Free Wedding Fonts for Invitations and Other DIY Projects
For the DIY bride, font choice can make the difference between boring and beautiful!
Fortunately, free and fabulous fonts are in no scarce supply on the web. Here are some of my favorites for wedding invitations, programs, favor tags, seating cards etc.
The ES series of fonts is a large free collection of fairly traditional script fonts, any of which would be appropriate for DIY programs or invitations.
Here are some of the ones I like best from the collection, but there are many more available at http://freefonts.fateback.com/es_typography/
The ES Caps font makes a great traditional monogram as shown above.
To see some of the ES fonts in action, visit the ES Page on Fontplay.com where they have several examples of the ES fonts as used in images such as this example of the Centurion font as used on an image from Printshop:
Another great wedding font is Nuptial BT which is not free, but luckily the knock off “Marriage Script” is:
I used Nuptial for the inside of my programs and my menus:
You can download Marriage Script free from EKNP.com.
So far we’ve focused on fairly traditional script fonts, but there are also wonderful informal handwritten fonts that I think are perfect for more casual affairs. Here are some of my personal favorites:
I used the font Monika for the Couple’s names in these little birdie favor tags I designed for a country themed wedding:
All three of these fonts can be downloaded from one of my favorite font sources Urban Fonts:
Monika, Lainie Day and More Enchanted Prairie Dog
How to Install on a PC computer
Fonts generally come in zip files. Download the zip file to your computer and unzip the folder. Do not directly unzip the contents (which is usually a TTF file and another text read me document) into your Windows/Fonts folder. Unzip it somewhere into your documents and then navigate to that location. Click once on your font and then copy or move the font into your C:/Windows/Fonts folder. Your computer should pop up a dialogue box showing that its installing the font. It will say installing one of one and the font name.
Thats it! Now open any program that uses fonts such as MS Word and you’ll see your new font in the list.
Also see this previous post on fonts and dingbats for more DIY wedding design ideas!
2 comments April 12th, 2007
