Here are 10 top fonts for business cards to help you get your brand looking its best!
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When choosing your business card font, it’s vital to think about how your choice of fonts will appear when printed in all colours and sizes, in order for your information to comes across loud and clear. And while some more playful fonts may look good on your screen, they may print in a way that doesn’t capture the fine-pixel details.
Types of fonts
So what exactly are the three main types of fonts to consider for your business cards?
- Serif Fonts a serif is a mark (or in type lingo, a “stroke”) added to a letter or character to give fonts more structure. These fonts have a classic feel, and are most commonly attributed to old typesetting techniques used in letterpress printing.
- Sans Serif Fonts: literally meaning “without serif,” sans serif fonts are simplistic, modern fonts typically used in web design. The clean and simple nature of sans serif typefaces make them ideal for pairing with more ornate typography and logos.
- Script Fonts: script fonts are fonts where the letters are connected, as if handwritten in cursive. These fonts have a dynamic feel that naturally carry the eye through the words with their connectedness.
Things to consider when choosing a business card font
- Font sizes: when you choose your font, make sure that the text works at smaller point sizes. Once you’re done with your design, zoom out to the actual business card font size to make sure your information text is clear.
- Font weights: bold, medium, thin—these are terms describing a font weight, or relative size options of each font letter and character. Note that thinner and lighter fonts may not print as clearly as bolder fonts—especially at smaller point sizes.
- Legibility: we all want our brand to get noticed, but be sure to choose fonts that are entirely legible at all sizes, so that no detail gets lost. Sure, that fancy script might look good, but what does it actually say?
- Compatibility: pairing two fonts together is a science. You only know a font choice is right when you feel it. Play around with sans serif and serif pairings—or even script pairings—and the results may surprise you. It’s also a good idea to choose fonts with similar, or compatible, strokes and shapes as your logo design.
Here’s a list of 10 inspirational business card fonts:
Serif Fonts for business cards
1. Plantin: developed in 1913, it is solid design and elegant spacing Plantin comes in a variety of weights and styles.
2. Lapture: this font offers a quirky take on a modern serif font. Subtle geometric strokes give the rounded parts of each letter a unique look and feel.
3. Clarendon: the geometric nature of this slab-serif font makes it ideal for standing out on the printed page. Using Clarendon on your business cards will surely command attention upon first glance.
4. Rockwell: this font s an iconic and approachable slab-serif font. Rockwell maintains its distinct personality no matter how it’s used in designs.
Sans Serif Fonts for business cards
5. Akkurat: has a simple yet expressive quality to it and is able to clearly communicate messaging in the design world without alienating, which makes it one of the best fonts for business cards.
6. Helvetica Neue: Helvetica is one of the most ubiquitous and recognisable fonts in the world, with clean and modern characteristics and a whopping total of 51 different character weights.
7. Avenir: a crowd-pleaser, with refined curves and inviting, yet sophisticated nature—perfect for font and logo pairings.
Script Fonts for business cards
8. Cortado Script: energetic brush script has a natural handwritten feel, thanks in part to the alternate glyph options to avoid repetition within words.
9. Manus:a true alternative to handwriting, this script typeface will make even the seasoned designer do a double-take to check for wet ink.
10. Fabfelt Script: a true retro script, Fabfelt provides a welcoming feel without the brushmark and grain effect common with brush strokes. But don’t let that deter you—Fabfelt is the perfect modern adaptation of classic signage we know and love.