# Borel font

> A French school cursive developed with teachers and speech therapists for children learning to read and write.

Borel is a French school cursive typeface by Rosalie Wagner, created together with schoolteachers and speech therapists for children who learn reading and writing at the same time. Borel has one Regular style with 1,509 glyphs. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits worksheets, primers and classroom material in a limited set of languages.

## Facts

- Classification: [Handwriting](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/handwriting)
- Designed by: Rosalie Wagner
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1509
- Character sets: latin, vietnamese
- Last updated: 2025-12-10
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Borel
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/borel
- Tagged for: Casual, Rounded, Kids

## About Borel

Borel is a cursive handwriting typeface that follows the model taught in French primary schools. The lowercase letters are joined and upright, with looped ascenders and descenders, a tall x-height and a sturdy line of almost uniform thickness ending in rounded tips. The capitals in the specimen are plain upright forms without loops, close to a rounded sans, and the numerals are simple and open. The official notes explain the aim: to reconcile cursive strokes with ordinary typographic structure, keeping letters open and clearly different from one another. The name honours Suzanne Borel-Maisonny, a pioneer of speech therapy. Borel has one style, Regular, and 1,509 glyphs, though its language coverage is deliberately narrow. Rosalie Wagner designed it, and the name table lists ANRT as manufacturer.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2023 The Borel Project Authors (https://github.com/RosaWagner/Borel)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Handwriting worksheets**: The joined lowercase matches the cursive that French schools teach, so printed models look like what pupils are asked to write.
- **First reading books**: Open, clearly differentiated letters were developed with teachers and speech therapists for early readers.
- **Speech therapy material**: The project involved speech therapists and is named after a pioneer of the field.
- **Classroom labels and displays**: A sturdy low-contrast line with a tall x-height stays clear on name tags and wall charts.
- **School-themed titles**: A word in looped school cursive signals childhood and learning on a cover or poster.

## Things to know

- **Limited language set by design**: The official notes list English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Turkish and Vietnamese as supported; the Latin Extended set is incomplete.
- **Capitals are not cursive**: The capitals are plain upright letters while the lowercase is joined.
- **One style**: Borel has only Regular, with no bold or variable version.

## FAQs

### Is Borel free for commercial use?

Yes. Borel is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Borel?

Borel was designed by Rosalie Wagner in collaboration with primary school teachers and speech therapists. The font's name table lists ANRT as manufacturer.

### Why is the font called Borel?

The name Borel honours Suzanne Borel-Maisonny, a pioneering speech therapist.

### Which languages does Borel support?

Borel includes the letters needed for English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Dutch, Turkish and Vietnamese, among others. Many Central European languages are not covered.

### How many weights does Borel have?

Borel has one weight, Regular 400.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/borel (trendhub)