School Fonts

Most primary schools have a handwriting policy which specifies the exact style of handwriting which teachers and pupils are expected to use. Using the same school handwriting font throughout the school ensures that a consistent handwriting style is modelled and taught, keeping confusion to a minimum.

Which of these school handwriting fonts most closely matches the style used at your school?

Precursive style school fonts

The school handwriting font above is probably the one most commonly used in UK schools. Most of the letters end in a flick for easy joining later on. The letter f has a tail which hangs below the line. The letter k has a loop. Click for more information on the CCW Precursive Font 1.

Some schools prefer to have a letter f without a tail, as above. Click for more information on the CCW Precursive Font 2.

At some UK schools the preferred handwriting style has a straight letter k. This font has an f with a tail. Click for more information on the CCW Precursive Font 3.

This school font has a straight letter f (with no tail) and a straight letter k. Click for more information on CCW Precursive Font 4.

Cursive handwriting fonts

The cursive handwriting style is gaining popularity in UK schools. Each letter is taught with a lead-in (entry) stroke with every letter starting from the line. This makes joining much easier to learn whenever the child is ready. Click for more information on the CCW Cursive 1 Handwriting Font.

This cursive school font version has a 'curly' x and a letter z with a tail loop for joining. Click for more information on the CCW Cursive 2 school handwriting font.

In this cursive style, all of the letters have lead-in strokes. The letter f has no top loop, the x is a straight style and the z has a flat top and a loop for joining. Click for more information on the CCW Cursive 3 Font.

In this cursive style, all of the letters have lead-in strokes. The letter f has no top loop, the x is a straight style and the z has no tail. Click for more information on the CCW Cursive 4 Font.

In Cursive 5, every lower case letter has a lead-in stroke. The letter f has no top loop, the x is in a curly style and the z has no tail. Click for more information on the CCW Cursive 5 Font.

We offer lots of different school fonts which you can download and install onto your computer. This makes it easy for you to create any text in a style which matches your school's handwriting style.

If you want to create handwriting worksheets why not download a dotted style font? You can choose a font with just dots, dotted letters with handwriting guidelines or dotted letters with arrows to show help with letter formation. An outline font is another option for handwriting practice.

Better still, for excellent value for money why not get a pack of five fonts in your school's handwriting style.

If your school's handwriting style is slightly different from those shown here, just contact us with the full details and we'll see if we can create a new style to add to our collection.