hello can anyone help me find a (free) font where the letter a looks a bit like i does is comic sans, but where all style is tidier and the letters have little tails on them?

I am looking to produce resources at home to use in a small school with special needs children.

many thanks

Did you take a look here: http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=602 ?

I have found two that are similar to my needs thank you for the link

(handfont and PreCursive)just a shame no 'f' with a tail at the bottom, but i think I can use PreCursive for formal and hand font for more creative stuff.

thanks again.

You asked for free, but you might want to take a look here: http://www.schoolfonts.com/

and here: http://www.fonts4teachers.com/

thank you (although as a part time TA I don't have a budget lol) I decided to try the Precursive font from here but as per my other post the bottoms of the letters (the bits I want with the tails basically) like the under hanging parts of g & y are missing in open office.

To buy for a full version

Buying a commercial license will not help. The font is badly made and will never work well as is.

thanks for letting me know - i can move along to something else.

very helpful forum this