Freehand
Designed By
Danh Hong
1 Style Display
The evening
edition.
Freehand · Regular
Try a short headline and compare the letterforms at a larger scale.
1 style available. Compare the specimens below, or enter your own text.
Download Freehand ↓TTF · SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Ink on a market sign
A Headline In Place
Freehand · Regular
A poster setting with supporting text.
Theatre / Music / Conversation
An Evening
In Good
Company.
Friday · 7:30 pm
The Assembly Rooms
1 Style,
One Family
Every available style is shown below in its own font file.
Regular400
Ink on a market sign
Everyday Khmer handwriting, in a style that is widely used, is what Danh Hong based Freehand on, and he meant it for body text, though Google files it under display. It arrived on Google Fonts in March 2011, the same day as his Metal.
The Latin letters are narrow, with tall capitals over a small lowercase. Treat them as support for the Khmer.
1 Regular, kerning. We would use it for Khmer greeting cards, notices and posters where a handwritten tone suits the message.

Characters & Figures
203 glyphs reported in the reference style. This selection shows 201 recorded characters.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 & @ ? !
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The Font Files
Download
Freehand
1 TTF style with the accompanying CSS, README and license information.
Download ZIP · 107 KB ↓- Version
- 8.002
- License
- SIL Open Font License 1.1
Install On Your Computer
Extract the ZIP first. On Windows, select the font files and choose Install from the context menu. On macOS, open the files in Font Book and choose Install.
Use On A Website
Keep the font files and the included stylesheet together. Update the stylesheet path to match your project.
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="/fonts/freehand/freehand.css">
body {
font-family: 'Freehand', sans-serif;
}Keep the copyright and license notices with redistributed files.
Heading & Body
The family provides the heading; Inter carries the supporting text.
Freehand Heading · Inter Body
The Evening Performance
Doors open at seven. The performance begins at half past. Please take your seat before the lights go down.
