Favorite Journaling Font?

I use Traveling Typewriter exclusively these days. I used to go through a long list of journaling fonts spending so much time finding the perfect font, but now I just use this one and another one for the date for readability and continuity from layout to layout. That font is Stamp and I use it for putting the date on my layouts if I'm not using a date product on my pages.
 
Cheryl Ashcraft said:
I use Traveling Typewriter exclusively these days. I used to go through a long list of journaling fonts spending so much time finding the perfect font, but now I just use this one and another one for the date for readability and continuity from layout to layout. That font is Stamp and I use it for putting the date on my layouts if I'm not using a date product on my pages.
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OH! I LOVE that Stamp font. Thank you so much. I am off to download that one and the typewriter one, too. :D I do agree sometimes it's taxing to try and find the perfect font.
 
I just use my handwriting font that Darcy Baldwin made for me years ago. I will use others if I'm creating random pages, but our family albums I only use my handwriting.

But I love to see what everyone else uses! I actually don't love my handwriting, but I feel like I'm stuck now. LOL!
 
Ooooh, another Font Enabling Post - I love these! :love:

I wish I could do what @Cheryl Ashcraft has done and simply pick one and use it for everything. It sure would save me time ... but I love fonts, and I love how the change in typeface can totally change the mood of a layout, so I dig through my font manager every time...

I really like LiebeRuth and I'm using it for all my Faves layouts this year. It's totally readable yet still sort of whimsical.

If I want my journaling to feel sort of casual, I like Avelyn and Lovely Poetry.

But most times, I have way too many words for my available journaling space, so I find myself often reaching for Condensed typefaces. Some of my go-tos are Alt Gothic, Fort (the XCond version), MrEaves Narrow, American Type ITC Pro Cond.

I'm also a sucker for block handwriting that looks like old-style draftsman or architect print. For this, I love Snatched and Graphite or when I want something a little messy, Taxpayer.
 
I used Daniel for my journaling..... it's so similar to my own scrawly handwriting to I just stick with it.

I'm off to download all those mentioned as I am somewhat of a font junkie always looking for options.
 
I will swap and change fonts depending on the feel I'm going for, but I do tend to use Amanda's fonts a lot. My current fave, because it's tidy and easy to read, is AY Nice and Neat. Soooo much better than my own handwriting.

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HavaDrPepper said:
I tend to use Problem Secretary quite a bit or even Yanks hand if I want a handwriting type of font. Black Chancery is another one I'll use. Traveling Typewriter is used for those layouts that I just put a date on (like my October Daily project).
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Oh, those are fun! Problem Secretary is just the right amount of imperfect, and I am completely in love with Yanks Hand! Those a's with the ascender and large x-height (I think that's the right term?) make me soooo happy...!
 
HavaDrPepper said:
I tend to use Problem Secretary quite a bit or even Yanks hand if I want a handwriting type of font. Black Chancery is another one I'll use. Traveling Typewriter is used for those layouts that I just put a date on (like my October Daily project).
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thank you for the suggestions!
jacinda said:
I will swap and change fonts depending on the feel I'm going for, but I do tend to use Amanda's fonts a lot. My current fave, because it's tidy and easy to read, is AY Nice and Neat. Soooo much better than my own handwriting.

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thank you for the rec!
 
angiekey said:
Ooooh, another Font Enabling Post - I love these! :love:

I wish I could do what @Cheryl Ashcraft has done and simply pick one and use it for everything. It sure would save me time ... but I love fonts, and I love how the change in typeface can totally change the mood of a layout, so I dig through my font manager every time...

I really like LiebeRuth and I'm using it for all my Faves layouts this year. It's totally readable yet still sort of whimsical.

If I want my journaling to feel sort of casual, I like Avelyn and Lovely Poetry.

But most times, I have way too many words for my available journaling space, so I find myself often reaching for Condensed typefaces. Some of my go-tos are Alt Gothic, Fort (the XCond version), MrEaves Narrow, American Type ITC Pro Cond.

I'm also a sucker for block handwriting that looks like old-style draftsman or architect print. For this, I love Snatched and Graphite or when I want something a little messy, Taxpayer.
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thank you for the recs! I grabbed a couple. :)
 
I love these fonts focused threads, they feed my addiction nicely!!
For the album I'm working on, I wanted a few things to tie all layouts together and the fonts were one of those.
I chose Before the Rainbow, which I find fun and playful, but legible: Before the Rainbow

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I also picked a typewrite font for dates and places: Zai Royal Vogue Typewriter

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Follow up question: is anyone else super weird and nerdy like me? When I chose a random fun font for a layout, if I can I like to match the name of the font to the topic of the layout. So if it's about food, I'll use Sweet and Salty, or Garlic Salt, or Recipe Daily. If it's Disney or HP or magic/fantasy, I'll use Magic Owl, or Letter Magic 🤓 Anyone else? No? Just me? 🤣
 
Marif said:
Follow up question: is anyone else super weird and nerdy like me? When I chose a random fun font for a layout, if I can I like to match the name of the font to the topic of the layout. So if it's about food, I'll use Sweet and Salty, or Garlic Salt, or Recipe Daily. If it's Disney or HP or magic/fantasy, I'll use Magic Owl, or Letter Magic 🤓 Anyone else? No? Just me? 🤣
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This is why I don't choose random fonts. If I did, I'd be doing it all day :ROFLMAO: I totally would though.
 
Marif said:
Follow up question: is anyone else super weird and nerdy like me? When I chose a random fun font for a layout, if I can I like to match the name of the font to the topic of the layout. So if it's about food, I'll use Sweet and Salty, or Garlic Salt, or Recipe Daily. If it's Disney or HP or magic/fantasy, I'll use Magic Owl, or Letter Magic 🤓 Anyone else? No? Just me? 🤣
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Kind of... like for Christmas pages I have a Santa's Sleigh font or something similar. For Disney layouts I have a Waltograph font I often use for the journaling. I'm also loving most script fonts and have so many...
Okay, just fell down another rabbit hole and started searching for fonts in different themes... plus downloaded a few more as well...
 
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