Comments on: What's this handwritten font?

Question: What's this handwritten font?

MythMaker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:40:27 -0800

Can anyone identify the font in this picture?

I've already tried What the Font with no luck. I know it's a really low resolution image, but does anyone recognize this handwriting font? Thanks in advance for your help.

By: Typographica

Typographica — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:44:37 -0800

Based on the amateur quality of the letterforms (tails and 's' too long, create awkward spaces), it's likely a free font. Peruse the handwritten category at dafont.com.

If you want something a little more professional, have a look at this list of handwriting fonts.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:50:04 -0800

I already checked out dafont, actually, with no luck so far. Thanks for the suggestion!

By: wabbittwax

wabbittwax — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:05:34 -0800

Is there a chance that it's not a font at all, but rather the original artist's actual scanned handwriting?

By: studentbaker

studentbaker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:31:13 -0800

Here is the the creator's deviantART page. You could try emailing him and see if he'll tell you what font he used.

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:14:13 -0800

I ran through the questions on Identifont, too, and while I got 30 matches, none of them were right. This is kind of making me crazy...that lowercase "m" and the awkward spacing Typographica mentioned seem SO familiar; however crude it might be, it's definitely a font I've seen elsewhere and not something made from scratch by the designer.

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:28:55 -0800

Found it. It's a free font called Arabdances.

By: Typographica

Typographica — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:53:37 -0800

Oh wow, very different than the image implied. Do I get half a point for guessing it was free?

If you're interested in other Arabic emulation emulation Latin type, there's FF Falafel and Faux Arabic.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:01:11 -0800

That's it! On his deviantART page, he has a much higher resolution version, and you can see the little dots over the lower case i. I guess he erased the extra dots on the other letters.

Thanks so much everybody!