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10 sketchy fonts for web designers

5. September 2008 • 37 comments

Not that long ago I was looking for some nice sketchy font to use in my project. There are not so many good quality sketchy fonts so I am sharing with you ten of them I liked the most.

Caitlyn
caitlyn

VTKS 36
vtks

Sketchy
sketchy

Sketch Rockwell
sketch_rockwell

Mia's Scribblings
mias_scriblings

FFF Tusj
fff_tusj

Pointy
pointy

Urban Sketch
urban_sketch

Karabine
karabine

Kraboudja
kraboudja

Tip on how to use sketchy fonts in Photoshop

Sketchy font, you guess, fits well with paper textures. Of course, there are a zillion ways you can use this fonts, limit is just your imagination. Here is an example of what you can do. I did something similar for the design I created recently.

sketchy_font_example

37 Responses

  1. Robert Augustin 5. September 2008 at 18:11

    Those are some nice typefaces. I didn’t know Rockwell in this manner! Thanks for collecting these.

  2. Andy Ford 5. September 2008 at 19:34

    I recently tried adding Sketch Rockwell to a project via sIFR. It worked as normal, but the original .ttf and the .swf sIFR font file are both about 516KB (most sIFR font files tend to weigh in at around 20KB). It took 7 or 8 seconds for the sIFR flash movie to load on my faster than average DSL connection.

    I think I’ll use image replacement rather than sIFR for this particular font.

    I assume all that sketchy detail really adds to the file size. I would suspect that most of the fonts on this list could have similar file sizes which would make using them with sIFR questionable

    Just thought I’d point that out if you’re considering using typefaces like these with sIFR. You might want to stick to image replacement if the file sizes are too big

  3. Kris 5. September 2008 at 20:12

    I just happen to be working on a redesign of one of my sites and might use one of those for the logo… thanks!

  4. Angie Bowen 5. September 2008 at 21:12

    Really nice collection, thanks! I also think it was a great idea to give us some tips on using them.

  5. Gerasimos 6. September 2008 at 11:02

    Sketch Rockwell rocks! thanx for the list :)

  6. Ryan Selvy 6. September 2008 at 20:32

    Wow! This is wonderful! I snagged two or three I really liked. Nice selection, youve really got an eye. I’m going to sub through RSS :D

  7. Bunny got Blog 7. September 2008 at 00:21

    I didn’t know Rockwell only from his art work. Good stuff here.

  8. Christian Ross 8. September 2008 at 15:50

    Nice list. I’ve used both Sketch Rockwell and Karabine for recent projects. Never seen Caitlyn before but I have in mind a good spot to use it. Cheers

  9. Free Website Templates 8. September 2008 at 16:29

    Good collection, thanks!

  10. Joomla Developer 8. September 2008 at 17:42

    Good job. I love this grungy style. It’s becoming very popular around the web today.

  11. Pinay Sexy 8. September 2008 at 19:17

    you have a very cool site! i’ll subscribe(H)

  12. Geert 9. September 2008 at 10:14

    Thanks for the fonts.

    However I’m more interested in the font that you used in the last picture. You know where you demonstrate how you can use them.

    Which font did you use for "or you can play…."

    Best regards
    Geert

  13. Raul 9. September 2008 at 13:02

    nice

  14. BPO 9. September 2008 at 18:28

    these are great!

  15. The Ad Mad 9. September 2008 at 18:31

    I’m cool with this fonts, but I think they look awfuly forced when a letter repeats and you can see it’s a premade font. For hand written stuff, come on, if you’re a true designer, grab a pencil and just do it

  16. Janko 9. September 2008 at 19:46

    Geert, it’s Reprobate > http://www.dafont.com/reprobate.font

    @TheAdMad: I don’t have anything against using premade typography. These fonts are made to be used by web designers. Hand written letters are fine as well, but it depends on what you want to create.

  17. Ronald 9. September 2008 at 21:06

    A cool article (H) funny fonts and some are usefull so thx for that.

  18. Dani 10. September 2008 at 10:19

    I love these fonts! Thanks for posting! :D

  19. starry 10. September 2008 at 15:21

    Awesome collection of fonts! These are some great ideas! Thanx.

  20. suadref 11. September 2008 at 22:22

    Hmm… reminds me of Juno a lot…(H)

  21. Andrew Kelsall 12. September 2008 at 21:29

    Great collection, it’s hard to search for the right font sometimes, so I love to see collections like this. It’s something I’ll probably refer back to when choosing a font…

  22. Dmitry 17. September 2008 at 17:31

    Very nice — have only used a couple of them before. Great finds :)

  23. flash games 17. September 2008 at 22:59

    Nice selection, you’ve really got an eye. These are some great ideas! Thank you!:D

  24. free ps3 18. September 2008 at 21:45

    Cheers for the font links! :D

  25. Webdesign Grafische Vormgeving 19. September 2008 at 23:45

    Wow those are some very nice fonts. I like Sketchy, pointy and karabine a lot! Thanks for sharing!

  26. Website Hosting 30. September 2008 at 14:30

    That really great collection! Thanks

  27. Dulce 28. October 2008 at 17:44

    I love these fonts. It came in handy for my next project. Thanks for compiling it. :)

  28. Social Networking Website for Charity 19. November 2008 at 21:29

    Simply fantastic, many many thanks for posting it here!!!

  29. Sony Playstation 3 25. November 2008 at 00:27

    I like sketchy and Mia’s Scribblings. Good set, I like em.

  30. sky 8. January 2009 at 21:16

    Excellent works mate… Nice collection :)

  31. Susan 22. January 2009 at 16:10

    I Love Sketch Rockwell. I had it a few years back and bought a new computer and couldn’t find the font. I’ve been looking for it for days but had forgotten what it was called. Thanks! There are a lot of handwritten fonts but your selections here are top-notch!

  32. Ari 27. February 2009 at 17:22

    Very-very nice fonts. Thanxs to share it..

  33. Filip Jakobsen 17. June 2009 at 17:04

    Rockwell Sketch isn’t free for commercial use it seems…! (or maybe not free at all?)

    http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/artill-typs/sketch-block/

  34. kalyan 27. June 2009 at 22:06

    thanks mate

  35. MJ Stapleford Corporate Identity 21. August 2009 at 17:26

    I really like the quirky style of Pointy. FFF Tusj is also very cool. I love to see hand created typefaces they do not always look as professional as computer generated typefaces but they certainly have a stronger feeling of being playful and free when it comes to design.

  36. Ivan Minic 23. August 2009 at 16:19

    Nice selection!

    A few additions from me ;)

    1. Skooper ~ http://www.dafont.com/skooper.font
    2. Denne Sketchy ~ http://www.dafont.com/denne-sketchy.font
    3. No Running In The Halls ~ http://www.dafont.com/no-running-in-the-halls.font
    4. Pointy Solid ~ http://www.dafont.com/pointy-solid.font
    5. Scrum Bucket ~ http://www.dafont.com/scrum-bucket.font

    Keep up the good work ;)

  37. nift 19. September 2009 at 07:52

    Usually I’m a little scared of free fonts because of all the tweaking they require but this is a solid little collection. Thanks so much!