Note – When I create my printables I only use commercial use fonts (I’ve marked these with a (C)) but for personal use at home any free font is fine. Victorian Modern Cursive – this is the handwriting style my kids are taught in school – though the style of handwriting taught does vary from state to state here in Australia this is a clear pre-cusrive font. This font was created after speaking to several elementary school teachers who were struggling to find just the right font to use on worksheets and projects in their classroom.KG Red Hands Outline – an outline font that is perfect for tracing over or colouring.KG Primary Dots – a dotted print in four styles – plain letters, and three different lined versions.Abeezee – neat, easy to read printed letters. Print Clearly – a clear, printed font that has solid and dotted options.Berner Basisschrift – this handwriting font comes in two styles – one printed and one pre-cursive with the little hooks on the letters, as shown above.KG Primary Penmanship – this clear handwriting font comes in several styles including displaying on dotted third lines as shown above.Arcon – a clean and simple font that is easy to read and great for story writing.(C).Quicksand – a nice, clear, printed font that comes in a range of styles including bold and the dotted version shown above.KG Blank Space Solid – a good, strong, printed font, great for kids to write over or collage on to.Ten Free Fonts to use with Beginning Writers. Tw Cent MT is CLOSE, except that I dont like the first story being disproportionately tall compared to the second story. I just want characters so that if I print something from my computer, a child could copy the letters in their own writing. Since every teaching style is different, it’s nice to have a few styles to choose from to best suit your lesson. There are loads of great free fonts out there that are clear, and easy for beginners to read, write, and copy. I dont want to have 'guides' printed out showing what order to make the strokes. This font includes a variety of line options, and also has a version without lines. It’s important to remember that many states and/or school districts will have a specific type of handwriting style that they teach their students, so if it’s important to you to start your child off with the same style, then check with the school first. I also look for fonts with good spacing and height, and fonts that have both upper and lowercase letters. I look for fonts without any fancy or irregular letters (I especially look at the a and g), and without any flourishes or extras. I am not an expert on teaching handwriting, and I know that kids will be exposed to a wide variety of fonts and writing, but I tend to stick to simple, clear, fonts, in a basic printed style when creating something for my kids and others. I am often asked which fonts are good to use with beginning writers, so today I’m going to share some of the best. Over the years I’ve created and printed lots of things for my own kids and I’ve also created lots of free printables for preschoolers and beginning readers and writers.
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