Teenager Diary Handwritten Script

BlueEyedPeas
16.Apr.2008 9.48am

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking for a script font for a “Dear Diary” project I’m working on for a “Kids at Risk” center, the text needs to look as if written by a confused troubled teenager, complex (not elegant) but still flowing, perhaps a hybrid of Mistral and Amadeo, preferably in Opentype so that alternates would give it more authenticity.

Already tried posting here but no luck so far, please help!
Thanks.

James Puckett
16.Apr.2008 10.39am

Just do it by hand and photograph the whole thing. That way you can work crazy doodles and little skulls over the eyes and stuff.

Nick Shinn
16.Apr.2008 10.41am

Search MyFonts with “handwriting” and there are over 1100 fonts.
Surely one of those fits the bill?

BlueEyedPeas
16.Apr.2008 11.26am

Doing it by hand would be cool, except that my handwriting is complicated enough, but not that complicated...

Nick, a MyFonts search does not give me a ’professional opinion’, that’s what I really need.

So what’s up with Opentype?
I thought it has advanced to the point where you can actually utilize it on more than just ff or fi.

Stephen Coles
16.Apr.2008 12.41pm

Hi Sam. Yes, OpenType makes many more ligatures and contextual alternates possible. How many ligs and alts are included depends on the font.

I think Amadeo is your best option right now. There are quite a few OpenType scripts around, but none that are quite the right thing for the genre you seek.

Stephen Coles
16.Apr.2008 12.46pm

Nick’s Handsome Pro is one of the better OT handwriters, but it’s probably far too clean ’n’ even for this project.

BlueEyedPeas
16.Apr.2008 4.03pm

Thanks Nick, Handsome is indeed great as handwritten but not so suitable for this project, while Amadeo would do the job it is lacking Opentype capabilities.

Any idea what the font used in this Etsy video article is?

Screenshots:

Thomas Phinney
16.Apr.2008 4.35pm

I don’t know, but the spacing is atrocious.

Stephen Coles
16.Apr.2008 6.46pm

Regardless of the format (OpenType or non) that Etsy font is missing the sort of alternate glyphs required to emulate true handwriting. The fact that it’s a font is very obvious and that won’t serve your purpose well.

iffy
17.Apr.2008 12.32pm