55 Best Marker Fonts
Marker fonts bring a loose, hand-drawn energy that polished sans and serif typefaces simply cannot fake. They work anywhere you want a design to feel spontaneous, friendly, or a little rebellious: sketchnotes, kids’ branding, comic lettering, whiteboard-style explainer videos, packaging that wants to feel handmade, or a poster that needs to shout. Because the style spans everything from a fine felt-tip scrawl to a fat brush-marker swipe, there is a genuinely wide field of free Google Fonts marker fonts to choose from, and picking the right one changes the whole personality of a project.
The list below moves across that whole range, from delicate handwriting markers to chunky comic-book lettering, so you can find something that fits your tone whether you are building a logo, a birthday invite, or a full brand identity.
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Permanent Marker
Grab your favorite marker and start doodling
Permanent Marker
The font that basically defined the category on the web. Its uneven, slightly wobbly strokes read as authentically hand-lettered rather than digitally faked, which is why it shows up constantly on sticky notes, chalkboard menus, and casual headlines. It gets muddy at very small sizes, so save it for headings and short bursts of text rather than paragraphs.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Caveat Brush
Sketch out your next big idea today
Caveat Brush
A thicker, brushier cousin to the classic marker scrawl, with visible texture where the tip drags across the page. It suits handwritten quotes, sticky-note graphics, and anywhere a design needs warmth without looking twee.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Kalam
Write it down before you forget it
Kalam
Kalam started life as a set of casual Devanagari handwriting styles and its Latin companion carries the same relaxed, rounded confidence. The bold weight in particular reads like a felt-tip note scribbled in a hurry, making it a solid pick for annotation-style callouts on a webpage.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Devanagari
- Styles: 3 weights (Light, Regular, Bold)
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Patrick Hand
Notes from the back of the classroom
Patrick Hand
Clean and legible even at smaller sizes, this one behaves more like tidy handwriting than a loose marker scrawl, which makes it unusually practical for body copy in a playful layout. Think worksheets, recipe cards, or friendly documentation.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Patrick Hand SC
ALL CAPS NOTES STILL FEEL FRIENDLY
Patrick Hand SC
The small-caps sibling of Patrick Hand trades lowercase looseness for a row of even, approachable capitals. It is a good choice for labels and short headers where you want the marker feel without any legibility risk.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Architects Daughter
Draft the blueprint, then break the rules
Architects Daughter
Modeled on an architect’s casual print lettering, this face has a technical, sketchbook quality that separates it from softer handwriting styles. It pairs naturally with diagrams, wireframes, and anything presenting itself as a rough draft or a work in progress.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Indie Flower
Doodle your dreams in the margins
Indie Flower
Round, bouncy, and instantly recognizable, Indie Flower has become a shorthand for approachable, DIY-feeling design. It works best in short phrases; long passages start to feel busy because of how much each letter bounces off the baseline.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Covered By Your Grace
A little note left just for you
Covered By Your Grace
Soft-edged and unhurried, this one feels closer to a gel pen than a marker, but its casual rhythm still fits comfortably alongside bolder marker styles in a layout. Nice for greeting-card type sentiments and personal, warm messaging.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Gochi Hand
Sticky notes for the whole team
Gochi Hand
A thin, tidy scrawl with just enough imperfection to feel human. It reads well in sticky-note graphics and app onboarding illustrations where a large chunk of marker lettering would be too heavy.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Schoolbell
Class starts in five short minutes
Schoolbell
Chunky and slightly childlike, Schoolbell leans into a classroom chalkboard mood rather than a polished marker look. It is a natural fit for education products, kids’ apps, and anything referencing school supplies.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Short Stack
Quick reminders scribbled on a napkin
Short Stack
Its short x-height and casual baseline wobble give it the feel of a fast note jotted between meetings. Good for UI microcopy that wants a human touch without sacrificing readability.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Handlee
Handwritten thank you cards, delivered digitally
Handlee
Rounded and consistent, Handlee sits closer to legible cursive handwriting than to a loose marker doodle, which makes it a dependable choice for longer runs of casual text. It reads warmly on invitations and personal blogs alike.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Neucha
Casual sketches for casual conversations
Neucha
Originally developed for Cyrillic script, Neucha’s Latin set carries the same relaxed, slightly compressed handwriting feel. It works nicely for chat interfaces and comment sections that want a friendly, informal voice.
- Language support: Latin, Cyrillic
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Sriracha
Bold flavor, bolder handwriting style
Sriracha
Despite the cheeky name, this is a genuinely useful thick-marker script with confident, rounded strokes. It suits food branding, casual restaurant signage, and packaging that wants a spicy, energetic edge.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Thai, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Just Another Hand
Just another note, just another doodle
Just Another Hand
Condensed and a bit scrappy, this face packs more characters per line than most marker fonts, which makes it handy for longer handwritten-style captions. It has a teenage-notebook charm that suits zines and casual editorial layouts.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Walter Turncoat
Sketchbook sketches and secondhand stories
Walter Turncoat
A slightly rougher, more irregular marker style with visible character variation from letter to letter. It fits comic panels, storybook illustrations, and anything wanting a hand-inked, slightly worn feel.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Gloria Hallelujah
Draw outside the lines, always
Gloria Hallelujah
Loose and doodly, with letterforms that feel drawn rather than written, Gloria Hallelujah suits illustration-heavy sites and kids’ content. It is best kept to display sizes; the exaggerated shapes lose clarity in dense paragraphs.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Annie Use Your Telescope
Look closer at the small details
Annie Use Your Telescope
A bold, upright marker hand with thick, confident strokes and a friendly, slightly clumsy charm. It reads well in short headlines and works nicely alongside cleaner sans-serif body text.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Crafty Girls
Handmade crafts made just for you
Crafty Girls
Playful and a touch wobbly, this one leans firmly toward scrapbook and craft-project aesthetics rather than clean lettering. Reserve it for accents and titles rather than anything that needs to be read quickly.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Waiting for the Sunrise
Early morning notes before the coffee
Waiting for the Sunrise
An unusual, slightly rougher marker script with irregular baseline movement that gives it a sleepy, unpolished charm. It suits journaling apps and personal, diary-style content.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Coming Soon
Something new is on the way
Coming Soon
Even, friendly, and easy to read at a glance, Coming Soon works well for announcement banners and “under construction” style messaging, living up to its name. It has less texture than a true marker font, which actually helps it stay legible in longer strings.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Reenie Beanie
Quick thoughts jotted in the margin
Reenie Beanie
Thin and fast-looking, as if dashed off in a single breath, this script suits marginal notes, quote call-outs, and anything wanting a casual, unpolished aside. It is not the font for anything that needs to feel considered or formal.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Nanum Pen Script
Handwritten letters sent across the world
Nanum Pen Script
Developed as part of a Korean type project, Nanum Pen Script has a smooth, confident pen-and-marker hybrid quality that reads cleanly in both Latin and Hangul. It is a dependable option for multilingual projects that need a consistent handwritten voice.
- Language support: Latin, Korean
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Nanum Brush Script
Brushstrokes that bleed across the page
Nanum Brush Script
A heavier, more painterly sibling to Nanum Pen Script, with visible bristle texture and dramatic stroke contrast. It brings a calligraphic, East Asian brush-lettering sensibility that stands apart from the felt-tip look of most Western marker fonts.
- Language support: Latin, Korean
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Homemade Apple
Baked fresh with a personal touch
Homemade Apple
Fine-lined but distinctly handwritten, this one sits between a marker and a pen, with a homey, unpretentious warmth that suits bakery branding and craft product packaging.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Delius
Simple notes, drawn in a hurry
Delius
Rounded, chunky, and refreshingly plain, Delius avoids the exaggerated flourishes of most marker fonts in favor of a steady, childlike consistency. It holds up surprisingly well at smaller sizes for a display face of this style.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Mali
Warm handwriting for every occasion
Mali
Originally built for Thai, Mali’s Latin glyphs carry a soft, rounded marker quality with generous curves. The bold weight adds enough heft to work as a standalone headline font rather than just an accent.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Thai, Vietnamese
- Styles: 12 styles (6 weights plus italics)
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Itim
Casual doodles, drawn with care
Itim
Compact and evenly weighted, Itim has a tidy, controlled marker feel that reads more like careful lettering than a rushed scrawl. It is a solid, understated choice when other marker fonts feel too chaotic for the layout.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Thai, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Gaegu
Cute notes scribbled between classes
Gaegu
Rounded and slightly bubbly, Gaegu has a youthful, notebook-margin charm that suits casual branding aimed at a younger audience. The bold cut holds its shape nicely in buttons and short UI labels.
- Language support: Latin, Korean
- Styles: 3 weights (Light, Regular, Bold)
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Poor Story
Every sketch tells its own story
Poor Story
An irregular, hand-inked marker face with plenty of personality in its uneven stroke widths. It works best in short, expressive headlines rather than passages of running text.
- Language support: Latin, Korean
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Yomogi
A brush-drawn note, left behind
Yomogi
Soft and slightly textured, as though drawn with a worn felt tip, Yomogi has a gentle, unhurried quality that suits lifestyle and wellness branding looking for a handmade touch.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Japanese, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Chilanka
Sketched thoughts from a quiet notebook
Chilanka
Originally created for Malayalam, its Latin companion carries a relaxed, rounded handwriting rhythm that reads comfortably even in longer stretches of casual copy.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Malayalam
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Fuzzy Bubbles
Bubbly notes with a soft edge
Fuzzy Bubbles
Rounded almost to the point of looking inflated, this face has a soft, marker-on-whiteboard quality that suits kids’ products, comics, and playful app interfaces. The bold weight is chunky enough to anchor a logotype on its own.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 2 weights (Regular, Bold)
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Bangers
POW! Comic lettering hits the page
Bangers
Loud, blocky, and built for impact, Bangers channels vintage comic-book sound effects rather than everyday handwriting. It is a go-to for pull quotes, badges, and anything that needs to shout in all capitals.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Luckiest Guy
BIG BOLD LETTERS FOR BIG NEWS
Luckiest Guy
Thick, rounded, and unapologetically chunky, Luckiest Guy reads like a marker outline filled in with a second pass of color. It dominates a page at large sizes, so use it sparingly and let it carry a single strong headline rather than competing paragraphs.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Boogaloo
Groovy signage for a retro diner
Boogaloo
A bold, bouncy display face with a retro, hand-painted-sign quality reminiscent of vintage diner menus and roller-rink posters. It brings personality to short headlines without tipping into full comic-book chaos.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Chewy
Snacks so good you'll ask twice
Chewy
Rounded, puffy, and genuinely fun, Chewy has a candy-shop, kid-friendly energy that suits snack packaging, game logos, and playful app icons. It is not built for subtlety, and that is entirely the point.
- Language support: Latin
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Titan One
Outlined letters ready for color
Titan One
A heavyweight display face with a bold outline effect that mimics a marker-drawn bubble letter filled in afterward. It works best as a hero headline font, paired with something quieter and more restrained for supporting text.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Passion One
Big statements need big letters
Passion One
Rounded and sturdy, Passion One reads like a permanent marker used to fill in poster lettering rather than write it out casually. The bold weight suits banners and campaign headlines that need presence without going full comic style.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 3 weights (Regular, Bold, Black)
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Sniglet
Soft, rounded, and impossible to ignore
Sniglet
Puffy and friendly, with corners so rounded they almost disappear, Sniglet feels like it was drawn with a dry-erase marker on a whiteboard. It is particularly effective for kids’ branding and casual, upbeat UI elements.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 2 weights (Regular, Extra-Bold)
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Baloo 2
Rounded headlines with real weight
Baloo 2
Part of a large rounded type family, Baloo 2 brings a sturdy, marker-thick weight along with genuinely excellent legibility, which is rarer than it sounds in this category. It works as comfortably in an app interface as it does on a poster.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Devanagari, Vietnamese
- Styles: 5 weights (Regular to Extra-Bold)
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Fredoka
Friendly rounded type for modern brands
Fredoka
Contemporary and geometric compared to most of this list, Fredoka has a soft marker-drawn roundness that reads as friendly rather than childish. It pairs nicely with a plainer sans-serif body font for a balanced, approachable brand system.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Hebrew
- Styles: 5 weights (Light to Bold)
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Freckle Face
Speckled letters with a playful bounce
Freckle Face
Its slightly speckled, uneven stroke edges give it a hand-stamped, marker-on-textured-paper look that stands out from smoother display faces. Best used sparingly, as a title treatment rather than for extended text.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Kaushan Script
Sign your name with real flair
Kaushan Script
A confident brush-marker script with sweeping, energetic strokes that feel like they were laid down in one continuous motion. It brings a lively, expressive signature quality to logos and headline treatments.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Yellowtail
Cursive brushwork for a warm welcome
Yellowtail
Smooth and rounded, Yellowtail sits at the gentler end of brush-marker scripts, with connected letterforms that flow easily. It suits invitations, cafe signage, and branding that wants warmth without excess drama.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Pacifico
Surf shop vibes, hand-lettered fresh
Pacifico
Born from 1950s American surf culture lettering, Pacifico has a laid-back, brush-marker looseness that has made it one of the most widely used script fonts on the web. Its familiarity is a genuine strength for casual, friendly branding, though that same ubiquity means it may not feel distinctive in a crowded niche.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Bilbo
A brush-drawn signature, just for you
Bilbo
Delicate for a brush script, with thin connecting strokes and a slightly old-fashioned charm. It works nicely in wedding stationery and greeting cards that want a marker-brush feel without heavy weight.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Comforter
Soft brushstrokes for a gentle note
Comforter
An unusual, textured brush script with a slightly rough, hand-inked quality that separates it from smoother cursive scripts. It reads best in short phrases set at a generous size.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Comforter Brush
Bold brush marks, drawn with confidence
Comforter Brush
A heavier, more dramatic variant of Comforter, with thicker strokes and more visible brush texture. It suits expressive branding moments where a single word needs to carry real visual weight.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Redressed
Rewritten in a bold new hand
Redressed
Chunky and upright, with a marker-thick stroke that stays legible even at moderate sizes. It has a slightly retro, hand-painted-sign character that suits vintage-inspired branding.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Swanky and Moo Moo
Playful brush lettering with real swagger
Swanky and Moo Moo
Loose, wide, and full of personality, this brush script leans theatrical rather than tidy, making it a fun choice for event posters and playful headline treatments.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Alex Brush
Elegant strokes with a marker's edge
Alex Brush
Thinner and more refined than most fonts on this list, Alex Brush bridges the gap between calligraphy and brush marker, useful when a project wants expressive lettering without the full weight of a felt-tip look.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Vietnamese
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
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Amatic SC
Whiteboard notes, condensed and confident
Amatic SC
Tall, narrow, and slightly rough around the edges, Amatic SC has the look of quick capital letters scrawled with a thin whiteboard marker. It is enormously popular for headlines precisely because it stays readable while still feeling hand-drawn.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Vietnamese
- Styles: 2 weights (Regular, Bold)
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Caveat
Everyday handwriting, digitized and dependable
Caveat
One of the most versatile handwriting fonts on Google Fonts, Caveat’s bold weight has just enough marker-like heft to anchor a heading while staying genuinely legible in longer runs of text.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended
- Styles: 4 weights (Regular to Bold)
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Dekko
Casual handwriting for casual moments
Dekko
Wide, rounded, and unfussy, Dekko has an easygoing, notebook-doodle quality without excessive stroke variation, making it a safe, readable pick when other marker fonts feel too erratic.
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Devanagari
- Styles: 1 weight (Regular)
Pairing and Using Marker Fonts Well
Marker fonts are display fonts first. Keep them for headlines, quotes, badges, and short callouts, and hand paragraph text to a plain, legible sans-serif or serif.
Contrast is what sells the effect. A rough, hand-drawn headline next to a clean, structured body font feels intentional; two loose handwriting styles stacked together just feels messy.
Watch your sizing. Many of these fonts lose their charm, or their legibility, below about 16 to 18 pixels, so test at the actual size your design will use.
Limit yourself to one marker font per layout in most cases. A single well-chosen scrawl or brush stroke reads as a considered design choice; three competing hand-lettered styles on one page reads as indecision.
Whether the project calls for a whiteboard-style explainer, a comic-inspired logo, or a warm handwritten note, there is a free marker font in this list built for the job. Download a few, drop them into a real layout, and let the texture of the strokes do the work that a plain sans-serif never could.