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1. 14 giugno 2012 da Gridlock
   

   And yet pretty much all of these cursive fonts SUCK for readability in many cases.
   Granted that they are pretty and flowing, but in communication function (the true goal of any language or font), the letter confusion level is very high.
   I cut vinyl signs and there are few functional cursive or script fonts.
   For example, I did a quickie vinyl cut for “Ivan’s” (second word I forget) and had to review all my cursive and script fonts for a functional font. Why, you ask? Well, all of the cursive script capital ‘I’ letters looked like a capital ‘J’ making “Ivan’s” in “Juans” with many lower-case ‘u’ characters looking like ‘v’. Had to hackjob up a fake letter “I” with the top & bottom bars and junked the horrible “I” that came with the script.

   In the fonts above, the “Aspire” Font looks rather good, but suffers from the ‘I’ & ‘J” confusion. “Wisdom Script” is beautiful, but ‘I’ & ‘J’ & ‘T’ all are too similar in shape thusly making them worthless without letter substitution from other fonts (if possible) or hackjobbing up a fake clearer version of that poorly designed letter.
   “Velocette”, beautiful script, gorgeous in fact, yet in the visual sample provided here, lower-case ‘c’ is very much a distinctive lower-case ‘r’ for someone whom has not seen the whole script which indeed has a very nice ‘r’, but a poorly conceived ‘c’ shape which makes the example look like “Velorette” to someone whom only sees one word in a sign.
   “Richard Murray”, again, ‘I’ & ‘J’ & ‘f’ all look very visually similar to a quick glance.
   “Tartine Script Black”, beautiful functional, ‘I’ & ‘T’ are visually confusing, the numbers all jumping randomly over the baseline (UGH!).
   Most script fonts are beautiful at first glance on an A-to-Z lineup and an utter mess when it comes to basic function.

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   • 14 giugno 2012 da Alegufo
     

     Hi, thanks for your comment. I quite agree with you. I really pay attention when I’m branding and I need to use a cursive font. You are right, readability in communication is fundamental and when I approached this job, David Ogilvy’s mission was my reference point. I think when making a sign or a logo the problem is more manageable because usually there is only one or two uppercases and you can substitute or adjust, while if I work on a flyer or a brochure surely my first thought it is not to use a script or handwritten font but if I need it, I consider those problems like you did.

     Anyway I have to notice two things:

     1. The problem you reported, in some case, it’s the cursive alphabet in its-self, not the font. When I was a scholar learning cursive letters, I saw the similarities that you said. Maybe my teacher provided her calligraphy for a couple of types, but “I” and “F” were exactly the same letter, the only difference was adding the “-” in the “F”. I totally agree for problems concerning the “T”, it never should be similar to the “I”. If it happens, it’s an error of the type in my opinion and however it doesn’t match my taste.
     2. In many languages characters are different or some letters are missing. For example in Italy we have just 21 letters and we don’t have the “j”. So if you see an uppercase “i” rarely you can’t think that’s an “i”!

     I think sometime we can go over that, as we write Illinois in a sans serif.

     

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2. 14 giugno 2012 da Gridlock
   

   “Cygnet Round” letter confusion ‘I’ & ‘F’ & ‘T’ all looks identical at a quick glance. ‘L’ & ‘P’ nearly identical. ‘Q’ looks like generic ’2′ of many other fonts (although not in this font).
   Otherwise a very pretty script (if you never use the words “Ivan” or “FOOT” or “FIT” or “IT”). Because “Foot” will look like “Loot” or “Toot” to any casual reader. “Fit” will look like “Lit” or “Tit” to any casual reader.

   When I use the “Lobster” font for anything I always chop off the top dangler on the “L” to prevent confusion with an italic generic “Z”.

   I always thought the goal was for elegance, fancy, grace, not confusion, frustration, unintentional humorous word confusion and grammar perplexity.

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3. 18 giugno 2012 da Jason "J-Ryze" Fonceca
   

   This is an absolutely fantastic list + resource. So good of you to gather these great script fonts, and share them with pics and all.

   Keep up the great work!

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   • 18 giugno 2012 da Alegufo
     

     Thank you very much for the support!

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6. 14 gennaio 2013 da rosacea natural treatment
   

   Thanks for sharing your thoughts on free font download.
   Regards

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7. 17 gennaio 2013 da Wine Dine
   

   Aspire is quite a nice font. Would like to try it on http://winedinedaily.com .

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8. 31 marzo 2013 da cherie
   

   Reenie Beanie and Christopherhand have broken links

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   • 31 marzo 2013 da Alegufo
     

     Thank you very much for warning, the links have been updated.

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