Best Script Fonts: 35 Free Script Fonts
Script fonts are beautiful typefaces that resemble handwritten and calligraphic lettering styles. They can either be formal where they’ll appear elegant or informal where they’ll appear more playful.
Script fonts can also be connected, semi-connected or unconnected. This refers to the flow that exists between each letter. Connected fonts are designed with a careful approach to ensure each letter flows into the next in a smooth, continuous manner.
These types of fonts are mainly used on invitations, headings for announcements or advertising. They’re rarely used on the web as a body text and work best when used for their intended purposes.
Here are 35 free script fonts.
1. Alex Brush
Alex Brush is connected, brush-script font designed by TypeSETit. It’s a calligraphy font that works great when used for formal purposes. It comes in a single style and with over 250 glyphs.
2. Pacifico
Pacifico is a connected script font designed by Vernon Adams. It has a retro appeal as it resembles typefaces used around America in the first half of the 20th century. It comes in a single style with just over 200 glyphs.
3. Great Vibes
Great Vibes is an elegant, calligraphy-style script font designed by TypeSETit. Each letter is designed to connect to one another elegantly no matter what word you choose to type. It comes in a single style with over 400 glyphs.
4. Lobster
Lobster is a script font by Impallari Type. The studio spent a lot of time carefully designing this font to be as connected as possible that each letter transitioned smoothly to the next no matter what letter combinations you type. It comes in a single style with over 300 glyphs.
5. Allura
Allura is yet another elegant script font designed by TypeSETit. This one, though still elegant, is less careful and “tight” as the previous two fonts by this designer. It comes in a single style with over 350 glyphs.
6. Kaushan Script
Kaushan Script is a contemporary script font whose letters have a calligraphic style while the font has a modern appeal as a whole. The font comes in a single style with over 400 glyphs.
7. Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel is a casual script font designed by Brian J. Bonislawsky and Jim Lyles of Astigmatic. It was inspired by the typeface used on the title screen of Cafe Metropole, a 1937 film starring Tyrone Power. It comes in a single style with over 350 glyphs.
8. Windsong
Windsong is a condensed, calligraphic script font by Bright Ideas. It has a classic calligraphic style that resembles historical writing. It comes in a single style with over 250 glyphs.
9. Sofia
Sofia is a casual, semi-connected script font designed by Latinotype. It’s a semi-connected script font as some letters connect elegantly with one another while others do not. It comes in a single style with over 200 glyphs.
10. Black Jack
Black Jack is a casual script font with a brushed design. It was designed by Typadelic. It’s a simple font that comes in a single style and only a little over 150 glyphs.
11. Lobster Two
Lobster Two is the lighter, more upright form of Lobster. This one is also designed by Impallari Type. It comes in four basic styles that have over 350 glyphs.
12. Dancing Script OT
Dancing Script OT is a casual script font by Impallari Type. It was inspired by typefaces used around the 1950s. It’s a simple font that comes in a single style and over 200 glyphs.
13. Arizonia
Arizonia is a playfully elegant script font by TypeSETit. It was inspired by the “flowing forms created by a sign painter’s camel hair brush.” It comes in a single style with over 250 glyphs.
14. Tangerine
Tangerine is an elegant, calligraphic script font by Toshi Omagari. It was inspired by the italic chancery typefaces used in the 16th and 17th centuries. It comes in two basic styles that include over 200 glyphs each.
15. Freebooter Script
Freebooter Script is an elegant yet extravagant script font by Apostrophic Labs. It comes in a single style that includes over 200 glyphs, but it also comes with a set of alternate characters.
16. Euphoria Script
Euphoria Script is an informal script font. It features the endings of a brushed script but started as simple letterform sketches, making it more playful and casual than most script fonts. It comes in a single style with over 200 glyphs.
17. Rochester
Rochester is an elegant, semi-connected script font by Sideshow. It was inspired by the calligraphic forms of the Victorian and Art Deco eras. It comes in a single style that includes over 200 glyphs.
18. Miama
Miama formal, calligraphic script font by Linus Romer. It comes in a single style that includes over 400 glyphs.
19. Dynalight
Dynalight is a decorative script font by Astigmatic. It was inspired by the lettering on a vintage luggage tag on the Southern Pacific 4449 Daylight steam locomotive. It comes in a single style with over 350 glyphs.
20. HenryMorganHand
HenryMorganHand is an extravagant yet format script font by Paul Lloyd. It comes in a single style with barely over 100 glyphs.
21. Scriptina Pro
Scriptina Pro is a somewhat playful yet still classic script font by CheapProFonts. It’s the updated form of the Scriptina font as the designer wanted to do something special for their 100th font. It comes in a single style with over 500 glyphs.
22. Bilbo
Bilbo is a calligraphic, non-connected script font by TypeSETit. It was designed to be a display font, but the designer states it can also be used in body text when a touch of warmth is needed to get a message across. It comes in two styles, one of which includes swashes with capital letters.
23. Ruthie
Ruthie is a stylized, semi-connected script font by TypeSETit. It’s a formal font that features ornate caps. It comes in a single style with over 250 glyphs.
24. Promocyja
Promocyja is an elegant and even somewhat fancy script font by GLUK fonts. It comes in a single style that features over 600 glyphs.
25. Burlington Script
Burlington Script is a handwritten script font by ShyFonts. It features a permanent marker design rather than a calligraphic style. It comes in four different styles, each one a heavier font weight than the previous one. It comes with over 200 glyphs.
26. Dobkin
Dobkin is a non-connected script font by David Rakowski. It’s a calligraphic font that comes in one style and with only 88 glyphs.
27. Sevillana
Sevillana is a decorative script font by Brownfox. It was inspired by the lettering on commemorative plates that exist on the walls of Andalusia, Spain. It was inspired by the folk musical styles of Seville, the capital of the region. It comes in a single size with over 200 glyphs.
28. League Script
League Script is a pencil-style connected script font by Haley Fiege. It’s an elegant yet casual font that resembles handwriting done with a pencil. It comes in a single style and includes over 200 glyphs.
29. Condiment
Condiment is a soft and somewhat retro script font designed by Angel Koziupa and Ale Paul of Sudtipos. It comes in a single style that includes over 200 glyphs.
30. Aguafina Script
Aguafina Script is a semi-formal, semi-connected, elegant script font by Sudtipos. It’s not as formal as some of the other calligraphic fonts on this list, but it’s also not too casual, either. It comes in a single style that includes over 200 glyphs.
31. Italianno
Italianno is a soft, calligraphic script font by TypeSETit. The designers suggest using it for “warm, inviting situations.” It comes in a single style that includes over 650 glyphs.
32. Kingthings Wrote
Kingthings Wrote is a casual script font by Kingthings. It features playful swashes and shapes. It comes in a single style that includes over 100 glyphs.
33. Qwigley
Qwigley is a contemporary script font designed by TypeSETit. It’s an elegant, calligraphic script font that features stylized lettering. It comes in a single style that includes over 200 glyphs.
34. Milkshake
Milkshake is brushed-script font designed by Laura Worthington. The font was designed with a careful approach, the result being a typeface that’s fun and captivating yet still highly readable and versatile. It comes in a single style that includes over 650 glyphs.
35. QumpellkaNo12
QumpellkaNo12 is a decorative script font designed by GLUK fonts. It comes in a single style that includes just under 600 glyphs.
Final Thoughts
We hope this list gave you a few new script fonts to use in your projects, whether personal or commercial. Check out our other font lists if you need more typefaces for the toolkit:
Wow. This is awesome. Thanks for the collection.
Question…are these fonts commercial free?
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That’s a nice collection!!