Font guides

Each guide starts from a real job, like a logo, a magazine cover or a wedding invitation, and covers the fonts that suit it, how to pair them and where to download them.

Canva Font Combinations: examples from the guide

Font guide

Canva Font Combinations: Font Duos That Pair Themselves

Font duos solve the pairing for you: two styles drawn to work together. Eight to upload to Canva and use across your designs.

Tattoo Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Tattoo Fonts: Blackletter, Script and Fine Line Lettering That Ages Well

Old English, script and fine line lettering, plus the sizing advice tattoo artists give before they ink a single letter.

Canva Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Canva Fonts Worth Uploading for Social Posts and Branding

Uploading your own font is the quickest way to stop your posts looking like everyone else's templates. Here's what to upload and what to pair it with.

Logo Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Logo Fonts for Wordmarks, Monograms and Brand Identities

A logo font has to work on a favicon and on a shop sign. Each of these has one detail you can make your own.

Magazine Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Magazine Fonts for Fashion Covers and Editorial Layouts

High-contrast serifs for the masthead, condensed faces for the cover lines, and how to put the two together.

Vintage and Retro Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Vintage Fonts by Era, from Mid-Century Signs to 70s Groovy

Retro type only works when it points to a specific decade. Pick the era first, then the font.

Elegant Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Elegant Fonts for Beauty, Skincare and Boutique Brands

Luxury serifs whose ligatures and alternates can turn a short brand name into a logo on their own.

Wedding Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Wedding Fonts for Invitations and Save the Dates

Calligraphy and script fonts for the names, a serif for the details, and one duo that does both.

Luxury Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Luxury Fonts for Branding: Elegant Serifs, Refined Sans and Statement Display Type

What makes a brand look expensive before anyone reads a word: contrast, restraint and a few letters that feel made to order.

Sans Serif Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Sans Serif Fonts: Modern, Clean and Geometric Picks for Brands, Websites and Canva

Clean doesn't have to mean bland: the sans serif styles behind modern brands, apps and posters, and where each one works best.

Bubble Fonts: examples from the guide

Font guide

Bubble Fonts: Bubble Letters, Graffiti and Retro Styles for Posters, Parties and Canva

Round, puffy letters that look like stickers, balloons or spray paint, and the projects where each one works best.

Font Licenses: examples from the guide

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Font Licenses Explained: Personal, Commercial or Extended?

Which license you need for Canva posts, client logos, Etsy templates and merch, in plain English.