: Looking for a simple font that is similar to how people actually write characters I'm looking for a free font that most closely represents glyphs as they are commonly drawn. For example, people

@Pierce403

About Futura...
I wish I could post this as a comment, since it's not an answer really, but I wanted to add a few pictures:
Here's a well known method for french scholar (my children used it^^).
For information purposes only... en.calameo.com/read/000736902007c579ebb39

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@Nimeshi706

I think that hooked q may be the key.... it's rare. So.. merely searching on that....

www.fontspace.com/unicode/char/024B-latin-small-letter-q-with-hook-tail (Hover over characters at the link above to get typeface names) graphemica.com/%C9%8B/glyphs/times-new-roman-regular www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+024B

So, you may be best searching for a font with that unicode glyph. Not sure how diverse free fonts are when it comes to the more rare unicode items.

There are dozens of fonts which meet the other criteria you listed. I think it's that hooked q that limits choices greatly.


Useful additional information from @PieBie : "Hooked lowercase Q is unicode U+024B, hexa &#x024B, decimal &#587 and UTF-8 C9 8B. It is part of Latin Extended-B."


For the record I don't think "people actually write" with a hooked q. I think children are taught to write with a hooked q, but as they age, that hook disappears quickly. I can't ever recall seeing anyone over the age of 5-7 hook a q when writing. (That doesn't mean it never happens, only that I've never seen it.)

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@Goswami567

There are couple of fonts that I know of that will work for this:

Folder (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typodermic/folder/) was specifically designed for the purpose, as was Sassoon Infant (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/sassoon-infant/). They are different takes on the same idea and they both cost money (although Folder is pretty cheap), but I think they will tick all of your boxes.

Vag Rounded is a popular choice for children's books and products. It doesn't fit all of your criteria, but it's worth a look.

I used to do a lot of artworks for children's books and we often found that we would have to create bespoke versions of the fonts that the designers selected that were better suited for children. Especially for a and t characters. However, that means using font editing software and possibly gets you into copyright issues depending on the use.

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