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Display, Decorative Fonts

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These fonts would normally be used at larger sizes for headlines, in logos, and for small amounts of text. They usually aren't very readable as body text.

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Dingbats, etc.
• Dinglets
• Holidays
• People & Faces
• Circle Shapes
 
Grunge
• Light
• Medium
• Heavy
 
Handwriting
• Cursive
• Doodles
• Print
• Scripts
• School
 
Basic Text
• Sans Serif
 
 

Austin Powers
These fonts are groovy, baby. It's the Action Is family.

Computer/Tech
Old-fashioned computer screen fonts, LED displays, or other digitized or high-tech designs.

Curly-q's
Curls or swashes or swooping serifs -- some are curlier than others. They can lend a fun, light-hearted look to your designs.

Formal
Formal or old-fashioned decorative fonts including Blackletter, Calligraphic, Old English, and Engraved.

Halloween
Spooky or scary fonts for any occasion but especially popular for Halloween.

Harry Potter
Make mystical messages with these fonts.

Hot and Cold
Fonts on fire and snow-topped frosted fonts.

Retro (1st Collection)
Spikey and sparkly fonts reminiscent of the 50s, 60s, or 70s.

Retro (2nd Collection)
Feelin' groovy fonts especially reminiscent of the 60s, or 70s.

Retro (3rd Collection)
Neon and chrome fonts reminiscent of the 50s, 60s, or 70s.

Sans Serif Display
Basic fonts with no serifs: some may be designed with only capital letters or work best at larger sizes.

Serif Display
Basic fonts with serifs: some may be designed with only capital letters or work best at larger sizes.

Slab Serif Display
Fonts with bold, square serifs.

Shapes
Distinctive geometric shapes or characters are made from small dots or squares.

Stencils
They look like stencils -- those cut-out letters that you use to make signs and posters.

Unclassified
These display/decorative fonts haven't been put into their own classification yet.

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