10 sketchy fonts for web designers
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.
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.
Those are some nice typefaces. I didn’t know Rockwell in this manner! Thanks for collecting these.
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
I just happen to be working on a redesign of one of my sites and might use one of those for the logo… thanks!
Really nice collection, thanks! I also think it was a great idea to give us some tips on using them.
Sketch Rockwell rocks! thanx for the list :)
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
I didn’t know Rockwell only from his art work. Good stuff here.
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
Good collection, thanks!
Good job. I love this grungy style. It’s becoming very popular around the web today.
you have a very cool site! i’ll subscribe(H)
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
nice
these are great!
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
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.
A cool article (H) funny fonts and some are usefull so thx for that.
I love these fonts! Thanks for posting! :D
Awesome collection of fonts! These are some great ideas! Thanx.
Hmm… reminds me of Juno a lot…(H)
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…
Very nice — have only used a couple of them before. Great finds :)
Nice selection, you’ve really got an eye. These are some great ideas! Thank you!:D
Cheers for the font links! :D
Wow those are some very nice fonts. I like Sketchy, pointy and karabine a lot! Thanks for sharing!
That really great collection! Thanks
I love these fonts. It came in handy for my next project. Thanks for compiling it. :)
Simply fantastic, many many thanks for posting it here!!!
I like sketchy and Mia’s Scribblings. Good set, I like em.
Excellent works mate… Nice collection :)
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!
Very-very nice fonts. Thanxs to share it..
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/
thanks mate
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.
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 ;)
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!
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