Unicorns Are Awesome: A Handwritten Font That Feels Like a Gentle Smile
Last Tuesday, I sat down to refresh the cover of a small digital workbookâa 42-page coaching guide for mindful morning routines. The content was warm, intentional, and quietly joyful. But the current title font? Too stiff. Too formal. It whispered âcorporate training manual,â not âgentle invitation to begin again.â Thatâs when I opened my fonts folder and scrolled past the usual suspectsâuntil Unicorns Are Awesome caught my eye.
Itâs a script handwritten typeface, yesâbut not in the way you might expect. Thereâs no frantic energy or exaggerated flourishes. Instead, it moves with soft confidence: slightly uneven baseline, subtle variation in stroke weight, letters that lean just enough to feel humanânot hurried, not performative, but warmly considered. Each character carries a quiet playfulness, like ink pressed gently onto handmade paper. It doesnât shout. It leans in.
I typed the title: Morning Light, Not Morning Rush. Instantly, the tone shifted. The rhythm of the words softened. The space between letters felt generous, unhurriedâlike breath. Thatâs the editorial magic of Unicorns Are Awesome: it doesnât just display textâit holds space for feeling.
In practice, this font shines where personality matters most. Think blog headers that welcome rather than announce. Ebook covers that whisper âthis is for youâ before a single word is read. Newsletter graphics where a single lineââYouâve got thisââlands like encouragement, not instruction. I used it for chapter openers in a seasonal recipe ebook last month, pairing each title with a simple serif body font. The contrast worked beautifully: Unicorns Are Awesome set the mood; the serif carried the meaning.
Itâs not built for long paragraphsâand thatâs by thoughtful design. As a script handwritten font, its strength lies in brevity and intention. Use it for titles, section headings, pull quotes, decorative accents, or short callouts in printable planners and worksheets. Iâve seen it work especially well in wedding guides (think âOur Story So Farâ on a keepsake page), lifestyle blog banners (âSlow Living, Thoughtfully Curatedâ), and digital magazine feature headers where tone is as important as topic.
What makes it feel so grounded is its restraint. Unlike some modern script fonts that chase trendiness with dramatic swashes or aggressive slant, Unicorns Are Awesome stays approachable. Its lowercase âaâ and âgâ are friendly, not fussy. The âsâ has a gentle curveânot too tight, not too loose. Even on screen, at 28px on a newsletter header or 36px on a PDF cover, it renders cleanly across devices. No pixelation, no awkward spacing hiccups. For printables, it holds up beautifully at 120 dpiâcrisp enough for home printers, elegant enough for boutique stationery.
Pairing it is intuitive. I often reach for a warm, readable serifâlike Merriweather or Cormorant Garamondâfor body copy. Their structure gives Unicorns Are Awesome room to breathe while anchoring the layout in clarity. For digital layouts where clean navigation matters, a light sans serifâInter or Open Sansâworks seamlessly for captions, menus, or footer text. The contrast feels natural, not forced. Itâs typography that listens: one voice leads with warmth, the other supports with quiet reliability.
Before using Unicorns Are Awesome in client work or digital products, I always check whatâs included. Does it offer stylistic alternates? (It doesâsubtle variations that add nuance without overwhelming.) Are there ligatures for common letter pairs? (Yesââfiâ, âflâ, âthâ flow smoothly.) Is multilingual support present? (Basic Latin extended, covering most English-language publishing needs.) And cruciallyâis the license commercial? Yes, itâs cleared for use in ebooks, templates, printables, paid newsletters, and client-facing design assets. That peace of mind matters when youâre building something meant to last.
One afternoon, I tested it in a real editorial context: a feature page for a slow-living newsletter. The headlineââWhere Rest Beginsââsat at the top in Unicorns Are Awesome, sized large and centered. Beneath it, a short intro paragraph in a modest serif, then a pull quote set in the same fontâbut smaller, with extra leading. The effect wasnât flashy. It was cohesive. Calm. Human. Readers didnât comment on the fontâbut they did reply saying, âThis felt like it was written just for me.â Thatâs the quiet power of intentional typography.
Of course, itâs not for every project. If your brand voice is sharp, technical, or highly structured, this isnât the lead typeface youâd choose. And while it works beautifully on screens, avoid using it below 20px for body textâeven in decorative contexts. Its charm lives in scale and pause, not density. For social media graphics, it performs best on light backgrounds with ample negative space. On dark mode interfaces, test contrast carefullyâsome script fonts fade, but Unicorns Are Awesome retains legibility with thoughtful sizing and spacing.
What lingers most isnât just how it looksâbut how it feels to use it. Typing with Unicorns Are Awesome slows me down. I reread sentences before setting them. I consider spacing like punctuation. It reminds me that typography isnât just about communicationâitâs about care. In a world of algorithm-driven feeds and rapid-scrolling content, choosing a font like this is a small act of resistance: a decision to prioritize warmth over speed, clarity over clutter, humanity over habit.
If you're redesigning a blog header, laying out a printable planner, or setting the tone for a new digital magazine issueâyou donât need a font that shouts. You need one that settles in beside the reader, like a trusted friend who knows when to speak and when to listen. Thatâs Unicorns Are Awesome: not just a script handwritten font, but a quiet collaborator in the art of thoughtful publishing.
