Top 10 Best Postcards Fonts

Recently updated on January 27th, 2025 at 01:38 am

Postcards are an affordable way to boost your brand awareness, nurture existing customers, and reach potential clients. Also, they can be an effective marketing tool to promote sales and special deals.   

When it comes to designing postcards, people tend to focus on the message, images, colors, and other visual elements, whereas the font is almost treated like an afterthought. Nevertheless, it plays a critical part in the design, affecting how readers feel and think about your message and brand.   

Fonts can also help set the tone and personality of your postcard, evoking distinct emotions and associations, that’s why it’s critical to use the right one to deliver not just a visually appealing design but also memorable and catchy content.  

1. Triumph

   

   • This sans-serif wide font is perfect for postcard headlines with a bold statement. However, it’s still versatile enough that you can incorporate it into many creative designs. Thanks to Triumph’s versatility and sleek and attractive shape, the font is popular among different organizations, from tech companies and law firms to
   • retail stores and ad agencies. In fact, Adobe products (e.g., Photoshop and Illustrator) and Canva often use it.
     • Font Personality: Bold and sleek that it looks like a cool all-American font.
     • Suitable for: Headlines, body text, logo design, photo-focused postcards, wedding invitations, fashion campaigns, greeting cards, merchandise ads, and quotes.
     • Complementary Fonts: It looks great with Raleway, a font of a similar style. But for postcards with a traditional text-style design in which quotes or catchy phrases are the focal point, Avenir is a better match.
     • Unique Benefits: o Ideal for numerous print projects, from postcards and posters to wedding invitations and booklets o Works well with many creative designs.

2. Miliard Script

   

   • If you need a beautiful and romantic font for your postcard’s headline, you’ll never go wrong with Miliard Script, which has strokes inspired by hand-lettering.
   • This beautiful cursive font features uppercase and lowercase, punctuations, numerals, stylistic alternates, and multilingual accents.
     • Font Personality: Elegant, warm, and romantic.
     • Suitable for Postcard headlines, luxury branding, high-end fashion, logos, love notes, sentimental postcards, and feminine designs.
     • Complementary Fonts: Works beautifully well with sans-serif fonts that feature a more casual letter design (e.g., Helvetica).
     • Unique Benefits: o Makes postcards look very personal. o Exudes warmth, romance, and femininity

3. Helvetica

   

   • Helvetica was launched in 1957 and has become one of the most popular fonts ever, thanks to its neutral and straightforward design.Although Helvetica looks great on various platforms and print materials, it’s particularly ideal for postcards because of the tightly spaced letters that make the font appear compact.
   • Aside from the compact look, Helvetica’s other easily recognizable characteristics include the high x-height (height of the stroke’s end, both vertical and horizontal), even proportions, and simple finishing of details.
     • Font Personality: Serious and practical · Suitable for Simple and minimalist postcards.
     • Complementary Fonts: Helvetica Neue, Georgia, Doctrine, Arial, DIN Next, Crimson, Roboto, Gibson, and Newsreader.
     • Unique Benefits: Offers great legibility that makes your message clear and impactful. Very versatile, i.e., applicable in headlines and short or lengthy paragraphs.

4. Postcard Script

   

   • Postcard Script is based on classic handwritten calligraphy that exudes a vintage vibe. Consequently, this font can add a personal touch to your postcards.
   • As with many decorative fonts, Postcard Script feels intimate and personal, making this ideal for postcards that accompany gifts, creative business slogans, inspirational quotes, and monograms.
     • Font Personality: Charming and intimate.
     • Suitable for: Postcards for gifts, vintage designs, greeting cards, wedding invitations, inspirational quotes, and special occasion postcards.
     • Complementary Fonts: Typically pairs well with fonts featuring smooth curves and sharp edges like Guyot Press, Chapman, and Cormorant Garamond.
     • Unique Benefits: Makes the postcards look very personal. Looks exceptionally beautiful when used in inspirational quotes.

5. Kool Beans

   

   • You may recognize the quirkiness and retro vibe of Kool Beans. After all, this font is based on the Kool-Aid logo.
   • The font comes in two unique styles — outline and solid, which you can use individually or together. Both have a curved appearance and a thick body.
     • Font Personality: Groovy and interesting ·
     • Suitable for: Postcards with a retro theme, logos, headlines, quotes, quirky branding, and designs with neon colors and funky details.
     • Complementary Fonts: Generally, pair vintage fonts with modern and clean fonts like San Marino, Lexia, JUST Sans, Tessan Sans, Catallina, and Apex Mk3. Such pairings create a balanced and harmonious look.
     • Unique Benefits:
       • Makes groovy designs more impactful and memorable.
       • Makes headlines and logos look quirky and interesting.

6. Toast Bread Coffee

   

   • Toast Bread Coffee is actually a typeface (i.e., font family) that comes in three different font styles, including Sans, Script, and Serif. Each font is perfect for a postcard message that exudes friendliness and warmth. 
   • As a decorative font family, Toast Bread Coffee is an excellent choice for highlighting unique design elements.  
     • Font Personality: Friendly and warm 
     • Suitable for: Casual postcard design, headlines, logos, and branding.
     • Complementary Fonts: Each font style under this typeface pairs well with one another.
     • Unique Benefits: As a typeface with three different but complementary fonts, finding the perfect pairing won’t be an issue.
     • Interesting and attractive font pairings when you combine the fonts under the Toast Bread Coffee typeface.

7. Leipzer

   

   • Leipzer is a great choice for postcards because of its very modern design. However, it doesn’t mean that it lacks versatility. In fact, you can adjust its spacing to create unique textual presentations.
   • Aside from giving off a modern vibe, the font is highly legible when used in postcards and other small print materials.  
     • Font Personality: Simple and modern.
     • Suitable for: Postcards with a modern design, quotes, logos, wedding invitations, image-focused postcards, advertisement, and branding designs.
     • Complementary Fonts: Leipzer and other simple and modern fonts often pair well with other contemporary fonts like Montserrat, Century Gothic, PT Sans, Poppins, and Lato Contemporary. Such pairings create a crisp and clean design.
     • Unique Benefits: o
       • Makes image-focused postcards more memorable and impactful.
       • Adjustable letterspacing to create a unique textual presentation.

8. Century Gothic

   

   • If your postcards include footnotes or a small body text, Century Gothic is a great choice. Thanks to its crisp and clean design, you can reduce the size of your letters without the risk of looking obscure.
   • This highly legible font contains bold, italic, and condensed styles.
     • Font Personality: Professional and straightforward.
     • Suitable for: Postcard headings, advertisement, special occasion postcards, and almost every possible print material and platform.
     • Complementary Fonts: Souvenir Light, Bodoni, Caslon, New Baskerville, Futura Medium, and Adobe Minion.
     • Unique Benefits:
       • Very versatile
       • Even with a very small font size, the text remains readable.

9. Windsor Gothic

   

• • Windsor is inspired by Asian typography, which makes it ideal for postcards with cultural designs. However, it also exudes a natural and simple vibe, which is why many print projects with minimalist designs use this font.    
    • Font Personality: Unique and interesting  
    • Suitable for: Postcards with a cultural flair, cards with a natural and organic design; logos; and branding materials 
    • Complementary Fonts: The font pairs well with DIN, Antique Olive, Favorit, Gill Sans, Knockout, Tango, and San Francisco 
    • Unique Benefits: 
    • Its multilingual accent makes it perfect for global communication 
    • This font is very legible despite looking hand-drawn 

10. Jackal Holiday

• • Jackal Holiday perfectly combines a modern look and elegance, making this font ideal for holiday and special occasion postcards.  
  • The font contains regular, italic, and outline styles, which look beautiful when paired with one another.  
    •  Font Personality: Modern and elegant 
    • Suitable for: Designing templates, holiday-themed and special occasion postcards, logos, and branding 
    • Complementary Fonts: Those with curves and sharp edges pair well with Jackal Holiday, e.g., Gistesy and Poppins Medium
    • Unique Benefits:
      • Perfect for designing postcard templates.
      • Works well with Christmas postcards. 

Conclusion 

Aside from fonts, the quality of ink and paper is also important if you want your postcard to look professional, impactful, and memorable. For this reason, NextDayFlyers use premium cardstock and UV coating to help resist scratches, rubbing, and ink smudging.  

We also offer an extensive collection of postcard templates to guide you throughout the design process, and a free file proof to ensure that your design is error-free before we print your order.