Ever wanted your design to look like it came straight off a magazine cover? The right font does most of the work.
Magazine fonts come in two moods. There are the cut-out, ransom-note letters that look snipped from old pages, and the sleek editorial serifs you see on fashion covers. Both are fun for shirts, scrapbook covers, zines, party signs and branding.
We searched Creative Fabrica, opened 64 magazine and editorial fonts one by one, and picked the 11 that look the part and still work in Cricut Design Space. Let’s dive in.
Best Magazine Fonts – Our Top Picks
- Best Magazine Overall – Ransom Note Magazine
- Best Masthead Font – Roystorie
- Best Editorial Font Family – The New Elegance
- Best Fashion Magazine Font – Runway
- Best Bold Headline Font – Millenia
- Best Elegant Editorial Font – The Letter Editorial
- Best Magazine Font with Ligatures – Cartin
- Best Font for Boutique Branding – Korenah
Tip: Love classic letters? See our serif fonts and grunge fonts for more ideas.
How to Choose the Best Magazine Font
Picking a magazine font is all about what you’re making. Here are the key things to keep in mind:
1. Pick your magazine mood: Cut-out fonts like Ransom Note Magazine and Cut News feel playful and a little rebellious. Editorial serifs like The New Elegance and Runway feel polished and high-fashion.
2. Check the boxes on cut-out fonts: Collage fonts put each letter inside a solid shape. On a Cricut, the shape cuts as one piece and you weed the letter out, so give them at least 2 inches of height.
3. Go bigger with thin serifs: Fashion serifs have very thin hairlines. Use them for titles, signs and Print Then Cut, or size them up for vinyl so the fine strokes don’t tear.
4. Mix one of each: A bold masthead font like Roystorie or Thalier Estelle pairs nicely with a lighter editorial serif for subtitles, just like a real cover.
Best Magazine Fonts
We looked at each font’s style, how well it cuts, and its favorites and reviews, then picked a mix of collage and editorial fonts. Here’s our list:
Ransom Note Magazine
Best Magazine Font Overall
Ransom Note Magazine mixes letters of different shapes and sizes, like they were cut from magazines and newspapers. It’s the most loved font on this list, with more than 1,200 favorites and a 5-star rating from 6 reviews.
Use it for funny shirts, zine covers, party signs and scrapbook titles. Each letter sits in its own little shape, so it cuts cleanly as one piece.
Roystorie
Best Masthead Font
Roystorie is a bold, all-caps serif with the confident look of a magazine title. It has more than 500 favorites and a 5-star rating from 4 reviews.
It’s great for cover-style names, boutique logos, shop signs and tumbler wraps. The thick strokes are easy to weed.
The New Elegance
Best Editorial Font Family
The New Elegance is an editorial serif family with soft lines, tight curves and stylish italics. It has more than 170 favorites and a 5-star rating.
Use the italic for cover headlines and the regular style for subtitles. It’s lovely on invitations, journal covers and branding.
Runway
Best Fashion Magazine Font
As the name suggests, Runway is a high-contrast serif made for fashion designs. It comes in regular, italic and bold styles, and it has a 5-star rating.
Use it for boutique tags, posters and cover-style quotes. Choose the bold style for vinyl, since the thin strokes need some size to cut well.
Millenia
Best Bold Headline Font
Millenia is a heavy, short serif with beautiful curves. It has 65 favorites on Creative Fabrica.
It makes punchy headlines for shirts, mugs and labels, and the chunky letters are easy to cut and weed.
The Letter Editorial
Best Elegant Editorial Font
The Letter Editorial is a high-contrast serif with refined proportions and a graceful italic. It has 60 favorites.
It looks beautiful on wedding signs, menus, prints and photo-book covers. Print it or cut it large to keep the fine details.
Cartin
Best Magazine Font with Ligatures
Cartin is an elegant modern serif with ligatures and alternates where letters merge into curly shapes. It has 50 favorites.
Use it for logos, product labels and names on cards. The joined letters cut as single shapes, which makes weeding easier.
Korenah
Best Font for Boutique Branding
Korenah is a fashionable serif with smooth curves and a long, sweeping K. It has a 5-star rating from 2 reviews.
It’s a natural fit for boutique branding, beauty labels and cover-style names. Keep it at 1.5 inches or taller for vinyl.
Vintage Magazine
Best Vintage Collage Font
Vintage Magazine is a ransom-letter display font with a text-collage look. Every capital sits on its own black tile, and it has a 5-star rating.
Use it for retro posters, scrapbook pages, mystery party invites and bold shirt slogans.
Cut News
Best Cut-Out Font for Shirts
Cut News is a chunky grotesque in a cut-out magazine collage style. Each letter sits on a torn paper shape.
It’s made for quote shirts, posters and kids’ room prints, and it’s a regular font, so it types and cuts like any other.
Thalier Estelle
Best Condensed Headline Font
Thalier Estelle is a tall, condensed editorial serif with dramatic contrast. It’s one of the newest fonts on this list.
Its narrow letters fit long names and headlines into small spaces, like tumbler sides, banners and cover-style titles.
Magazine Fonts FAQs
What font do magazines use?
Many fashion magazines use high-contrast serif fonts called Didone fonts for their titles. Fonts like Runway, The Letter Editorial and The New Elegance give you a similar look.
What is a ransom note font?
It’s a font that copies the look of letters cut out of magazines and newspapers, with mixed shapes, sizes and styles. Ransom Note Magazine and Vintage Magazine are two of the best.
Can you cut ransom note fonts with a Cricut?
Yes. Each letter sits inside a solid shape, so it cuts as one piece. Make it at least 2 inches tall so the knocked-out letters are easy to weed.
What fonts look good on a magazine-style shirt?
Bold fonts work best on shirts. Try Roystorie or Millenia for a cover-style title, and Cut News or Ransom Note Magazine for a fun collage slogan.
Are these magazine fonts free?
All 11 fonts are on Creative Fabrica and are free with your first downloads there. Each one comes with a commercial license, so you can use them on products you sell.
Final Thoughts
Whether you want a playful cut-out look or a chic fashion cover, there’s a magazine font here for it.
Start with Ransom Note Magazine for collage designs, Roystorie for bold titles and The New Elegance for elegant headlines. For more vintage lettering, see our typewriter fonts list.
