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Brush Script is a casual connecting script typeface designed in 1942 by Robert E. Smith for the American Type Founders (ATF). The face exhibits an exuberant graphic stroke emulating the look of handwritten written letters with an ink brush. Lowercase letters are deliberately irregular to further effect the look of handwritten text.

The vintage and retro inspired style is popular for web design as well as for other types of graphic design. Font choices are important if you're hoping to create a retro or vintage feel, and fortunately there are a number of free fonts available that can easily give you this look.

Finding attractive, user-friendly, legible fonts for your website isn't always easy, but Google Fonts, launched in 2010, helps solve that problem. Having started small, the directory now includes more than 600 free, optimised fonts which can be added to your site just by embedding a snippet of code.

The online webfont service Typekit by Adobe is a fantastic business model. Their premium accounts are very affordable in yearly billing cycles and you have access to over 700+ different fonts. These can be loaded directly into your CSS and used as a regular font-family value.

We’ve all been in that position where we know what we want our text to look like, but just can’t seem to find a font that matches what’s in our heads. Maybe you want a specific look for the title of your new novel. Or you think that your grandfather’s handwriting would be perfect for that family tree you&r...