Nancy Script is a hand-drawn typeface based entirely on my grandmother Nancy’s handwriting from her old recipe book. My goal with this project is to preserve every small imperfection, loop, wobble, and quirk that made her writing feel alive. Instead of smoothing or modernizing the forms, I focused on honoring the original texture and personality of the letters so the typeface feels as close as possible to writing directly from the pages she touched.
I studied each letter closely, tracing the natural variations, inconsistent stroke weights, and irregular spacing that happened within her everyday handwriting. These details became the foundation for the digital glyphs. I didn’t want the font to feel perfect. I wanted each letter to carry a little bit of her character and personality. In the end, Nancy Script isn’t just a typeface; it’s a way of keeping her presence alive in every word it forms.
I studied each letter closely, tracing the natural variations, inconsistent stroke weights, and irregular spacing that happened within her everyday handwriting. These details became the foundation for the digital glyphs. I didn’t want the font to feel perfect. I wanted each letter to carry a little bit of her character and personality. In the end, Nancy Script isn’t just a typeface; it’s a way of keeping her presence alive in every word it forms.
