Alphastrokes tracing font
Create handwriting worksheets with a TrueType font designed to teach letter formation. Choose the full font with stroke arrows, or try the free version.
Full tracing font
Includes horizontal lines, starting positions and stroke arrows.
Free tracing font
Includes horizontal lines and starting positions. Stroke arrows are included in the full font.
New to Alphastrokes? Follow the step-by-step teaching guide to move from tracing to independent writing.
What teachers and parents say
The best font I have encountered
Alphastrokes is truly the best font I have encountered for preK, kindergarten, and 1st grade! It is a miracle app… kiddos write so much better and it leads into cursive! I have used it for several years. This is the best tracing font out there…and I have tried them all! The price is worth every penny!!
An essential tool for teaching young learners
I use this font all the time for various projects. It’s an essential tool for teaching young learners! Love it!
A life saver!
This is a life saver! I use this font for everything: writing names, numbers, letters, and sight words. It helps my student learn to write and recognize the letters and numbers.
The best handwriting font
This is the best handwriting font I have come across. Thank you!
Very effective
Alphastrokes helped my four-year-old son learn to write the letters of the alphabet very effectively. The font and other materials were very effective. My wife and I are really impressed with our son’s progress. I highly recommend these products to all parents or educators of young children. Thanks, Alphastrokes!
Just what I needed
Just what I needed to create worksheets for extra independent practice.
What is the Alphastrokes tracing font?
The Alphastrokes tracing font is a TrueType font that assists kindergarten students in printing the letters of the English alphabet correctly and efficiently. It provides lines containing dotted letters for students to trace with the starting position and stroke directions illustrated for each letter, number, and punctuation mark. The Alphastrokes tracing font has been carefully developed to provide an intuitive, practical introduction to writing the English alphabet.
Make your own magnificent worksheets, etc.
- Quickly and easily produce customized worksheets for students
- Easily print off vocabulary words for penmanship and writing practice
- Check out the Alphastrokes flashcards, videos, or workbook to see examples of what you can do with the font.
Why Alphastrokes is the best tracing font on the web
The only tracing font of its kind
As a kindergarten teacher, I am constantly making worksheets for my students who are just beginning to learn to write the letters of the alphabet. At first I scoured the web for a good font that I could use to teach correct penmanship and stroke order, but I could find nothing! So I ended up making my own font. And now it is available for others who are in need of such a font.
Simple, fluid, logical, practical, standard printing technique
After researching and comparing various English alphabet penmanship techniques, I put together a font with the most logical and efficient stroke orders. Alphastrokes is designed to minimize pencil lifting between strokes and encourage continuous stroke sequences. It deters young learners from developing crude writing habits, such as forming ball-and-stick letters. With this font, stroke sequences flow together smoothly to guide early writers to compose letters correctly and efficiently. Other kindergarten printing styles tend to encourage awkward, unnatural stroke orders and sometimes include unnecessary ornamental strokes. Alphastrokes is simple, fluid, and logical; and it presents a practical universal standard for printing the English alphabet that is easy for young learners to grasp.
Alphastrokes uses logical stroke orders and continuous stroke sequences to…
- Develop letter formation aptitude (encourages phonemic awareness)
- Enhance fine motor skills
- Avert letter reversal problems (confusing b and d, p and q)
- Foster early reading and writing skills
- Prepare students for cursive writing
How It Works
Starting positions
Starting positions are illustrated with a circle where the pencil should be placed when beginning each letter. Starting positions are important for developing correct letter formation skills and efficiency in writing. They also help with letter differentiation. For example, young learners often confuse the letters b and d, but knowing the correct starting positions and stroke orders helps students distinguish between these confusing letters. Furthermore, by learning the starting positions, students become more familiar with patterns in letter formation and letter structure across the alphabet. For example, the round letters a, c, d, g, o, and q all have the same starting position: on the right, just below the midline.
Stroke direction arrows
Stroke direction arrows make it easy for young writers to become familiar with correct stroke orders. The arrows also facilitate in-class penmanship activities. For example, direction arrows can serve as a visual aid for teachers to demonstrate stroke orders. One effective technique is having students put their index fingers in the air and motion the strokes of a given letter. Another excellent technique is for individual students to come forward and motion an index finger over a flashcard or visual projection to practice the correct stroke sequence.
