Freestyle Script

Freestyle Script is an informal display script typeface that was designed by Colin Brignall in 1969 and Martin Wait in 1981, by Letraset. Freestyle Script is famously used for commercials in 1980's, birthday cards, decorative, logos and many others. The bold version was designed in 1986. The publishers of this font are Adobe, ITC, Monotype Imaging, Elsner+Flake, Esselte Corporation, Scangraphic Type, Linotype, Image Club, and Letraset. This font has few versions, namely Regular, Bold, LT, Plain, LET, EF, SB, SH, SH Reg Alt, and SB Reg Alt.[1] Freestyle Script font supports up to 78 different languages for cursive (plain) and 33 different languages for other styles (Regular, Bold, Alt, etc.). The Cyrillic version of Freestyle Script was created in 1993, consisting of the glyphs in Latin supplement.[2] The font has been included in MyFonts since 2000.

Freestyle Script
CategoryScript
Designer(s)Martin Wait
Date released1981
Text of Freestyle Script

History

Freestyle Script was first designed by Colin Brignall in 1969 and then by Martin Wait in 1981 for regular and cursive font. The bold version was released in 1986, which several of its digital versions lack proper weight. In 1993, the fonts similar to Freestyle Script in all glyphs are called "VI My Ha Hoa" and "VI My Ha." Those fonts are all caps and designed by VISCII Fonts in 1993. URW++ used to have a version named URW Fresnel in 1996, and it is similar to this font. SG Freestyle Script's SB Regular Alternative is also available but some letters are different from original Freestyle Script.[3] In 2003, the Freestyle Script font was added to Microsoft Word, and it is continued with succeeding versions such as Word 2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016 and Word 2019.[4][5] The font is in TrueType font format.

Reception
Versions of Freestyle Script

Opposition

The font Bradley Hand and other handwritten fonts (including Freestyle Script) were banned in the website Webdesigner Depot in 2010. It was ranked eight among the top banned fonts. Those banned fonts, including Freestyle Script, were said to be "annoying". They are used in party invitations and gift shop signage.

In 2011, Brittany Sangastiano banned 40 fonts, including Freestyle Script, as reported by BuzzFeed.[6] In 2018, the website Illumine 8 described Freestyle Script as Adobe's way to fool that the font is handwritten and it leaves ugly gaps. Illumine 8 ranked Freestyle Script as the fourteenth worst handwritten font in the first round of voting..[7] Freestyle Script was not included in the following rounds.

Defense

In the blog site The Creative Hustler, Freestyle Script was ranked as 29th of the best cursive fonts.[8]

Versions comparison of Freestyle Script:

  • Freestyle Script Plain
  • Freestyle Script Regular
  • Further samples of comparison

References
  1. "Freestyle Script Font Family". Fonts.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. Team, AllFont net. "Font: Freestyle Script Normal". AllFont.net. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  3. "SG Freestyle™ Script SB Regular Alternative". Fonts.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  4. "Fonts that are installed with Microsoft Office 2010 Products". support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  5. mijacobs. "Fonts and supported products - Typography". docs.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  6. deuces. "List of Banned Fonts". BuzzFeed Community. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  7. Pitzer, Erik. "Font Madness: First Round (Handwriting Region)". blog.illumine8.com. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  8. "30 Best Cursive Fonts". The Creative Hustler. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
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