The Design Lounge
Our Favorite Handwritten Font

For possibly the best examples of professional penmanship, see P22′s Zaner Pro, an OpenType font based upon the work of one of the most influential penman in American history — Charles Paxton Zaner. One unique feature is that you can apply swashes to the end of a word by typing the tilde character (~). If you keep pressing the tilde key, you’ll cycle through a range of swashes. For some typographic inspiration, download their PDF full of examples of its use.