Roustel Font

Roustel is a handwritten font designed by Ali Hamidi. The letters have the small wobbles and personality of real handwriting, so your text feels warm instead of printed. You can download it for free and test it with your own words in the preview above.

Roustel Font Details

• Designer: Ali Hamidi
• Category: Handwritten font
• Font styles: 1 (Regular)
• Weight: Regular (400)
• Glyphs: 243
• Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
• Languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian
• OpenType features: Ligatures and stylistic alternates
• Extra characters: 9 copy-and-paste alternates (Private Use Area)
• Kerning: Built in
• Version: 1.000
• Download: Free ZIP (53.0 KB) with one TTF file

What You Can Type With Roustel

You get every letter from A to Z in both cases and all the numbers from 0 to 9, which means Roustel can handle full sentences, dates and prices. Common punctuation such as &, !, ? and @ is included as well. It also has the accented letters you need for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian.

How to Use the Alternate Letters in Roustel

Roustel has stylistic alternates 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. 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 9 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. Its ligatures switch on by themselves in most design apps: certain letter pairs join into one specially drawn shape.

Where Roustel Works Best

Designers usually reach for fonts like Roustel when they're making greeting cards, journal pages and friendly social posts. Its lowercase letters are small compared to the capitals, so set it a size or two bigger than usual. 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 Ali Hamidi

DafontStyle has 31 more fonts by Ali Hamidi. Here are a few:

• Aremoin Font
• Fearlessly font
• Vaguely Retro Font
• Rosmatika font
• Glossy Sheen Font
• Mangabey Font

Roustel Font FAQs

Is Roustel font free to download?

Yes. You can download Roustel for free from this page: free ZIP (53.0 KB) with one TTF file. Free to download doesn't always mean free for business use, so check the license section on this page before you use it in anything you sell.

Who designed Roustel font?

Roustel was designed by Ali Hamidi. DafontStyle has 31 more fonts by Ali Hamidi, and a few are linked above.

How do I install Roustel on Windows or Mac?

Extract the ZIP file, then open the font file inside it. Click Install on Windows or Install Font on a Mac. The ZIP contains TTF files, which work on Windows, Mac, Cricut and almost every app. Restart any app that was already open so it picks up Roustel.

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

Some are OpenType features, which you pick from the Glyphs panel in Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop. The other 9 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 Roustel 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 Roustel support accented letters?

Yes. Roustel includes the accented letters needed for Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Italian, so it works for more than just English.

What fonts pair well with Roustel?

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