❧ Useful links: Luther’s Manuscripts at the UNESCO Memory of the World at Google Arts and Culture Martin Luther font on Kickstarter (with Film about the creation) Each letter of the Martin Luther font is strictly based on original samples found in Martin Luther’s 500 year old handwritten manuscripts. Letters that occur more often for example vowels have two or more different versions stored in the font. (➶ Figure 4) These alternative forms are exchanged automatically by the font as you type, and create a vivid look that comes close to actual handwriting. The font avoids that two identical letters are placed next to each other like, for example the two “o” in the word “look”. ➸ What Historic Sources is the Font based on? Two historic documents were used to base the font on. The notes Luther took before giving his speech in Worms in 1521 and a 6 page letter he wrote immediately after to Emperor Charles V., summarising his speech (➶ Figure 2). Both documents have been added to the UNESCO “Memory of the World” and can be seen at the Google Arts and Culture website. ➸ The Creation of a Handwriting Font The creation of a handwriting font is very different from the creation of a regular font. Harald Geisler has specialised in recreating handwriting in preceding projects with Albert Einstein’s, Sigmund Freud’s and his own handwriting. His experience working with Archives and Museums has gone into this project. First Geisler analyses the movement in the writing to understand how each letter is drawn. This involves partially learning how to write like a person. In this process not the outlines of the sample are reproduced but the original movement path of the handwriting (➶ Figure 3). In a second step width and contrast is added to reproduce Martin Luther’s characteristic impetus and the writing tools used at the time. (Link: Youtube Playlist showcasing the creation of individual letters) How about signs that can’t be found in archives? Some Glyphs can not be found in 500 year old manuscripts, for example the @-sign. Towards the end of the creation one collects a profund amount of details about how a writer moves on paper and addresses certain tasks moving the pen. Keeping this knowledge in mind an improvisation can be based on similar letter forms. For example the @ sign is based on of the movement of a lowercase a and parenthesis. ➸ Features of the Martin Luther font ❶ Extensive Documentation of the creation of the font, including high quality reproduction of the used manuscripts. ❷ Additional texts from Historian Dr. Henning Jürgens and Palaeographer (and Luther handwriting expert) Prof. Ulrich Bubenheimer ❸ Alternating Letters - in handwriting every word looks a bit different. To avoid that two identical letterforms are placed next to each other (for example in the word look) the font actively changes between different versions of letters as you type. ❹ Ligatures - characteristic writing forms when two letters are combined (for example “ct”) (➶ Figure 5) ❺ Terminal Letterforms - renders a special letterform when letter is at the end of a word. (➶ Figure 8) ❻ ‘’’Initial and Medial Letterforms''' - some letterforms are different when placed in the beginning or middle of a word, for example the lowercase s. ❼ Luther Rose - is a seal Luther used to authorise his correspondence. Today it is a widely recognized symbol for Luther. When you enter the numbers of Luthers year of birth and death 14831546 using the Martin Luther PRO font, it will render a stylised version of the Luther Rose. (➶ Figure 7) ❽ Historic letter-forms - letter-forms that are specific to medieval writing around 1500. For example the long-s or h with a loop at the bottom. (➶ Figure 6) ⚑ Multi language support - see the technical information tab for a full list of supported languages. (➶ Figure 11) ➸ The different Styles explained ❋ Martin Luther PRO - this includes all features listed above and is geared towards writing texts that are more readable today. It features alternating letters to create a natural handwriting look as well as two stylistic sets accessible through the OpenType menu. Historic forms are available through the glyph picker. ❋ Martin Luther Historic - this font creates a historically correct reproduction (i.e. with long-s) of Luther’s medieval latin handwriting. It features alternating letters to create a natural handwriting look as well as two stylistic sets accessible through the OpenType menu. ❋ Martin Luther Expert-1 - Dedicated access to the first set of letters only. ❋ Martin Luther Expert-2 - Dedicated access to the second set of letters only. ❈❈❈ Family Pack - recieve all fonts at a discounted price. ❈❈❈ ➸ Kickstarter The creation and development of the Martin Luther font was financed by 500 supporters on ➸Kickstarter.

Alright is a cursive font is based on the handwriting alphabets used in education, but with modern short ascenders and descenders. Most of the lowercase letters and half of the capitals join up smartly. A useful teaching alphabet and surprisingly stylish too.

Sometimes work done in a rush survives and gets better and better. This is the case of Talqual, a Joan Barjau handwriting font straight from the strokes made with a Wacom tablet while listening to a Barça football match on the radio.

Introducing of our new product the name is Berlion a Handwritting Script Font, Berlion inspired by Bouncy Calligraphy style with a fun theme very good for Logotype, kids poster, flyer, childrenbook, cartoon, comic etc FEATURES : Uppercase Lowercase Number Punctuation Multilingual PUA Encode Opentype

From Skyler is a fast and wild handwriting font. The typeface is created by Måns Grebäck and supports a wide range of Latin languages. It has several alternate characters, both stylistic and contextual, to make the variation within the lettering more natural.

Natural Blues is my laid back handwriting font, and it is also the name of a song by Moby. Maybe I was inspired by that song … I can’t tell. But what I can tell is that having the blues is a natural thing!

A modern handwritten script font that balances creativity with clear legibility that contains upper & lowercase characters, all punctuation and numerals. Designed so the text reflects stylish natural handwriting, with ligatures and carefully kerned characters mixed with unjoined letters for a contemporary feel.

The font is made with natural and elegant handwriting, suitable for the needs of those of you who want to use it for a variety of amazing purposes. Maybe you can use this in various media to make it look attractive and natural.

Erich Heckel (1883 - 1970) was a German painter and printmaker. He was a founding member of Die Brücke (The Bridge), a group of German expressionists. Heckel font somewhat resembles the loose (and messy) handwriting Erich Heckel used in some of his drafts.

Slightly erratic straight up brush tip handwriting script that was written with an ‘intoxicated’ hand, with a lot of very unique characters as a result. The overall font looks wild yet very readable. It includes all eastern European, Baltic, Scandinavian and Turkish characters.

The capitals of the Triplett font bare a strong resemblance to Roman inscriptions, while the lowercase alphabet has been drawn with a rounded hand, inspired by the cursive uncial handwriting. Serifs are very small, giving a clean modern look to texts and headings.

Bearish is a handwritten modern display font, inspired by kids handwriting. It's perfectly suited for crafters and graphic artists to complete their design such as invitations, advertisements, posters, logos, birthday carts, product signs, and many more. Bearish contains all standard glyphs and punctuations.

Belle Amour – Modern Calligraphy is an handwritten script font based on the expression of real handwriting. Cattus – Modern Casual Script will work perfectly for fashion, e-commerce brands, trend blogs, wedding boutiques or any business that wants to appear upscale and chic.

Mike Samiya is a playful and unique font crafted very carefully. Mike Samiya is perfect use for a logo for branding, typography design, christmas card, product packaging, invitation, quotes, t-shirt design, label poster, special events and anything that need handwriting taste.

Kyoto Northern is a great choice for a brand identity, suitable for packaging, web banners, headlines and business cards, very unique and natural. This font is handwritten using a marker pen, equipped with a ligature following the habit of writing quickly, so you can feel the sensation of handwriting which is very natural. When you write in a relaxed and calm state, your writing will look very good and the writing flows well. Kyoto is the name of the city that we chose as a representative of calm and natural. Type and feel the amazing handwriting.

DaiVernon is based on the handwriting of card magician extraordinaire Dai Vernon. Known as "The Professor", Vernon was a beloved expert in sleight-of-hand and card magic. These fonts are based on the penmanship in his notebooks from the 1920s, which feature almost no lowercase letters. DaiVernon Direct is based on what appears to be his hastier style, while DaiVernon Misdirect is based on his neater hand. Numerous OpenType bonus glyphs, contextual alternates and discretionary ligatures help to create the feel of his handwriting. Thanks go to Michael Albright, David Ben, and Gene Matsuura for helping to provide access to Vernon's notebooks.

Greater Delight a Natural Handwritting Script. Feel the natural and beautiful handwriting impression! Greater Delight is perfect for any tittles, logo, product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Greater Delight come with Beginning and Ending swash, also come with multilingual support to fulfill your need! We highly recommend using a program that supports OpenType features and Glyphs panels like many of Adobe apps and Corel Draw, so you can see and access all Glyph variations. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email. Thank You!

Bettylavia is a script font that has a distinctive handwriting, it is perfect for making certain labels and business events and you can use them for unique works. Alternate characters in the Bettylavia font are divided into OpenType features such as Stylistic Alternate, Stylistic Sets, Swash and Ligature.

Cherrydorry, a chic and elegant handwritten font with classy ligatures. It also support multilingual characters and absolutely PUA encoded. I recommend this font for logos, business cards, fashion design, beauty design, magazine, or a movie. With natural handwriting and a lovely pen stroke, Cherrydorry will blend into your design.

Blusty Font Duo is an handwritten script font based on the expression of real handwriting, lets you transform type into an exciting and beautiful piece of work. The irregular, hand-lettered look adds a real human touch to things and comes along with a lot of loving details.

ntroducing by Essentials Studio Proudly Present, FARMSHED FARMSHED Is a A Handwriting Playfull Fonts FARMSHED is perfect for product packaging, branding project, megazine, social media, wedding, or just used to express words above the background. Enjoy the font, feel free to comment or feedback, send me PM or email.

Introducing the Milionaria font, which is used for the needs of designers who are looking for characters such as signature writing which is used for logo designs, branding, invitation cards, business cards and so on. This font is inspired by the natural but elegant handwriting style of characters.

Introducing Breaking Monday Font! Breaking Monday is a stunning signature script font. Breaking Monday is suitable for handwriting logos, T-shirts, merchandise, quotes, social media posts, advertising, and a lot more! Breaking Monday comes with an accent language. To access swashes just type _1, _2, etc. Thank You!

Chauncy Pro is a bouncy, artistic, childish handwriting font that comes in four practical weights: Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. The jaunty little font is based on the left-handed penmanship of an artist and it's ready to go play with some of your fanciful, light-hearted designs.

Roullet Fonts is a handwriting style. For designers, Instagrammers, bloggers, YouTubers, fashion lovers or somebody who Loves Fresh design. Roullet Fonts are suitable for any modern-design such as ad banner, modern card, invitation, announcement, seasonal design, social media promotion, web design, branding and logo stylist and many more.

Bullerby is a font inspired by children's handwriting. The letters are characterized by charming curves in the lowercase and distinct condensed traits in the upper case. It is very versatile in use: it is ideal for logos, packaging, posters, advertisements, and much more. The font supports 68 languages.

Designed at ParaType in 1995 by Tagir Safayev. Based on informal handwriting. Formerly known as PT Tagir. For use in advertising and display typography.

FG Petra looks like usual handwriting yet very pretty! It has a large 'K' in lowercase; I think that is what makes it special.

The handwriting of a college student - complete with the whimsical nature of a student jotting down notes to friends or doodling in her journal.

Life of Apples is a Fun Handwriting typeface, perfectly suitable for creating quotes, kids book, lifestyle design such as logos, title, magazine, and more.

I design this Sketch font from my own handwriting. I was inspired by Sketch Writing when I designed buildings. Fond This can be used in writing books. titles of books, magazines, clothes and can also be used as branding. You can choose several alternative capital letters and ligatures according to your wishes in writing your writing form. Thanks.

LisaBeth Weber's eponymous typeface ITC Weber Hand is deceptively simple-looking. It's a handwriting face in a light, monolineal style with a slightly formal, almost angular appearance. Weber, who is an accomplished singer/songwriter as well as an artist and lettering artist, says she has always had an inherent sensibility with lettering." Her favorite subject in the first grade was penmanship, and when, as an adult, she got her first checkbook, "I thought it was very unfair that the signature always had to be consistently the same." She describes Weber Hand as "a natural progression of my handwriting style, a friendly and versatile font." Its letterfit is naturally loose, and it shows its character best when set with ample leading. In 1999, when LisaBeth Weber's ITC Weber Hand™ typeface was released, it soon became one of ITC's most popular handwriting fonts. A decade later she decided that is was time to update her single-weight design. A light weight would benefit from a bold companion, in addition to condensed variations for much greater versatility. This warm, friendly, and charming design is just as at home in Restaurant menus as it is in brochures, for advertising, and on packaging. With the new weights ITC Weber Hand will surely continue to be a popular handwriting type with broad appeal."

Bestina Signature Font is a delicated signature-style script handwriting font. With delicate and graceful lines, this font adds a personal and sophisticated touch to your designs. Use Bestina Signature Font to add an exclusive and elegant touch to logos, invitations, marketing materials, and various other design projects that require a special handwritten style.

Angelic Bonques – Perfect Pair Font Duo is a combination of an elegant sans serif font & beauty handwritten script font based on the expression of real handwriting. Angelic Bonques – Perfect Pair Font Duo will work perfectly for fashion, e-commerce brands, trend blogs, wedding boutiques or any business that wants to appear upscale and chic.

Elevate your design projects with the timeless charm of Kastangel Font, an exquisite handwriting signature typeface. Crafted with care, this font embodies the fluidity of human penmanship, adding a touch of sophistication to your creations. With its captivating uppercase characters, numbers, punctuations, and multilingual support, Kastangel Font offers versatility for various design applications.

Introducing, Daviton! Daviton is a new handmade font. You can use these fonts for various purposes such as making realistic handwriting, for promotions, or other purposes that will make your design more real as handmade. This font also contain ligatures and underline. What will you get: Daviton Solid Daviton Brush Happy Creating!

Elevate your design projects with the timeless charm of Kastangel Font, an exquisite handwriting signature typeface. Crafted with care, this font embodies the fluidity of human penmanship, adding a touch of sophistication to your creations. With its captivating uppercase characters, numbers, punctuations, and multilingual support, Kastangel Font offers versatility for various design applications.

True Message is a handwritten brush font that created by skilled hands to make this font look stylish and elegant. This font is suitable for branding projects, logo, wedding designs, visiting cards, social media posts, advertisements, product packaging, product designs, label, photography, watermark, invitation, stationery and any projects that need unique handwriting taste.

Norberto, a CastleType original, is based on a Russian design from the late 19th century that in turn appears to be based on Bodoni. However, Norberto is a much warmer design than most Bodonis, with many soft touches such as very gentle curves from the serif at the top of B, D, P, and R; a jaunty cap on the ‘A’ (and Cyrillic ‘El’, ‘De’, etc); charmingly quaint numerals; hairline accents, and other subtleties that make it a wonderful addition to the Modern typefaces. In addition to several useful OpenType features, Norberto also offers extensive language support, including modern Greek and most languages that use the Cyrillic alphabet, as well as built-in keyboard support for Esperanto and Yoruba. Norberto now has a stencil version which combines the elegance of the original with the informality of a stencil cut. As one enthusiast says, "As a die-cut companion to his compact Norberto, Jason Castle's Norberto Stencil hits us right where we live with its svelte stature and sexy, Bodoni-esque bones." — Typedia

A type of “handwriting” discovered by chance, extremely abstract On April 8, 1948 a certain Walter Plaga wrote a crude poem about a hero on a commemorative plaque. The very poor reproduction of the handwritten original, etched into a metal sheet, produced extremely abstract forms so that — even if unintentional — a script completely void of bowls was created. That which originally was the normal clumsy handwriting of a layman thus transformed into a pseudo-modern deconstructive typeface, which in the 21st century appears contemporary. The capital letters especially reflect the original: in part they show forms labeled incorrectly ”old German“ handwriting, which is actually Latin, in the letters A D G I J K L S V W X Z , whereas C H N O P R appear very modern. Truly a form of handwriting: without joining the letters, especially between the lower case characters, a silhouette effect is formed. To a great extent Hero is impressive due to its driven-to-the-limit abstraction and to a lesser extent by retaining an antiquated and nearly illegible effect.