![]() ![]() The only thing left from a handwritten framework is the design of glyphs and joints between them - overall graphics, rhythm and details are rather organised. Lobster is a popular font released back in 2010. Pablo Impallari, Impallari Type, Alexei Vanyashin, Cyreal (Cyrillic) However, when setting a text, one should bear in mind the font’s excessive word spacing and technical shortcomings in some languages’ support. Its isolated imperfections can hardly be considered fatal flaws. This diversity looks pretty lively and often occurs in real handwriting examples.īad Script is a simple and distinctive script font, not too sleek and natural. The character set features text figures, fractions, basic punctuation and a minimum amount of currency signs.Ĭyrillic Cyrillic Bad Script is based on the author’s casual handwriting: the structures of most characters make you think of the good old back-to-school cursive writing, while a number of characters look like printed (block) letters. Cyrillic character set is not really extensive either, yet it can be used for Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, and Macedonian languages. Although there are some accented characters, those are not enough for comprehensive support of Central and Western European languages - the font won’t work for setting in Czech, Polish, Turkish, Estonian and a few other languages. ![]() The font’s word spacing is obviously excessive, not in line with its counters and letter spacing.īad Script only supports basic Latin. As for setting in all caps, the letters appear too tight and overly decorative. ![]() The uppercases are more sweeping, fitted with swashes, and work great together with the lowercases. ![]() Hands-on The lowercase characters imitate quick, sprawling, irregular handwriting, but they are not joined - which allows a wide variety of letter spacing. The typeface is designed for use in logotypes, headlines and short pieces of text - wherever its informal personality is appropriate and relevant. Marck Script mimics the appearance of handwriting done with a felt tip pen. The graphic idea, choice and execution of letterforms, technical quality and usage potential are far more important here. The usual criteria for assessing basic proportions and rhythm are not always applicable to such typefaces due to their innate irregularity. The essential thing when it comes to scripts is exactly this simulation of the natural handwriting process and embracing the nature of a writing tool, which defines the type and amount of contrast in glyphs. The English-language classification uses the term Script, and the fonts mimicking handmade lettering do not fall into this category. Those are the typefaces using the logic of writing by hand with a writing tool, such as a marker, a brush, or a nib. Any bug can be turned into a feature in the hands of a daring, confident typographer, - only before taking risks, you should figure out what this bug actually is. Plus, you always have to remember that there is no such thing as forbidden means and tools in design. Our critique and our advice do not have a monopoly on the truth - that’s just an expert review by three professionals sharing the same values. Sadly, things are much worse with free Cyrillic than with Latin but there is also some good news. Today, a free font doesn’t necessarily mean a bad one.
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