Free fonts? For me? Yes, please!

Ever since I was a little kid, I've been fascinated by what I consider a true, yet somewhat rare art form: typography, especially script and calligraphy. I never mastered it myself, which is why I go a little coo-coo when I see a beautiful font. 

I know it's kind of cheating to use pre-made fonts, because I didn't actually put the pen to paper and write the script myself, but hey, we live in an age of technology, and it's no less beautiful to me. Honestly, I could get lost in font sites for hours. Here are a few of my favorite free font websites: 

If you need any convincing that typography is an art form, just check out this gorgeous video of artist Seb Lester hand-drawing calligraphy. Just. Wow. 

             

But when would I use anything other than the usual fonts, you might ask? Absolutely everywhere, all the time! Here are a few ideas:

Labels

Signs

Cards

Scrapbooking

Letters and letterheads

Resumes

Invitations

Recipes

Banners

Parties
Schedules
Charts
Games
Lists
Journal cards
Gift cards

For those of you who haven't discovered the joy and pure bliss of new, classy, retro, vintage, personified, futuristic, fancy, silly, edgy, elegant or just plain fun fonts, let me introduce you to 10 of my favorite script fonts!

If you would like to use any of these lovely fonts  in your projects, simply click on the name below, download the font file, and double click on the  file and it should automatically be added to your default fonts. Click here for more detailed instructions for all ages of Windows :-) If you have Windows 10, find the instructions straight from Microsoft right here. Mac users can find the instructions here. Don't worry, it's all very easy and user-friendly.

Alex Brush 

Dancing Script

Branboll

Great Vibes

Allura

Black Olives

Clicker Script

Playball

Rouge Script

Lauren Script

There you go! Enjoy making and creating incredibly awesome things and artsy stuff with these incredibly awesome fonts now!

Important note: Most of these free fonts are free for commercial use as well, but be sure to read the creator's terms of use for each individual font.