Skating Font

Skating is a handwritten font (2022). It looks like someone actually wrote it by hand: relaxed, friendly and a little imperfect in a good way. It's a free download, and you can try it with your own text in the preview above first.

Skating Font Details

• Year: 2022 (from the copyright line in the font)
• Category: Handwritten font
• Font styles: 1 (Regular)
• Weight: Regular (400)
• Glyphs: 175
• Characters: A–Z, a–z, 0–9 and basic punctuation
• Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian
• OpenType features: Ligatures
• Extra characters: 21 copy-and-paste alternates (Private Use Area)
• Kerning: None in the file
• Version: 1.00
• Download: Free ZIP (59.1 KB) with one OTF file

What You Can Type With Skating

With complete upper and lowercase letters and all ten digits, Skating is ready for real wording, not just a single headline. Common punctuation such as &, !, ? and @ is included as well. It also has the accented letters you need for Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian.

How to Use the Alternate Letters in Skating

Its 21 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 Skating Works Best

Skating is a natural fit for greeting cards, journal pages and friendly social posts. The file has no kerning data, so in logos and big titles check pairs like AV, To and Wa and tighten the spacing by hand. 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.

Skating Font FAQs

Is Skating font free to download?

Yes. You can download Skating for free from this page: free ZIP (59.1 KB) with one OTF 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.

How do I install Skating 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 OTF files, which work on Windows, Mac and in every major design app. Restart any app that was already open so it picks up Skating.

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

The 21 alternates are separate characters, so copy them from Character Map on Windows or Font Book on a Mac and paste them into your text. This works in Cricut Design Space and Canva too.

Can I use Skating 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 Skating support accented letters?

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

What fonts pair well with Skating?

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