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Free Fonts to use on your wedding stationary

This entry was posted on Friday, November 13th, 2009 at 9:31 am and is filed under Freebies.

Your choice of type/font for invitations speaks reams about you and your wedding.

That’s why the font you use is so important. If you are using a professional printer for your invites, take advantage of their experience. Let them point you in the right direction to get the look and feel that you want to achieve with your typesetting.

We have found some great little fonts that you could use – they are free to download and can spice up your invitations no end.

Font Name: English

English is a beautiful, classic font. It’s simplicity and legibility lends itself perfectly to a formal invitation style. Download it now from dafont.com.

Font Name: Kelly Ann Gothic

I really like this one. So many of these gothic, illuminated style fonts are almost illegible but this one is romantic and you can still read the names of the couple! This could be used in so many ways – table settings, as the headers eg: rsvp etc. Download it now front dafont.com

Font Name: Old Script

Slightly fancier, but still a really nice font, Old Script can really make your invitations look smart.

Download it now from dafont.com

How to use your selection of script style fonts.

If you are doing them yourself here are some words of advice that might make it easier for you to get a professional feel to your invitations from the team at fonts.com another great source of free to download fonts.

Keep it legible. Any script will be harder to read than a serif or sans serif typeface. The reader’s eye is not as used to script character shapes as it is to those in more traditional typeface designs. This slows down the reading process, and can reduce comprehension and information retention.

Also, blocks of script copy are not inviting to the eye. Chunks of text set in script create a busy visual texture that is subtly off-putting to readers. If you do set text blocks in script type, don’t set the copy justified (with margins flush on the left and right) because it will ruin the natural flow of the letters. Add a little extra space between lines of copy to help the reading process.

Never set scripts in all caps. Script capitals are meant to be used next to lowercase letters, period. Scripts set in all caps are unattractive and are difficult, if not impossible, to read. The rule is simple: don’t set scripts in all caps.

Think big. Scripts should also be set large. Their x-heights (the height of the lowercase letters in proportion to the capitals) are usually small; this means that most scripts are difficult to read below 14 or 18 point.

One script at a time. Never mix two script typefaces in the same document. They will invariably clash and present a cluttered page to the reader.