There are two main kinds of type that fall under the “script” category: calligraphic script, and handwriting script. While calligraphic typefaces tend to be cursive and elegant, handwriting typefaces appear as printed script, and are usually portrayed as more childlike. Balloon is a handwriting script typeface created by Max Kauffman in 1939 for American Type … Continue reading Balloon
Category: Script
Brush Script
When scrolling through a book of fonts or even just Microsoft Word, script fonts are almost impossible to miss. Any font that looks like they do not belong within the classic body fonts is most likely to be a script font. As stated by Jacci Howard Bear of Lifewire, script fonts are any fonts that … Continue reading Brush Script
Believe in Bickham Script
Macy's "Believe" Ad 2018https://www.macys.com/social/believe/ Inspired by the forms made with a flexible brush or pen, script fonts look the most comparable to that of true handwriting, stated by Flask. The Bickham Script typeface was influenced by the bold stroke which has a very finely tipped quill, like that of Virtuosa and Primadona typefaces, as stated … Continue reading Believe in Bickham Script
The Billabong Typeface
This cursive writing an example of what some script fonts are striving to look like In today's advertising world, using script fonts is far less common than using more sleek and mainstream fonts, such as sans-serif typefaces. Script typefaces are made to look like they are handwritten calligraphy. There are typically two categories to script … Continue reading The Billabong Typeface
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