WRITTEN BY JANKO

05 September 2008
37 comments

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.

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

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

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37 Comment(s)

Robert Augustin 05 Sep 2008 #

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

Andy Ford 05 Sep 2008 #

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

Kris 05 Sep 2008 #

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

Angie Bowen 05 Sep 2008 #

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

Gerasimos 06 Sep 2008 #

Sketch Rockwell rocks! thanx for the list

Ryan Selvy 06 Sep 2008 #

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

Bunny got Blog 07 Sep 2008 #

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

Christian Ross 08 Sep 2008 #

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

Free Website Templates 08 Sep 2008 #

Good collection, thanks!

Joomla Developer 08 Sep 2008 #

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

Pinay Sexy 08 Sep 2008 #

you have a very cool site! i'll subscribe

Geert 09 Sep 2008 #

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

Raul 09 Sep 2008 #

nice

BPO 09 Sep 2008 #

these are great!

The Ad Mad 09 Sep 2008 #

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

Janko 09 Sep 2008 #

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.

Ronald 09 Sep 2008 #

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

Dani 10 Sep 2008 #

I love these fonts! Thanks for posting!

starry 10 Sep 2008 #

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

suadref 11 Sep 2008 #

Hmm... reminds me of Juno a lot...

Andrew Kelsall 12 Sep 2008 #

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...

Dmitry 17 Sep 2008 #

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

flash games 17 Sep 2008 #

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

free ps3 18 Sep 2008 #

Cheers for the font links!

Webdesign Grafische Vormgeving 19 Sep 2008 #

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

Website Hosting 30 Sep 2008 #

That really great collection! Thanks

Dulce 28 Oct 2008 #

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

Social Networking Website for Charity 19 Nov 2008 #

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

Sony Playstation 3 25 Nov 2008 #

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

sky 08 Jan 2009 #

Excellent works mate... Nice collection

Susan 22 Jan 2009 #

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!

Ari 27 Feb 2009 #

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

Filip Jakobsen 17 Jun 2009 #

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

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

kalyan 27 Jun 2009 #

thanks mate

MJ Stapleford Corporate Identity 21 Aug 2009 #

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.

Ivan Minic 23 Aug 2009 #

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 ;)

nift 19 Sep 2009 #

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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