Childlike fonts

Simple shapes and a hand-drawn feel.

Size52px

38 fonts

Childlike fonts use simple shapes and a hand drawn feel. Schools, toys, children's books and family products use them to feel approachable.

Childlike sans serif Childlike serif Childlike display Childlike handwriting Calm Playful Business Vintage Loud Cute Futuristic Artistic

VariablePopularFree

Caveat

Impallari Type

1 styleFree

Indie Flower

Kimberly Geswein

3 stylesFree

Kalam

Indian Type Foundry

1 styleFree

Gloria Hallelujah

Kimberly Geswein

1 styleFree

Patrick Hand

Patrick Wagesreiter

1 styleFree

Caveat Brush

Impallari Type

1 styleFree

Bad Script

Gaslight

1 styleFree

Covered By Your Grace

Kimberly Geswein

1 styleFree

Hachi Maru Pop

Nonty

1 styleFree

Just Another Hand

Astigmatic

VariableFree

Playpen Sans

TypeTogether, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione, Kostas Bartsokas, Vera Evstafieva, Tom Grace, Yorlmar Campos

12 stylesFree

Mali

Cadson Demak

1 styleFree

Waiting for the Sunrise

Kimberly Geswein

2 stylesFree

Klee One

Fontworks Inc.

2 stylesFree

Fuzzy Bubbles

Robert Leuschke

1 styleFree

Swanky and Moo Moo

Kimberly Geswein

1 styleFree

Mynerve

Carolina Short

1 styleFree

Just Me Again Down Here

Kimberly Geswein

1 styleFree

Solitreo

Nathan Gross, Bryan Kirschen

1 styleFree

Chilanka

SMC, Santhosh Thottingal

VariableFree

Playpen Sans Arabic

TypeTogether, Azza Alameddine, Laura Meseguer, Veronika Burian, José Scaglione

VariableFree

Edu AU VIC WA NT Hand

Tina Anderson, Corey Anderson

VariableFree

Edu NSW ACT Cursive

Open licence

1 styleFree

Twinkle Star

Robert Leuschke

FAQs

Are childlike fonts readable for early readers?

Choose faces with single storey a and g and clear letter shapes, such as Andika or ABeeZee, which were designed for learning to read.