The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Free font
Alex Brush
A free alternative to Before the Rain.
About Alex Brush
Alex Brush is a connecting brush script drawn by Robert Leuschke and released through Google Fonts in 2011, distinguished by short ascenders that keep flowing text compact. The brush influence shows in the stroke — entries and exits taper rather than snapping to a point, and letters join with an easy, hand-drawn rhythm instead of an engineered swell. It reads warm and informal, closer to a fluent hand than to a writing master's exemplar.
Those qualities make it a working substitute for Edwardian Script. Alex Brush covers the same territory — invitations, monograms, packaging, anywhere a connecting script sets the tone — with noticeably less formality than Edwardian's high-contrast pointed-pen flourish. The restrained ascenders are the practical advantage: lines can be set tighter without collisions, so multiple lines of script stay readable at display size. Choose it when the job wants elegance with a hand in it rather than ceremony.
- Designer
- Robert Leuschke
- Released
- 2011
- Available at
- Google Fonts →
Alex Brush is also a free alternative to…
- Before the Rain → A flowing brush script with connected lowercase and smooth, rounded joins that share Before the Rain's easy movement across a line. Its strokes are heavier and more brush-like than the hairline pen model, so it feels warmer and sturdier, which helps on web and print at smaller sizes.
- Edwardian Script → A brush-influenced connecting script — warmer and less formal than Edwardian Script, but its short ascenders keep flowing text compact and readable.
- Wisdom Script → A flowing brush script with fully connected letters and a steady forward slant, sharing Wisdom Script's lettered, continuous-word look. The strokes are thinner and more elegant, with longer ascenders, so it skews toward invitations and wedding work rather than craft-brand grit, but the brush construction is directly comparable.
- Balmoral → A smooth, connected script with a gentle slant and lively capitals that echo Balmoral's flow. Being brush-based rather than pen-based, it has rounder terminals and less hairline contrast, so it trades some engraved formality for a friendlier, more contemporary feel at the same sizes.
- Rage Italic → A connected brush script with a strong slant and flowing lowercase joins, closer to the formal end but still clearly brush-made. It is thinner and more refined than Rage Italic, so it works where you want a hint of its painted feel on a more polished layout.
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