List of free school fonts for primary level
Table of contents
Criteria of selection..............................................................................................................................1
Block letter fonts for beginners (age 6)................................................................................................2
First block letter learning font “FibelNordTT”................................................................................2
Dotted upper case font “Codystar”..................................................................................................2
Handwriting block letter fonts for beginners...................................................................................3
Handwriting block letter font “123Marker”....................................................................................3
Handwriting block letter font “Patrick Hand”.................................................................................3
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Short Stack”.................................................................4
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Comic Relief”...............................................................4
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Delius”..........................................................................5
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Grundschrift”................................................................5
Latin cursive fonts for advanced learners (from age 7)........................................................................6
Standard Latin cursive “Deutsche Normalschrift”..........................................................................6
Simplified Latin Cursive “Bienchen”..............................................................................................7
Comparison......................................................................................................................................8
Criteria of selection
•
comparability with our text books for beginners
(lowest common denominator)
•
all European characters 1
•
typographic quality
•
real free font without restrictions (see licence)
•
ease of usage
1Fonts tagged “alternative” do not comply to all criteria.
Jens Getreu, 2014
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Block letter fonts for beginners (age 6)
First block letter learning font “FibelNordTT”
Font name:
FibelNordTT
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.peter-wiegel.de/Fonts/FibelNordTT.zip
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ßàéèêîçœõšåæøñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Dotted upper case font “Codystar”
Font name:
Codystar
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Codystar
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ßàéèêîçœõšåæøñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Jens Getreu, 2014
2
Handwriting block letter fonts for beginners
Handwriting block letter font “123Marker”
Font name:
123 Marker
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.dafont.com/123marker.font
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ß à é è ê î ç œ õ š! å æ ø ñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Handwriting block letter font “Patrick Hand”
Font name:
Patrick Hand
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Patrick+Hand
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ßàéèêîçœõšåæøñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Jens Getreu, 2014
3
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Short Stack”
Font name:
Short Stack
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Patrick+Hand
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ß à é è ê î ç œ õ š! å æ ø ñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Comic Relief”
Font name:
Comic Relief
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/comic-relief
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ßàéèêîçœõšåæøñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Jens Getreu, 2014
4
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Delius”
Font name:
Delius
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Delius
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ß à é è ê î ç œ õ š! å æ ø ñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Alternative handwriting block letter font “Grundschrift”
Font name:
Grundschrift
Licence:
Open Font Licence
URL:
http://openfontlibrary.org/en/font/grundschrift
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S
T U V W X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ßàéèêîçäöü
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Jens Getreu, 2014
5
Latin cursive fonts for advanced learners (from age 7)
Standard Latin cursive “Deutsche Normalschrift”
Font name:
Deutsche Normalschrift
License:
Open Font Licence (free)
URL:
http://www.dafont.com/deutsche-normalschrift.font
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
V W X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ß àéèêîçœõšåæøñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Jens Getreu, 2014
6
Simplified Latin Cursive “Bienchen”
Font name:
Bienchen
License:
Open Font Licence (free)
URL:
http://www.dafont.com/bienchen-sas.font
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrs§tuvwxyz
ß à é è ê î ç œ õ \š å æ ø ñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world \is \s§o \full of \a number of \things,
I'm \s§ure ~we \s§hould \be as \happy \as \kings.
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
[Th_e _wo_r_ld _\is_ _\s§_o _\fu_ll_ _of_ _\a_ _nu_m_b_er_ _of_ _\th_in_gs,_ ]
<I'm= =s§u=re= ~we= s=ho=ul= d= \b=e= as= \ha=pp=y= \as= \ki=ng=s.>
Jens Getreu, 2014
7
Comparison
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
V W X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ßàéèêîçœõšåæøñ
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z abcdefghijklmnopqrs§tuvwxyz
ß à é è ê î ç œ õ \š å æ ø ñ
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should be as happy as kings.
Happy Thought
~Robert Louis Stevenson
The world \is \s§o \full of \a number of \things,
I'm \s§ure ~we \s§hould \be as \happy \as \kings.
Jens Getreu, 2014
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