Guest Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Hi I was wondering which font people use when printing words for children to copy. I cant seem to find a suitable one and have to keep cutting and pasting letters from different ones! Help please! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 The sassoon font is the one we use at our Infant school. It has to be purchased becasue of copyright issues. Just to add a note of caution it would be illegal for someone from this forum to download you a copy. Check out this website - it will give you an idea of what the font looks like. http://www.clubtype.co.uk/starter.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 The Sasson Primary font is by far the best but if you do not have this on your computers Comic Sans is probably your next best bet. Best wishes Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucy P Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 We use Comic Sans or Century Gothic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I use the ones already mentioned and for a bit of variety Chinacat (one I downloaded from a free font site, the name escapes me at the moment.) I have also got some dotted line fonts from somewhere (another free site) If I find them I will let you know where they came from. Janet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I agree about the excellent Sassoon Infant Promary font, am just about to ask my ICT co-ordinator if it can be purchased using ELC's, so thanks for the link Mousebat as I was just about to go looking for it!! Dianne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 china cat is lovely you can get it here http://www.fontface.com/fonts/ along with loads of other great free fonts. Another website is www.fontfreak.com For Primary you can't beat Sassoon as it has the 'flicks'! Happy Hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 I agree - I use Sassoon Infant Primary all the time - saves hours drawing flicks onto letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2005 Share Posted January 22, 2005 Thats great, thanks everyone, will check out the free fonts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hi everyone At my Infant School we use a programme created in cursive style. We use the cursive style of writing that joins up and can separate the letters. Its great for display titles and for the children to copy. I can't quite remember what the programme is called so I will get back to you about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hi dbbriggs Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Hi and welcome from me too! Carolyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelle Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I use Sassoon Infant or failing that comic sans but the china cat jambo mentioned is child friendlyand free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie A. Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I used to use a font which could be the one that DBBriggs is referring to at my last school. We taught letter formation with letters that had "lead in's" and "flicks" so that the children learned to join their letters very early. We found a font that formed the letters as we did, either separated or joined. It was called "boring boring", but I don't think it's a free one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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