Ourside Font: A Creative Friend for Your Handmade Projects
It’s late morning, and the scent of vanilla and cedar from my latest candle batch fills the studio. I’m sitting at my desk, the cursor blinking on a blank label template. The design is almost perfect—a simple illustration, a clean layout—but the text feels stiff. The product name needs a voice, something warm and inviting that matches the handmade feel. That’s when I scroll through my font library and land on Ourside. As soon as I type out "Woodland Vanilla," the entire label transforms. The letters dance with a sweet, friendly curl, giving my candle a personality before it’s even wrapped.
The Personality of Ourside
What is Ourside? It’s more than just a font file; it’s a creative collaborator. This is a handwritten script font with a distinctively fresh and cute charm. Its strokes are gentle and rounded, avoiding any harsh edges. The overall mood is playful and approachable, like a friendly note left on a kitchen counter. It carries a sense of warmth and sincerity, making it ideal for projects where emotion and personal touch are paramount.
This isn’t a formal, elaborate script. Ourside feels modern and casual, yet entirely polished. Its visual personality lies in its readability and its inherent cheerfulness. It brings a fun touch without being overwhelming or childish. For makers and sellers, this translates into a typeface that can elevate your product’s presentation by making it feel more personal, crafted, and connected.
Bringing Projects to Life with a Handwritten Touch
As a crafter, the moment a design clicks is magical. Ourside has become my go-to for initiating that moment across a wide range of projects.
For Physical Products & Packaging
Consider your product labels. A simple jar of honey or a bag of coffee beans becomes a boutique item when its name is written in Ourside. I use it for candle labels, product tags, and even small stickers for sealing bags. Its clarity ensures it remains legible even when printed small, which is crucial for detailed product information. For packaging design, like a thank-you note included in an order, Ourside adds a signature brand consistency that customers remember.
For Stationery & Celebrations
This font truly shines in the realm of paper and celebration. Designing wedding invitations? Ourside brings a sweet, romantic vibe to the names, date, and venue. It’s perfect for welcome boards, seating charts, and greeting cards for birthdays and anniversaries. I’ve used it to create printable planner pages and wall art quotes, where its handwritten style makes the message feel direct and intimate.
For Digital & Merchandise
Beyond paper, Ourside adapts beautifully to digital and physical merchandise. For digital downloads like template previews or social media graphics, it creates an engaging, friendly first impression. When designing for mugs, tote bags, or signs, its style translates well into vinyl cuts for machines like Cricut or Silhouette. A farmhouse-style sign with a family name in Ourside feels instantly welcoming. For seasonal craft designs, like holiday tags or Easter card kits, it provides that festive, handcrafted look.
Readability and Practical Application Tips
A beautiful font must also be functional. Ourside’s strength is in its balance. It is primarily a display font, best used for short phrases, names, titles, and decorative wording. It’s ideal for product names on labels, headlines on cards, or a single uplifting quote on wall art.
For longer paragraphs of text, it’s advisable to pair it with a simpler typeface. This is where font pairing becomes your design superpower. I often combine Ourside with a clean, neutral sans serif font for body text (like instructions on a tag or details on an invitation). This pairing allows Ourside to shine as the emotional anchor while the sans serif provides clear, easy-to-read information. A simple serif font can also work for a more classic, editorial feel.
When testing for readability, always print a test sample or view a high-resolution mockup. Check how it looks at the size you intend to use, especially on small stickers or detailed product labels. On cutting machine projects, ensure the strokes are thick enough for clean cuts, and consider using the font for designs where fine details are supported by your materials.
A Final Note for Commercial Creators
If you’re using Ourside for products you sell—physical goods, templates, printables, or merchandise—always verify its licensing. Most quality fonts like this come with a commercial license, allowing you to use them in your business. Before finalizing any design, check the included file formats to ensure compatibility with your software (like SVG for cutting machines). Also, explore if the font includes stylistic alternates, ligatures, or swashes, which can add lovely variation to repeated words like "and" or "the," perfect for custom wedding stationery or logo design.
Ourside isn’t just a tool; it’s a voice for your work. It helps tell the story of your brand—that it’s crafted, caring, and creative. From the first sketch of a logo design to the final print of a seasonal product tag, this handwritten font becomes a seamless part of your process, adding that irreplaceable human touch to everything you make.
