Dancing Script
Type with Purpose
Good typography guides attention, improves understanding, and makes communication effortless.
The Anatomy of a Typeface
By FontSide · June 2026
Every typeface is a system of decisions — about stroke contrast, x-height, spacing, and rhythm. The best ones feel invisible: you stop seeing the letters and start hearing the voice behind them. That transparency is the hardest thing to design.
A high x-height opens up the counters and makes small text breathe. Tight tracking pulls a headline together; loose tracking gives a caption room to exhale. None of these choices are accidents — they are arguments about how reading should feel.
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The recommended way to use fonts in modern web projects.
1. Install Package
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/dancing-script 2. Import in App
import '@fontsource-variable/dancing-script/wght.css'; 3. CSS Usage
body {
font-family: "Dancing Script Variable", cursive;
} Google Fonts CDN
Use Google's CDN to embed the fonts directly via HTML.
HTML <head>
<!-- Please select at least one weight and style --> Fontsource CDN
Skip the build step by adding this directly to your global CSS file.
Global CSS
/* dancing-script-latin-wght-normal */
@font-face {
font-family: "Dancing Script Variable";
font-style: normal;
font-display: swap;
font-weight: 100 900;
src: url(https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/fontsource/fonts/dancing-script:vf@latest/latin-wght-normal.woff2)
format("woff2-variations");
} Background & Story
Dancing Script is a lively casual script where the letters bounce and change size slightly. Caps are big, and goes below the baseline.
Dancing Script references popular scripts typefaces from the 50's.
It relates to Murray Hill (Emil Klumpp. 1956) in his weight distribution, and to Mistral (Roger Excoffon. 1953) in his lively bouncing effect.
Use it when you want a friendly, informal and spontaneous look.
Updated May 18th 2011 with bold!
In November 2019, it was updated with a Variable Font "Weight" axis.
To contribute, see github.com/impallari/DancingScript.
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Install
pnpm add @fontsource-variable/dancing-script Designed by
Impallari Type
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License
OFL-1.1