I remember a few years back when I was just getting my start as a logo designer, and realizing that brush fonts were really gaining in popularity. I didn’t have much to back it up with, but I thought that brush fonts might just be the latest design fad. I’ll tell you, though, my attitude changed whenever my own clients began requesting the use of brush style fonts more & more often.
And thus began my love affair with purchasing brush fonts!
PS, my opinion now? The textured brush style is here to stay!
A good brush font should be many things: textured but not too textured, legible, and versatile. I adore the movement that they have often have, and I love the organic quality that the texture brings. It’s a little rough around the edges – quite literally – and they’re perfectly imperfect. More often than not, the brush options are script style, rather than serif or sans, although there is a fantastic range of options out there for all styles.
My Favorite Brush Font To Use
Angeleno Brush Script is my all-time favorite brush font that I’ve ever created. Brush scripts aren’t typically my strength, but I really do enjoy creating them and using them. Angeleno is a little gritty and has a specific edge to it – I lettered it with Los Angeles’ attitude in mind.
Designers, guess what?! I’ll let you in on a little secret. I didn’t use a paint brush or even a brush pen for this font. It was created entirely digitally! I made my own Procreate Brush that had the specific amount of texture I was hoping for. Digital lettering is my favorite, really – I love the ease of use for creating, easily undoing, and always skipping the scanning process. I suppose you could say this enables me to be a little more environmentally conscious – no paper waste! – but it’s really just because digital is so much more convenient for me and there is no clean up involved.
Anyway, this font has pretty impressive features, if I do say so myself! I really wanted to make sure that it held true to a handwritten look & style, so…in addition to 35 lowercase alternate characters, it has over 100 ligatures. The ligatures lend themselves to a more flowy, handwritten look because they mimic how a person would write a combination of letters. Feature rich font designs are something that I’m known for, so this font is no different!
This script would be a perfect fit for a variety of projects, but my favorite is for logos. You can check out a few versions that I’ve put together below. I simply love that it looks like a scrawly signature, and it really does have a moody, in-a-rush kind of attitude! I also think that blogs & product packaging would be a good type of project for this font, and clearly this script looks fabulous on quote graphics, too, so social media-related usage would also be a fantastic fit.
You can grab this script font for $14, and it includes a personal + commercial license. BUT, I have a better suggestion if you love this style.
I Offer A Collection of Brush Fonts!
If you truly love using a brush script to design, I would recommend checking out the designs in my Brush Font Bundle! It includes five of my most popular brush scripts – Angeleno happens to be in there, as well as The Glen, Waterssong, Key Largo, and Wild Children. Wild Children is actually a font duo, which makes it even cooler! While each of these has a similar quality using textures to create visual interest, they all have totally different styles, which makes them super useful and versatile for a wide variety of projects. To top it all off, the Brush Font Bundle gives you pretty impressive savings, too! There are $58 dollars worth of goodies in this bundle – it’s only $18 to make them a part of your own collection, though!
One of my goals for 2021 is to put together a few new brush font additions for my site. I’ve thought about how merging the texture of a brush font with the bouncy nature of calligraphy might go, so I might have some additional styles to add in. Keep your eyes open for that – I have so much planned and so much to design!
Brush Fonts Make a Great Website Accent
Web designers, you’re always looking for something to make your page design stand out right away that’s easy to use, not what everyone else has, and will impress your clients, right? Use of a textured font like these is one surefire way to do just that, if your project lends itself to that. Sometimes, though, it’s a good idea to call in a little extra design help.
Free Brush Fonts
If you’re looking for a free brush font to play around with & see if it’s your preference for your next project, I have one for you! I give away five free fonts when you sign up to my mailing list, and lucky for you, I have a lovely textured mini font in there called Edgewood! (A mini font simply means that it’s lacking punctuation, accented characters, etc. It’s only letters!) This little brush font was my first venture into the world of creating brush texture on letters. Initially, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it, but I’ve grown to quite like this font. It seems that other folks do, too, so I’m sharing it with you!
You can sign up through the link below to get your freebies!