It has happened to everyone to see a sentence or written with a beautiful font that looks like brushstroke and then underneath a series of comments asking “What font is it?”, “where can I get this font?” etc… Yes brush typography with its elegant handwriting effects is one of the hot trends of the moment especially among social media influencers and women lifestyle bloggers. For this reason, I have scoured the web far and wide to bring you the best free brush fonts to use for your visual content marketing needs.
Brush fonts are like the spices in a recipe: add a pinch or two to enhance the flavor (i.e. branding character) of your work.
These fonts can be used not only to write quotations, aphorisms and other motivational messages, which always get a good engagement on social media, but also for a site header or to customize your images.
These fonts are NOT to be used for: titles of all your posts, text of your posts, anything that needs to be read at length, remember what happens when you overdo with the spices?
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Arabella
Designed by My Sunday Type Foundry, this artistic font is perfect for titles, signatures, wedding invitations… anything romantic
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Rissa
Bolder than the previous one but still graceful and readable, the Rissa font by Maulana Creative is ideal for titles and logos.Download it at PixelBuddha.net
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Nightamore
If you need that hint of realism or character given by small imperfections, Nightamore by Fey Design is what you’re looking for. A hand drawn font with just a hint of vintage.
You can download it from the designer’s page on Behance
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Debby
Thanks to its texture and hand drawn style, the Debby font has an organic quality which makes it ideal for titles and citations with a natural theme.You can download it from Behance
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Sophia
This supercute, with a dash of shabby, font is available for free with all the flourishes and variations!
Get it on Behance
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Magnolia Sky
I don’t know what they were doing to come up with such a name, but I like it, it definitely sounds delish.
Magnolia Sky by Stereo-Type is an elegant typeface, despite being very creative and irregular.Download it at Stereo-Type
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Bakery
Designed by the same studio of Magnolia Sky, Bakery is a thick coarse, but still pleasant font. It is ideal to stir up things a bit when images are too tidy.
Download it at Stereo-Type
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Bromello
Modern and romantic with a watercolor effect, the Bromello font by Alit Design is perfect for invitations, titles and graphics with a floral theme.
Available at DaFont
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Lilly Belle
Breezy and graceful at the same time, the Lillybelle font by Emily Spadoni is a mix of cursive and print lettering. It’s decorative, versatile and very feminine.
Find it at DaFont
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Chasing Embers
Chasing Ambers, designed by Branded Quotes, is definitely one of the trendiest typefaces at the moment. In its free version it is available only lowercase with two different watercolor effects.Download it at DaFont
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Brusher
https://www.behance.net/gallery/30399859/brusher-free-font
Thick, clean and upbeat, the Brusher font adds a touch of congeniality to your message.Find it at Behance
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Pomah
I conclude my roundup with the Pomah Type by Leo Supply, a hand-written typeface with just a few imperfections and flourishes to make it interesting without losing readability.
Available at DaFont
Et voila, I hope you enjoyed my selection and remember to use them with good sense! For any comments and hints, hit me on my social channels, I don’t do comments anymore.
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This post is a translation and adaptation of the post I originally wrote for Grazia.it.