10 Free Beautiful Calligraphic Fonts
- By Vitaly Friedman
- Posted in Fonts
- 83 comments
By Paul Viluda
The word “calligraphy” is derived from two Greek words, denoting “beautiful writing”. Calligraphy or the art of writing has thousands of years in its history and development, and indeed calligraphy fonts, which we often use these days on our PCs to create a postcard or a wedding invitation card, are absolutely about aesthetics, refinement, creativity, and pure beauty.
Below is the selection of a dozen of calligraphy free fonts, you can easily download from the Internet and use for your own uniquely beautiful projects.
Fine, tender, and delicate, this Young Love ES calligraphy free font is the demonstration of calligraphy in its traditional meaning. The font has vivid features of a handwriting script, so it will suit perfectly for personal messages, invitations, or greetings. Besides, it can be used for some art logo designs. The font is supplied with the impressive set of character maps supported, thus making this free font a very flexible tool, allowing the use of multiple specific language characters and symbols.
The King & Queen is another Calligraphy font, available for free download online. This font has some traces of gothic or alternative style due to its grungy background. Besides, font designer used different line widths, which makes the font look more “manual” or “hand-written”. Some thorny lines and edges add specific chic to this free Calligraphy font; so, it is definitely recommended for designers, who like to experiment with fonts and are not afraid of mixing classic design with alternative shades.
Clear, reserved, and appropriate – I would use those adjectives to describe Cygnet calligraphy font, which is also available for free download. The font looks pretty rounded but without those fancy curls, as we can see in other calligraphy fonts. Both lowercase and upper Roman characters are included in the Cygnet character map. Besides, it also contains a vast variety of additional characters, allowing the use of this font in alphabets with accented letters.
Designed by Bay Animation Inc., this script font features medium weight and expanded proportion. The font is supplied with different character maps to suit the needs of the most exacting designers, who want to use some peculiar characters and signs. Along with the Basic Latin character map, you will also receive Latin Supplement, Latin Extended, General Punctuation, and even Letterlike Symbols in one box.
Chopin font is one of the most favorite free fonts in calligraphy category. It has already become a number one choice for many millions of designers, searching for a nice-looking, appealing, and neat calligraphy font. Uppercase letters look pretty fancy; however, this never prevents easy reading of a text; besides, the lowercase characters are designed in a traditional calligraphy manner. The font consists of 129 characters, including special symbols.
With 227 characters included in the character map, Calligraphy FLF free font is a very good option for those creative applications, where strict and reserved calligraphy is expected. No fancy curls, all the attention is paid to content rather than to form. I would say this free font has a definite English scent of punctuality, demureness, and reliability. Calligraphy FLF was designed by Richard A. Ware, one of the representatives of the old school of font designers.
Peculiarity of this free calligraphy font is that along with basic Latin characters, it also contains Cyrillic and Greek symbols, which makes it a great choice when working with the alphabets other than Roman A-Z alphabet. Besides, the font contains mathematical operators and punctuation marks. The font has a classic calligraphy look with Roman alphabet, though with Cyrillic letters it is really curly, which makes it resemble some hand-writing art. The only thing I noted is that this font looks pretty small in regard to the font size chosen, however this can hardly be a drawback of this very nice and professional calligraphy font, friendly to Cyrillic and Greek letters.
There are two variants of this free font as shown on the samples above. The classic Champignon looks very pretty and appropriate in terms of classic calligraphy principles. Champignon Alt Swash looks differently and creates the feeling of sprawling handwriting.
Windsong is another free calligraphy font, featuring clear and light design. Light as the wind and smooth as a classic song, this font by Bright Ideas represents a traditional handwriting calligraphy. Both uppercase and lowercase letters look very close to the letters from school books. Numbers, as well as punctuation marks, are also present in the character map (247 characters in total). The font is characterized as semi-light in weight and medium (normal) in width. Windsong will be a good choice for projects, where classic calligraphy with handwriting look is expected.
Lainie Day with its delicate shapes of characters (Roman alphabet only), classic, but not boring lines, is definitely a must have calligraphy font for every designer. It looks like a golden middle between strict and reserved traditional calligraphy and modern fancy handwriting with many twirlings. Again, using this font you will stay focused on the message expressed by letters, and not on the form of those letters. Anyway, Lainie Day just like any other calligraphy font is the combination of content and pure aesthetics.
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indigo, 05 March 2010
great set, thanks!
Federico, 20 November 2012
Hi Indigo, your name is beautiful.
osman, 05 March 2010
thank you.
but, a “jane austen” would be great on that list ;)
Deepak, 05 March 2010
wow..nice set of fonts..thanks for sharing.
Andy Gongea, 05 March 2010
Very nice collection indeed. Useful in some projects. Cheers!
Callum Chapman, 05 March 2010
Lovely collection. I think I sometimes prefer smaller round-ups compared to the huge ones!
avanti, 05 March 2010
great collection….simply i am gonna use some of these..
looking forward for more..!!
Jordan Walker, 05 March 2010
Thanks for the set of fonts.
Lisa, 05 March 2010
these are so beautiful. i always love a lovely script font. for other font resources, give http://www.pilo.me a look, it has an exorbitant amount of caligraphy and script fonts. these are perfect for elegant packaging and invitations. thanks for the share.
joenutz, 07 March 2010
wish i had a membership lisa!
Sang Valte, 05 March 2010
Thanks for the effort in putting these together.
“Lainie Day” is my favorite!
Omer Greenwald, 05 March 2010
Beautiful collection. I like Liberate Wide Normal the most
Patrick, 05 March 2010
NK39pc_D is a blatant rip off of Bickham. Wow. Did he just open the original font files in Fontlab and export them under a different name?
FontSpace.com, 05 March 2010
Yes, several of these fonts are blatant rip-offs or downright commercial fonts.
Liberate is by BayFonts and is sold here, NOT FREE! (http://bayfonts.com/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=liberate&x=0&y=0)
Noupe: please screen your posts!
Pyre, 22 May 2011
Adobe’s “Bickham Script” has no glyphs at all in the “Greek and Coptic” or “Cyrillic” ranges — while NK39pc_D is being commended here for precisely such glyphs.
It follows that NK39pc_D cannot be *simply* a “rip-off” of Bickham. At the very least it would have to be an extension.
Amberly | Web Designer, 05 March 2010
Always looking for these kind of great fonts. Love it
DesignTypeGeek, 05 March 2010
Great set of fonts, I just had an idea for “The King and Queen”
deamonicangel, 05 March 2010
Thanks for the great list, I’ve been looking for something like this for a while now.
~Deamonic Angel
zohaib, 05 March 2010
useful material and free too. thanks for share
Jenna Molby, 05 March 2010
Great collection of fonts, thanks for sharing!
hedda_hopper, 06 March 2010
Lovely – thanks!
Ashley, 06 March 2010
Thanks for the great collection of fonts
Peter, 06 March 2010
Always need good fonts thank you.
Cheers Peter
dKurve, 07 March 2010
Beautiful collection…
Mino BuG', 07 March 2010
Searching for this :) thanks
Yan, 08 March 2010
Yes that´s nice.. ;-)
greetz yan
Jackson-5, 08 March 2010
Thank`s
Dan, 10 March 2010
No ‘Brush’ font? What’s happened to the world =P
samedus, 10 March 2010
nice font set thank you !
Mickey Loretz, 16 March 2010
Ok, i think i will save this for thenext time I’ll have to argue with Frank (friend of mine) about it! I wasn’t wrong :D
Howard Bentley, 06 June 2010
I used calligraphy FLF a lot but lost it on a re-format. So glad to get it back, and free! thanks
zur4ik, 25 July 2010
nice collection :)
Priyank Sharma, 01 August 2010
Great collection you guys got here. Bookmarking this for future use! :)
giash, 02 October 2010
i always love calligraphy font. so this is excellent.
najmeh, 10 October 2010
thanks.very beautiful
Alex, 18 October 2010
Thanks U somuch!..9 day!..:)
mahesh jagtap, 27 November 2010
excellent
Faye, 30 December 2010
I was so excited when I found these fonts. I have just recently started wrutung with this kind of font again. I was really good at it in high school, but over the years had not used it much. Now I am in college and have found that it really helps on some projects. I also just enjoy writing to relax after I get home from the internship I do as part of the requirements for the program I am in for my degree.I find it really relaxing when I am stressed.
kriti, 24 February 2011
Hi, You have some really excellent articles on your blog. I also like the theme and the layout too. excellent work!thanks for sharing your font collection. i like calligraphy art.i will share this articles to my friends.I would like to share this video of calligraphy artist Dave Wood with reader of this blog
http://davewood.com.au/blog/videos/artist-at-work-dave-wood-the-master-of-calligraphy-art
thanks
J-F, 06 April 2011
im looking for a callygraphic greek lettering anybody can help me?
Sana, 04 June 2011
I like calligraphy And i also writeen bye.
vikneshraj, 06 June 2011
nice font style!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tony, 20 June 2011
I also found a great calligraphic fonts on:
http://ukrfonts.com/info/index.php?v=20&id=215
Kath, 28 June 2011
My favourite font is called ‘jelly’. It’s handwriting rather than calligraphy but it’s really cool
edison, 04 July 2011
Lindas fontes, grato.
jyothi, 23 July 2011
excellent fonts. wanted more of such kind
eduardo, 14 August 2011
Parabens são lindas.( are eccellent, is beautiful.)
Aman, 19 August 2011
Amazing………..It was nice to learn new styles .Thanks & keep enlighting us with more font styles.
Diwakar Regmi, 21 August 2011
pleasing to eyes, heart and mind.
Jay Deltree, 09 September 2011
Thanks so much. I’ve been looking for a set like this
Lakshmi, 27 December 2011
Nice…..
Radhika, 05 January 2012
ultimate collection…………….. thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Roby Fitzhenry, 16 January 2012
NK39pc_D is a complete ripoff of Bickham Script Pro…
anil, 20 January 2012
its vry nice…. :-)
nitisha, 24 February 2012
wow superb,splendid
Manasa, 26 February 2012
hi.its soooooooo nice .i wanna learn quickly .thank u.
ethel marie, 29 March 2012
Love the yellow background. Thank you for sharing.
manasa, 10 April 2012
awesome calligraphy;)
eanns, 29 April 2012
I love the king and queen font do you have any more fonts?:]
laveena goswami, 02 May 2012
it’s really awesome
mansoor ali, 12 May 2012
Very well, so nice fonts.
it’s so precious
Wajeeha, 30 May 2012
Thanks a lot. I’m making my website and these will come in handy perfectly.
Kelton Wyatt Sansah, 05 June 2012
Wow good writings, I think I will try my hand on them one by one till I get to know them all very well.
Thanks for your help!
Jeannette Jensen, 17 June 2012
Beautiful font, thanks for sharing!
Minhaj Alam, 04 July 2012
nice collection i learnt many more writing style from it.. thanx………..
aatish arts, 10 July 2012
nice collection
simara, 22 July 2012
nice work …. I just love fontss. Thankyou so much ~~~~
Grant, 01 August 2012
Some really nice fonts here…cheers for sharing!
dennis, 07 August 2012
i would love to see or if you know any greek calligraphic fonts set …plz if anyone knows i would much appreciate to point out to me whereto go….ty for your time
ps. very nice fonts you have here.
mahatb, 09 August 2012
Ahaan! Nice fonts i like it
fnkxz Dear :)
take care to keep smile on your face always :)
Anjani, 15 August 2012
Great….!!!
Really very nice collection of fonts….
Dipak Tarafder, 20 August 2012
I’m very much fond of the writing style. I want to write in my various letters.
Maryam, 03 September 2012
Wonderful collection! it helped me a LOT! Thanks a million
kaveeta, 22 September 2012
Awesome!! Whoa!never seen anything more beautiful since ambigrams.Three cheers to the creator!!!
Erik v/d Ven, 04 December 2012
I was just looking fot this! Awesome fonts! Good to know it’s called “calligraphy”, didn’t knew that :)
monailyas, 04 December 2012
beautiful!!!! it helped me a lot
vivek, 04 December 2012
awesome styles of calligraphy
elvis troy, 15 December 2012
thanks a lot .it was a great help.
elvis troy, 15 December 2012
fonts are grosom
elvis troy, 15 December 2012
superb
kevin, 07 January 2013
am good at calligraphy anyway can it pay…i do it for fun
siddeshdali, 19 February 2013
nice calligraphy
gnanadevi, 09 March 2013
its very nice to see. thanks for your kind sharing.