Script typefaces enhance the written word. They are emotional, lyrical, even passionate communicators. Scripts have a soul, and a heart. Words set in script are perfect examples of something that is greater than the sum of its parts. And while scripts are not abundant in interactive design, the Snell Roundhand® design, at 39 in last month's Top 100 Web Fonts list, has proved its value in a digital world.

In the mid-17th century "Rhonde" script was chosen by the French government as one of the three writing styles that were required for drafting all legal documents. Later in the 17th and early 18th centuries, the "Roundhand" interpretations of this style by British writing masters George Bickham, George Shelley and Charles Snell, helped to propagate the lettering's popularity. By the mid-18th century the writing style had spread through Europe and crossed the Atlantic to North America.

"Scripts have a soul, and a heart. Words set in script are perfect examples of something that is greater than the sum of its parts."

Matthew Carter's Snell Roundhand is arguably the best and most beautiful example of this style of script made into a font of type. Originally drawn for phototypesetting, the design has successfully been interpreted in digital form and is available to add a little passion to Web pages and small screens.

Here's the full list of top Fonts.com Web Fonts for August 2015:

Neue Helvetica

Trade Gothic

Avenir

Avenir Next

Futura

Soho

Slate

Helvetica

Brandon Grotesque

Neue Swift

Proxima Nova

Charcuterie

Gill Sans

DIN Next

Neo Sans

Univers

ITC Avant Garde Gothic

Thirsty Script

Frutiger

Century Gothic

Rockwell

Neue Helvetica Compressed

Zapfino Extra

Times

PMN Caecilia

ITC Caslon No. 224

Eurostile LT

Bodoni LT

Monotype Baskerville

Harmonia Sans

Veneer

Optima

Linotype Didot

ITC Lubalin Graph

Melany Lane

Naive Inline

Swift

Fairfield

Snell Roundhand

Cochin

University

Harley Davidson Letterpress

Museo Sans

VAG Rounded

Myriad

Swiss 721

ITC American Typewriter

ITC Legacy Serif

Minion

Linotype Univers

ITC Franklin Gothic

Chaparral

Soho Gothic

Neue Helvetica eText

Neue Frutiger

Beaufort for LOL

Tahoma

Shelley Script

Courier PS

M Yuen HK

Bernhard Modern

Granjon

ITC Edwardian Script

Linotype Sketch

French Script

Felix Titling

ITC Tiffany

Engravers

Joanna

Flemish Script

Helinda Rook

Gloucester

Vladimir Script

Linoscript

C Xing Kai PRC

Alana

Estilo

Citadel Script

Sassoon Infant

Chevalier

Liberty

Fette Fraktur

Caslon Open Face

Commercial Script

Bernhard Fashion

Skitch

C Xing Kai HK

AT Uncial

Linotext

Wedding Text

Fling

Sho

ITC Tempus Serif

Ruling Script

Trade Gothic Next

ITC Legacy Square Serif

Museo

Frutiger Next

Orator

Arial