Designers Note
Handlee is a charming handwritten font that mimics the natural flow of writing with a felt-tip pen. Designed by Meir Sadan, it offers a casual yet highly legible appearance, making it perfect for projects requiring a personal touch. Its irregular strokes and organic shapes bring warmth and friendliness to any design. Whether you are creating greeting cards, informal logos, or website headings, Handlee adds a human element that typed fonts often lack. This versatile typeface balances readability with artistic flair, ensuring your message feels authentic and approachable. It is an excellent choice for designers seeking a relaxed, hand-crafted aesthetic without sacrificing clarity.
Handlee is loosely based on the handwriting of typographer Joe Prince. Its inconsistent curves give it a nice, human-like quality that is reflected in the characters. Each glyph is stationed at a different position in respect to the baseline, and ascenders and descenders vary, which all contribute to the human-like qualities of the font.
Handlee is a great font for any web page looking to add some personality and charisma. There was careful attention to detail in removing unnecessary overlap between letters, which allows Handlee to be scaled down to very small sizes while still maintaining legibility.
The diaritics were purposefully designed at a slightly larger scale than normal to add to the ability to be scaled down. Also, the accents on the accented characters were not automatically generated but were rather hand placed individually to portray asymmetry and inconsistency that is typically found in handwriting.
All of the little details and careful considerations in Handlee make it the perfect font for any project.
Character Map
Font Detail
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Handlee |
| Designer Name: |
Joe Prince |
| Font License: |
Public domain, GPL, OFL |
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