Delighter Font

Delighter is a handwritten font designed by Hendra Pratama (2023). The letters have the small wobbles and personality of real handwriting, so your text feels warm instead of printed. It's a free download, and you can try it with your own text in the preview above first.

Delighter Font Details

• Designer: Hendra Pratama
• Year: 2023 (from the copyright line in the font)
• Category: Handwritten font
• Font styles: 1 (Regular)
• Weight: Regular (400)
• Glyphs: 347
• Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
• Languages: English and German
• OpenType features: Ligatures, contextual alternates, stylistic alternates and 11 stylistic sets
• Extra characters: 165 copy-and-paste alternates (Private Use Area)
• Kerning: Built in
• Version: 1.000
• Download: Free ZIP (60.1 KB) with one OTF file

What You Can Type With Delighter

Delighter covers the full alphabet in upper and lowercase, plus all ten numbers, so you can set names, dates and prices without switching fonts. Common punctuation such as &, !, ? and @ is included as well. It also has the accented letters you need for German.

How to Use the Alternate Letters in Delighter

Delighter has stylistic alternates and 11 stylistic sets built in as OpenType features. In Illustrator and InDesign, open the Glyphs panel (Window > Type) and select a letter to see its alternates. In Photoshop, use Window > Glyphs. Figma shows them under the text settings as OpenType features. Microsoft Word can switch on stylistic sets in the Font dialog under Advanced. Canva and Cricut Design Space can't reach OpenType alternates, so for those, set the word in a desktop app first and import it as an SVG. Another 165 alternates are stored as separate characters, so you can copy them from Character Map on Windows or Font Book on a Mac and paste them anywhere, including Cricut Design Space and Canva. Ligatures and contextual alternates switch on by themselves: some letter pairs join into one shape and letters change to fit their neighbours, so repeated letters don't look copy-pasted. This works automatically in most design apps and modern browsers.

Where Delighter Works Best

Designers usually reach for fonts like Delighter when they're making greeting cards, journal pages and friendly social posts. Set it a bit larger than you would a normal text font. Handwriting styles lose their charm once they get too small to read comfortably.

More Fonts by Hendra Pratama

DafontStyle has 16 more fonts by Hendra Pratama. Here are a few:

• Brotherline Font
• Shopie Font
• BillGates Font
• Motterdam Font
• Bellarina Font
• Brother Signature Font

Delighter Font FAQs

Is Delighter font free to download?

Yes, Delighter is a free download here (free ZIP (60.1 KB) with one OTF file), no sign-up needed. For commercial projects, read the license note on this page first, since that's set by the designer.

Who designed Delighter font?

Delighter was designed by Hendra Pratama. The copyright line inside the font is dated 2023. DafontStyle has 16 more fonts by Hendra Pratama, and a few are linked above.

How do I install Delighter on Windows or Mac?

Unzip the download first. On Windows, right-click the font file and choose Install. On a Mac, double-click it and click Install Font. The ZIP contains OTF files, which work on Windows, Mac and in every major design app. Restart any app that was already open so it picks up Delighter.

How do I get the alternate letters and swashes in Delighter?

Some are OpenType features, which you pick from the Glyphs panel in Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop. The other 165 are separate characters you can copy from Character Map (Windows) or Font Book (Mac) and paste into any app, Cricut and Canva included.

Can I use Delighter in Canva and Cricut?

Canva lets you upload it on Pro, Teams and other plans with font uploads (Brand Kit > Upload a font); free accounts can't upload fonts. For Cricut Design Space, install it on your computer first and it shows up under System fonts.

Does Delighter support accented letters?

Yes. Delighter includes the accented letters needed for German, so it works for more than just English.

What fonts pair well with Delighter?

A plain sans serif like Open Sans or Poppins makes a good partner for any longer text around it.