Add Elegance / Personal Touch with Script Fonts

Dress up Valentines, Wedding Invitations, and more. Typefaces that mimic cursive handwriting or fonts made from actual handwriting samples give a special tone to our printed documents or Web pages. Some script fonts convey a quiet elegance. Handwriting fonts with quirky letters can personalize a form letter or exude cheerfulness, playfulness, or a casual mood. There are countless ways to use script and handwriting fonts. Let's look at just a few ways that these Lovely Lines of Type add an elegant or personal touch to our correspondence and find examples and free handwriting or script fonts to use for Valentine's Day cards, wedding invitations, announcements, and other desktop publishing documents.

Match Purpose, Graphics Style, and Type

As with any typeface, choose script or handwriting fonts that convey the right image. An elegant, flowing script font may be perfect for a formal wedding annoucement but not friendly enough for a child's birthday party invitation. Consider the purpose of your desktop document (or Web page) and the graphics too.

Tips & Techniques: Use Script Faces Wisely

Once you've chosen your script or handwriting fonts, use them more effectively by heeding these three tips:

• Script fonts and ALL CAPS
• Mixing script or handwriting fonts
• Fancy, ornate script fonts