Font Frenzy: 12 Fonts of Christmas

It’s the Twelve Fonts of Christmas! I’ve chosen these fonts because they all work for Christmas and other holiday cards, and they’re all okay for commercial use.

It’s a bit late for this season, but there’s always next year. And when you’re designing cards for next year, why not give one of these new fonts a try? Some are free, some cost money, but I’ve tried to choose affordable ones to suit your budget. I’ve indicated cost in each description, and below is a sample of the font. Have fun!

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Kandy Kane is a fun display font suitable for the holidays or any occasion when you’re making a fresh, modern statement. The font is very readable, and you could set it up to have a candy cane look. Cost: $10

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Christmas Tuscan has an old fashioned appeal reminiscent of 19th century advertising. I could see this also working for a vintage themed wedding or other card with vintage graphics. Cost: $3.99

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Janda Christmas Doodles is a Kimberly Geshwein font, and we all know she’s a great font designer. This is a dingbat font with cute little doodles in a Christmas theme. Below is just a sample. Very sweet. Cost: $5

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LDJ Christmas Troll is a hand lettered font with a bit of irregularity, a bit of curl, and a lot of appeal in playful, informal or child friendly designs. Cost: $3

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Janda Sparkle and Shine is another of Kim Geshwein’s fonts. Caution should be used with this display font so it doesn’t end up being either unreadable or overwhelming a design. But savvy designers can show off this font to its best advantage. I’d use this for less formal designs. Bold version also available.  Cost: $5

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Harabarahand reminds me of handwriting with a fountain pen. The bold, slashing letters work great with contemporary holiday designs. Cost: FREE

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Lover’s Quarrel is another modern type font that has some lovely handwriting style to it. Suitable for more formal designs or even casual contemporary. Cost: FREE

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Thirsty Shadow is a font you can play with – since the font is designed with its own shadow, you can create some neat effects including a white-on-white for writing in the “snow.” Bold version (a heavier weight) is free. Cost: $5

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Father Frost is fun! This cute, retro looking font with its sweet, stylized curls is perfect for holiday designs for kids or families, for example. Despite being decorative, it’s very readable. Cost: $15

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Faux Snow is a dingbat font with .. . snowflakes! An essential part of any Christmas card designer’s toolbox, snowflakes are useful and so very pretty. This font has quite a collection. Below is a sample. Cost: FREE

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English is the kind of stylish font a lot of people associate with the holidays. It’s a clean, easy to read script font that will probably become one of your go-to fonts when you’re designing. Cost: FREE

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Somebody That I Used to Know is another Kim Geshwein font. She’s fabulous. This taller, thin, hand drawn look is extremely hot right now. Though I wouldn’t use it on formal designs, it works great for informal. Cost: $5