updated December 2, 2008
Whether you are creating a Harry Potter fan page or just want to write a mystical message, here are some sources for the best Harry Potter fonts. Two of the most popular can be downloaded here. Explore the list for more great lightning bolt letters and magical characters.
See the links to other Web sites (below) for Mac versions of these and other similar Harry Potter fonts.
Download: HarryP.zip | Lumos.zip
NEW IN 2008: For four times the magical fun, you may want to consider purchasing Hocus Pocus. This professionally designed Harry Potter style font comes with three or more times as many characters in 4 different styles. And it's all just $20US. From David Occhino Design, the Hocus Pocus, a Harry Potter font features alternate versions of all upper and lower case characters, numbers, complete punctuation, and a Magic Bolt style with some lightning bolt characters. Need more incentive to buy a font when others are free? Compare the character set, appearance, and quality of Hocus Pocus with other Harry Potter fonts to see how much more you get.
Fonts with stars are often featured on Harry Potter font pages. Here are some free star-studded fonts you may want to consider for use in your Harry Potter projects:
Milky Way | FontDiner.com Sparkly | Starry Night
The links, below, to sources for Harry Potter fonts go outside About Desktop Publishing
CarpeSaponem Fonts - Lumos
Download Lumos from author Sarah McFall's site. Inspired by the lettering on the US editions of the Harry Potter books, McFall says that the actual font used on the books is Ablefont by Marcus Burlile. Mac and PC versions.
CarpeSaponem Fonts - ParselTongue
Another favorite of Harry Potter fans, this font from the author of Lumos is available in Mac and Windows formats.
HeLL'Z World - Harry Potter Fonts
In addition to downloads of Lumos, and various other Harry Potter lightning bolt fonts there are fonts with glasses, Harry's face, and other variations. Windows TrueType in ZIP files.
