Scripts are used to create hand-written text simulations in textbooks or other printing products. So called handwritten fonts. They imitate the handwriting made with a pencil, ink, pen and other tools.
Formal scripts
Handwritten fonts are most often divided into two groups. One of them is called formal scripts. This group includes classical styles that imitate the style of the 17th-18th centuries. Most often, they imitate the writing with a pen, and the thickness of the line is uniform.
These scripts are used to print invitations, letters. The text in them will resemble old manuscripts or copybooks. Classic examples of this font group are:
- Olga (handwritten Russian font);
- Propisi (it is often called school and is used in textbooks and workbooks);
- Kuenstler Script (foreign);
- Palace Script (Latin).
Casual scripts
The second large group are casual scripts. They have a freer in the thickness of lines lines, can give the text the effect of writing with a wet brush or engraving.
Their use is broader, and this group of styles has gained the most popularity since the middle of the 20th century. First of all, these handwritten fonts are intended for use in printed advertising products, imitation of engraving, decoration of photographs.
It is important that the fonts are used in moderation. Despite their elegance, large chunks of text made with their help will be hard to read. Best of all, any handwritten fonts look in small passages of text, headings and to highlight individual phrases.
The formal group of scripts is more conservative, therefore, all modern types of styles are most often attributed to casual ones. In the catalogs you can find not only elegant letters, but also written with deliberate negligence.
Where can I find handwritten fonts for the designer?
Many of those who constantly use the program Adobe Photoshop, know that it has an insufficient set of handwritten fonts by default. For example, there is no handwritten Russian font. Therefore, you must attend to their search yourself. It will not be difficult, the main thing is to approach the issue thoroughly. It remains only to load them into the program, and it will be possible to surprise customers with new, very beautiful and original fonts.
How to add a handwritten font to Photoshop
After you have downloaded the fonts, you must install them in the graphic editor "Photoshop". To do this, you can use one of the following methods.
- First of all, you need to download the file with the extension .ttf. Select it in the downloads folder and copy it to the Photoshop font folder. It is located in the root directory of the program. Immediately after these manipulations, the list of scripts will be updated.
- Another way is to update the fonts of the entire OS. To do this, you need to copy the file to the folder C: \ WINDOWS \ Fonts.
- If it is difficult for you to find the necessary folders, then you can use the control panel. After starting this interface, you need to find the “Fonts” shortcut and call up the list of scripts with a double click. In the window that opens, you can place copies of downloaded fonts or install them using a special tool. The path to it: “File” - “Install Font”. After you select this menu item, an additional window will appear in which you need to find the storage location of the downloaded additional script. Locate the necessary file in the folder (by default, all data downloaded from the Internet is stored in the “Downloads”), select it and confirm the action with the “OK” button.
Any of these methods will help you add new design features to Photoshop. In numerous online catalogs you can easily find a font that will appeal not only to you, but also to your customers.