Seeking child's font to help with learning to write numbers?

Question

I am trying to teach my 4 year old how to write and I am looking for a font which has the number 4 in it that is written as a vertical line down, a horizontal line across and then a separate small vertical line down crossing the horizontal line (i.e. like a cross but with a vertical line attached to the left). This is the way they are taught to write in school but all the fonts I can find have the number 4 either as in Times New Roman (one line) or with a diagonal line instead of a vertical. Rather uselessly none of the samples I see on-line show the way the numbers appear. Does anyone have any info (if it has the fonts as dots that can be joined up then so much the better).

thanks

Answer 1

This is the site that helped our children to write, have a look at it, it’s FREE. Takes a little getting used to but once you have, its GREAT.

http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/none/trace...

Creating a Custom Tracer Page

http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/none/index...

Answer 2

Try the following fonts, I found them on my window's character map application.  Do you use windows?

Forte  

OCR A Extended

Script

Answer 3

You are working way too hard for this.

You can print a 4 worksheet from the page linked below. Just click on the link called "Zaner-Bloser Numeral Printing 1-5 "

Answer 4

For the purposes of teaching a four-year-old, you don't need fancy computer fonts.  In fact, you don't even need a computer.

I know this is hopelessly old fashioned, but have you considered

just drawing the digits on paper yourself with a {pencil,crayon,marker} ?

If you simply must be "high-tech", using MS Paint or MacPaint or a similar program, draw them and print them out.

You can also use one of those programs starting

with one or more existing fonts, and making your own adjustments.

The following fonts have "open top" fours.

OCR A Extended

Lucida Handwriting

If you prefer the other digits from other fonts, then mix them in however it suits you.

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