Patriotic Fonts. Here are 10 of my favorite fonts for personal and commercial use, perfect for your projects for Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day.
One of my favorite things about creating free printables is finding fun project fonts. I am thinking about the 4th of July, so I am sharing my favorite patriotic fonts.
I often work in Photoshop Elements to create my printables, but I also do many projects using my Cricut machine. With Cricut Design Space, you can use any font you have downloaded on your computer for your projects.
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Favorite Places to Find Fonts
Most of these websites offer both free fonts and paid fonts. All of them offer fonts for commercial use except for Da Font.
Favorite Patriotic Fonts
Below, you’ll find United States fonts for the red, white, and blue holidays.
These are the perfect fonts for all your patriotic projects. I have noted if the fonts are available for commercial or personal use.
Intro Rust
This font looks very rustic and retro. Perfect for a patriotic display. This font is free for commercial use.
Hey Alice
This script font is great for projects on its own or along with the other sans font that comes with it. For commercial use.
Forfty
This hand-drawn font comes with both an outline and a scribble. For commercial use.
Striped Edges
This hand-drawn font would work well in any project with the Forfty font above. The striped lines inside the letters work perfectly for a Stars and Stripes project. Free for personal use.
Afanan
Afanan is a handmade brush font that will add a playful vibe to any project. For commercial use.
CF America
This font screamed 4th of July to me! It is vintage and would look great on a T-shirt. Free for personal use.
Amastery Script
This is another font duo with both a script and a hand-written font. It also has a fun glyph selection with banners and arrows you can use in your design. For commercial use.
The American
This font would work great to create a vinyl design on a t-shirt or mug. The flag design is great for any red, white, and blue design. Free for personal use.
JD Stars
Mix this stars font with the striped edges from above and you have the perfect stars and stripes combo for any project.
Summer Joy
Last, but not least is Summer Joy. It is a fun and playful summer inspired typeface. For commercial use.
Fonts FAQs:
- Easy Installation Instructions
- Download the font.
- Unzip the font files. Right-click on the zipped font folder, and click “Extract All”.
- Open the folder with the font files.
- Right-click on the font file and choose “Install.”
- TTF or OTF?
- TTF stands for TrueType font. Apple and Microsoft worked together to create these fonts in the late 1980s.
- OTF stands for OpenType font. Adobe and Microsoft collaborated in 2001 to create these fonts, with the added benefits of glyphs, ligatures, and alternate characters.
- For non-designers, either type will work, but OTF fonts are the more robust.
- Commercial or Personal Use?
- Fonts for personal use can only be used to create projects for yourself.
- Commercial fonts can be used to create projects to sell or earn money. Each font comes with a commercial license explaining how it can be used.
- How can I find a font I saw in a project?
- Use a browser extension like WhatFont or a website like What Font Is.
- Types of Fonts
- Serif
- Sans Serif
- Script
- Handwritten
- Display
- Monospaced
- How to Access Glyphs (on PC)
- Open the Character Map > Select the font > Group by Unicode Subrange > Private Use Characters
- Test Fonts
- Most font sites have a custom sample text box where you can enter words to see how the font will look before you download or purchase it.
- You can test how all the fonts you have downloaded to your computer will look in your project by using the website: Wordmark.it
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