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Our Favorite Handwritten Font

11/3/12 Typography

For possibly the best examples of professional penmanship, see P22′s Zaner Pro, an OpenType font based upon the work of one of the most influential penman in American history — Charles Paxton Zaner. One unique feature is that you can apply swashes to the end of a word by typing the tilde character (~). If you keep pressing the tilde key, you’ll cycle through a range of swashes. For some typographic inspiration, download their PDF full of examples of its use.