect for your logo designs, wedding Invitations, kids books, flyers, posters and so much more!
Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Hustle Supply Co.
07 BEFOLK
Befolk is a beautiful and sweet handwriting style font. Perfect for logos, badges, insignias, packaging, headline, poster, t-shirt/apparel, greeting cards. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Hendra Dirtyline
08 NOVITHA SCRIPT
Novitha Script is a handwritten script developed using a brush pen with a strong personality. Perfect for logos, t-shirt design, typography poster, quote design and lots more. Free for Personal Use only.
By: Ryan Prasetya
09 DUWHOERS
Duwhoers is a modern Brush Font with a vintage handmade feel. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Agga Swistblnk
10 RAINWOOD
Rainwood is a Handmade Painting Style Typeface Fonts collection. Combining hand style, brush and paint touch. Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Ian Mikraz Studio
11 BLACK ANIMAL
Black Animal is a cool handmade brush style display font. Great for logos, name tags, handwritten quotes, product packaging, merchandise, social media and much more! Demo version is Free for Personal Use only. By: Faisal Tanjung
12 SIGNIFY
Signify is a cool hand drawn custom font. Free for Personal Use only. By: Conor Leary
13 TINDRA
Tindra is an awesome + cool handwritten and handpainted typeface. Free for Personal Use only.
By: FREE GOODIES FOR DESIGNERS
14 FIBRE
Fibre is a handwritten vintage feel font. Free for Personal Use only. By: Wildtype & Krisijanis Mezulis
15 TOMBOW
Tombow is a cool hand drawn custom font. Free for Personal Use only.
By: Conor Leary
16 BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS
Beyond the Mountains is a font inspired by the work of Sean Delloro.
Free for Personal Use only.
By: Stereo-type
17 BREAKABLE
Breakable is a hand-lettering brush style font. Great for apparel brand, logos and any design that needs natural and personal touch. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Ian Mikraz Studio
18 SANEK
Sanek is a cool custom hand drawn custom font. Suitable for everything vintage and handmade. Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Lordanis Passas
19 BLEAKERST
Bleakerst is a unique cursive script custom font. Modern font with vintage touch. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Agga Swistblnk
20 SLOPES
Slopes is a handmade brush font made with a brush pen on plain paper. Suitable for everything vintage and handmade. Free for Personal Use only.
By: Boris Garic
21 THE BRAGGEST
Novitha Script is a handwritten script developed using a brush pen with a strong personality. Perfect for logos, t-shirt design, typography poster, quote design and lots more. Free for Personal Use only.
By: Ryan Prasetya
22 SENSEI
Sensei is brush flavoured free font inspired by manga style. Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Ezeqviel Ergo
23 SELIMA
Selima Script is a free brush-lettered font with beautiful irregular shapes and baseline. Perfect for adding personal touches to your designs. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Jroh Creative
24 LEAFY
Leafy is a handwritten brush font. Free for Personal Use only. By: Wildtype, Leva Mezule & Krisjanis Mezulis.
25 BEAUTIFY
Beautify is wonderful script font. Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Yasir Ekinci
26 LEMON BIRD
Lemon Bird is a quirky digitally hand drawn typeface. Free for Personal and Commercial Use.
By: Ian Barnard
27 SUNDAY
Sunday is an illustrative and handwritten font inspired by vintage and old school hand lettering. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Anastasia Dimitriadi
28 SMOOTHIE SHOPPE
Smoothie Shoppe is a great and super flexible script font. It has some really unique connecting letters with swooshes. Free for Personal Use only. By: Emily Spadoni & Mats-Peter Forss
29 AEJEONG
Aejeong is a hand made an all-caps fun font. Perfect for quotes, products, logos, packaging, and so much more! Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: Syed Faraz Ahmad
30 CUTEPUNK
Cutepunk is a very bold and youthful typeface. Free for Personal and Commercial Use. By: flou
The Hand-Drawn Lettering trend looks great combined with other design trends such as Patterns & Textures and Bright & Bold Colours.