Sharpie Font: Angular Script by Théo Guillard

In Théo Guillard’s original Sharpie project, the designer describes a sign-painterly script with slanted, angular letters that do not join. His five-weight account runs from Light to Black, with contrast becoming stronger toward the heavier end. He also notes a relatively low lowercase x-height and similar heights for ascenders, capitals and numerals. The current Fontshare Sharpie resource is the publisher destination; do not mistake this font’s name for an identification of the marker company’s logo.

Prepare the same short headline in a lighter and a heavier weight, then compare them at the intended export size. Inspect the narrow strokes inside the heaviest letters rather than assuming more weight makes every detail stronger. Put a numeral beside a capital and an ascending lowercase letter to assess the height rhythm described by the designer. Try the actual product name instead of a sample word with convenient shapes. Kaushan Script and Permanent Marker here are independent specimens, not Sharpie previews.

Start from the font’s default spacing and inspect the gaps between the slanted letters. Do not overlap characters simply because the family is called a script: a deliberate gap can be part of its design. Keep long explanatory copy in a reading face and use the script where the word shape remains clear. For a plain-text name or caption, the handwritten-style text converter offers Unicode substitutions; it does not preserve Sharpie’s custom angles, weight choices or OpenType behavior. The hand-lettering guide covers drawing a bespoke word instead.