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Malinda Script

Malinda Script captures organic, human warmth with flowing strokes that add personality to your designs.

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Handwritingby Musafir Lab70% Accessible
Characters256
Glyphs307
Typography Tools

Best Ways to Use Malinda Script

01

Best Font Pairings for Malinda Script

TypeSmith curates 3 expert font pairings for Malinda Script, including combinations with Bodini, IM Fell French Canon and Latinia.

Each pairing includes accessibility ratings, expert reasoning, and usage recommendations for web and print design.

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02

Test Malinda Script Font Pairings Live

TypeSmith's interactive testing tool lets you preview Malinda Script with any font combination in real-time, optimized for handwriting characteristics.

Adjust font sizes, weights, and see live typography specimens including editorial layouts, code editors, and UI components.

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Character Set

Malinda Script Glyphs & Characters

Size48
Showing 62 of 187 charactersDouble-click to copy • Click for details
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789

Type Scale

Heading Styles with Malinda Script

Heading Level 1<h1>
64px
Bold
72px
Malinda Script primary headline
Heading Level 2<h2>
48px
SemiBold
56px
Malinda Script section heading
Heading Level 3<h3>
32px
Medium
40px
Malinda Script subsection title
Heading Level 4<h4>
24px
Regular
32px
Malinda Script content heading
Heading Level 5<h5>
18px
Regular
26px
Malinda Script minor heading
Heading Level 6<h6>
14px
Medium
20px
Malinda Script smallest heading
Font SizeWeightLine Height
Body Copy

Malinda Script for Paragraphs

TypeSmith provides optimized body text specifications for Malinda Script, including recommended sizes, line heights, and letter spacing for long-form content. These settings ensure maximum readability across devices and screen sizes.

Malinda Script demonstrates exceptional body text performance with balanced proportions and consistent stroke widths that enhance readability across paragraph lengths.

When setting Malinda Script for body copy, TypeSmith recommends these optimized specifications. The carefully tuned metrics ensure comfortable reading at extended lengths while maintaining the typeface's distinctive character.

Malinda Script small text sizes retain legibility through well-defined letterforms. Caption and footnote applications benefit from the font's clear x-height and open counters.

ElementWeightSizeLine HeightTrackingPreview
Body TextRegular16px24px0.5pxMalinda Script delivers excellent readability for body copy
ItalicizedRegular Italic16px24px0.5pxMalinda Script italic provides elegant emphasis
BoldBold16px24px0.5pxMalinda Script bold creates strong visual hierarchy
Small CapsRegular16px24px0.5pxMalinda Script typography specimen
Secondary TextMedium14px20px0.5pxMalinda Script typography specimen
.your-class { font-family: 'Malinda Script'; }

Quick Start

How to Embed Malinda Script in Your Project

HTML Link Tag

Add to your <head> section

<link href="https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Malinda+Script:400,700&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">

CSS @import

Add at top of your stylesheet

@import url('https://fonts.bunny.net/css?family=Malinda+Script:400,700&display=swap');

CSS @font-face

Self-host the font files

@font-face {
  font-family: 'Malinda Script';
  src: url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Malinda+Script:wght@400;700&display=swap');
  font-display: swap;
}

Implementation

Code Snippets for Malinda Script

Standard CSS

css

Apply directly to any CSS class or selector.

1.my-text {
2 font-family: 'Malinda Script', sans-serif;
3 font-weight: 400;
4}

SCSS Variable

scss

Define once, use throughout your stylesheet.

1$font-primary: 'Malinda Script', sans-serif;
2
3.my-text {
4 font-family: $font-primary;
5}

Tailwind CSS

config

Configure once, apply with utility classes.

1// tailwind.config.js
2module.exports = {
3 theme: {
4 extend: {
5 fontFamily: {
6 'malinda-script': ['Malinda Script', 'sans-serif'],
7 },
8 },
9 },
10}
11
12// Usage in HTML
13<p class="font-malinda-script">Your text here</p>

About

Malinda Script: A Closer Look

Musafir Lab
Handwriting
Open Source

Malinda Script font is a brush calligraphic cursive handwriting typeface that combines expressive strokes with refined technique. The brushwork creates confident text while maintaining elegant calligraphic foundation. This brush calligraphy font works effectively for artistic branding, creative agency identities, fashion marketing, and expressive editorial design. The cursive aesthetic translates to poster art, social media graphics, and dynamic brand materials. Designers seeking brush character with sophisticated foundation will find Malinda Script delivers both expression and refinement. The calligraphic quality adds credibility. Pairs well with clean sans-serif fonts for body text.

Malinda Script was designed by Musafir Lab. The typeface shows dedication to typographic detail, visible in its letterform construction and optical balance.

As a Handwriting typeface in the Vox-ATypI Scripts classification, Malinda Script features disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These optical characteristics make it well-suited for greeting cards and informal stationery.

Malinda Script is available in a single weight, offering focused typographic consistency for both digital and print applications, with 3 font pairings curated. Standard Latin character coverage serves the majority of Western typographic workflows.

Malinda Script

Typography Judgment

Expert Analysis of Malinda Script

TypeSmith evaluates every font across classification, accessibility, and design heritage. This analysis helps designers understand Malinda Script's strengths and ideal use cases before committing to a typography decision.

1

Classification

Handwriting analysis. Typographic analysis places Malinda Script within the Scripts (Casual / Handwritten) tradition, characterized by Disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and Irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. Handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Key technical strength: randomization features for natural variation per glyph.

2

Accessibility

Readability assessment (grade: 70). Malinda Script maintains legibility across a range of sizes and rendering environments.

3

Design Heritage

Designed by Musafir Lab. The designer's attention to glyph proportions and optical balance produces a Handwriting with a single focused weight suited to both digital and print workflows.

Overview

About Malinda Script

Malinda Script falls within the Scripts typeface, drawn from the tradition where handwriting fonts gained popularity in the 1990s digital type boom, offering an approachable alternative to formal scripts. Its distinctive disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure make it well-suited for pull quotes and editorial accent text. TypeSmith indexes Malinda Script in a single weight variant and 3 curated font pairings.

Font Pairings Available
3 curated pairings for Malinda Script
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Inclusive Design

Accessibility & Usability

70
Accessibility Score
Good Accessibility

Accessibility Features of Malinda Script

Malinda Script achieves a good accessibility rating, performing reliably for both paragraph text and interface elements at standard sizes. Irregular baselines and inconsistent letter spacing can hinder readers with visual processing differences. Maintain generous line height and avoid setting below 16 px.

Legibility Analysis: Malinda Script

Malinda Script draws legibility from its disconnected or loosely connected letterforms and irregular stroke weight from natural hand pressure. These characteristics help readers distinguish similar glyphs such as I, l, and 1 at a range of sizes.

Readability Profile: Malinda Script

More legible than formal scripts due to disconnected letters, but the irregular baseline limits sustained reading. Best at medium sizes for short passages. Use at 16 px minimum for body text, and maintain 1.5 line-height to support comfortable reading rhythm.

Eye Strain Considerations for Malinda Script

Malinda Script provides a focused weight range that maintains consistent typographic color across paragraphs. Balanced stroke modulation keeps visual noise low during sustained reading sessions.

Malinda Script Accessibility Recommendations

Maintain a minimum contrast ratio of 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text when setting Malinda Script. Use font sizes of at least 16 px for paragraph copy and line spacing of 1.5 or greater. Test Malinda Script at 200% browser zoom to confirm line breaks and layout integrity remain intact.

Best Practices for Using Malinda Script

Combine with a geometric sans-serif for modern contrast or a clean slab serif for grounded warmth. Avoid pairing with script or calligraphic faces. A focused set of pairings helps designers find compatible companions for Malinda Script. Establish hierarchy through size, spacing, and color rather than multiplying font families. Serve Malinda Script in WOFF2 format for optimal load performance and broad browser compatibility.

Get the Font

Download Weights & Variants

Available Weights

400
Regular
Local
400
Regular Italic
Local
700
Bold
Local
700
Bold Italic
Local

Weight Reference

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Internationalization

International Character Support

Extended Latin Coverage
Supports 100+ languages with Latin script

Western European

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Portuguese
  • Dutch

Nordic

  • Swedish
  • Norwegian
  • Danish
  • Finnish
  • Icelandic

Central European

  • Polish
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Romanian
  • Slovak

Baltic

  • Lithuanian
  • Latvian
  • Estonian

This font encodes 97 glyphs covering Latin. Text outside these ranges falls back to another face in the stack.

Legal

Malinda Script License Information

SIL Open Font License (OFL) 1.1
Free for personal and commercial use
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What you can do

  • Personal projects
  • Commercial projects
  • Web embedding
  • App embedding
  • Modification
  • Redistribution

Restrictions

  • Selling as standalone

Modified versions must use a different name and be distributed under the same OFL license.

Malinda Script is available under the SIL Open Font License (OFL), Version 1.1. This license is a free, libre, and open source license specifically designed for fonts and related software. The OFL allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified, and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. This makes Malinda Script ideal for web projects, applications, documents, and print materials of any kind.