Typophile

Font or hand lettered?

sheffield

Not sure if this is a font (would be great!) or just hand-lettered. Would love some help IDing it or a font similar if it isn't. Thanks!

I believe it is simply hand drawn. As for hand drawn typefaces with similar swashes and flourishes, have a look at these.

http://www.linotype.com/es/6450/williamlucas.html
http://www.linotype.com/1175/zapfino-family.html

Fonts by Mans Greback (some of these are free or very cheep for personal use)
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mawns/before-the-rain/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mawns/sverige-script/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mawns/respective/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mawns/some-weatz/
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/mawns/shipped-goods-1/

You might also do a search for windsong which is a font that can be found for "free" around the net. But since the author is a mystery, no one knows the license. So I would not use it for anything commercial.

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