Mathilde, designed by Lee Batchelor in 2012, is a free handwritten font with the loose sweep of an oversized signature. Its very fine strokes stretch into broad loops and long, low flourishes, giving the lettering an airy silhouette and an intentionally uneven flow.
Contemporary signature styling makes it a natural fit for fashion editorials, beauty packaging, wedding invitations, and album artwork. In boutique branding, those extended loops can shape a recognizable wordmark.
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“Mathilde” includes accented letterforms, math symbols, and OpenType contextual alternatives for common double-letter combinations.
The font is free for personal and commercial use.
Update 10/01/2012: Improved compatibility with word processors and added swash characters for letterforms with very long tails.
Update 10/26/2012: Fixed small metric and overlap issues.
Update 11/28/2012: Added a TrueType (.ttf) version and a bold style available for $5 on the following website:
https://leeviathan.com/portfolio-item/mathilde-free-handwritten-opentype-font/