Magic Jelly: My Favourite Circus Fonts

Monday, 07 April 2008

My Favourite Circus Fonts

My blog has now moved & I won't be updating this blog anymore. Please visit me at my new location http://magicjelly.com.au

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I collect fonts of the Circus/Sideshow/Carnival/Wild West ilk. I tirelessly trawl the depths of the internet to find them.

Here are 12 of my favourites, & I've spared you the trouble of searching for them...

EDIT: I just posted thirteen more fabulous circus fonts over at my new blog...

http://magicjelly.com.au/blog/2011/07/my-favourite-circus-fonts-round-2/

07/04/2008 7:00:16 PM | I Love..., Inspiration

60 Comments

Ha! Great post. My favourite would have to be Romantiques. I like the way you incorporate text into your work.

Posted by: Andria | Monday, 07 April 2008 at 08:19 PM

These are so great and make me want to eat some cotton candy and watch a lion tamer.

I love cast iron best. :)

Posted by: T | Monday, 07 April 2008 at 10:14 PM

Thank you SO much for sharing these! Once I get home tonight (I'm at work) I must must must download all of them!

Posted by: Marilyn | Monday, 07 April 2008 at 10:29 PM

Yes! I downloaded 2 of them...thanks for sharing!

Posted by: Racheal | Monday, 07 April 2008 at 11:34 PM

These are awesome! Thanks so much, MJ!

Posted by: Caroline | Monday, 07 April 2008 at 11:38 PM

These are wonderful! Woke me right up.

Posted by: Susan | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 12:28 AM

Thanks for these Magic Jelly! You are too kind!

Happy Monday!

Posted by: http://erinpetersonart.blogspot.com | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 12:50 AM

If I had to pick one, it would be De Louisville. Nice, complete collection.

Posted by: Cicada Studio | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 01:52 AM

I am a big fan of hoedown, must be my deep south roots!

Posted by: charm school dropout | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 02:03 AM

That's so cool. Thanks for sharing. I'm going to bookmark this post.

Posted by: Cora | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 04:33 AM

What a fun collection of fonts!
The Circus, how grand!

I'm not sure which my favorite is.
I like Cast Iron, but I prefer some elements of Circus - a blend would be great!

Armenian Circus is nice, so exotic sounding, and that is a nice little flourish on the serifs, I reckon.

Posted by: Julian | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 02:24 PM

Hey there. Just came across you blog and wow...talk about amazing vintage greatness.

And those fonts. Don't get me started...

Ha.

Posted by: Margins. | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 03:17 PM

They are wonderful! Now, which do I like the best...

Posted by: Rach | Tuesday, 08 April 2008 at 03:18 PM

awesome! i love fonts. I scour fontsites regularly and have like a million of them for photoshop and illustrator. I cant get enough.
TNow I have to decide which on I like the most! They are all great!

Posted by: sarah mcbride | Wednesday, 09 April 2008 at 08:43 PM

Love those fonts!! I think Circus is my favorite one. Thanks for the links :) I collect fonts myself!

Posted by: Melody | Thursday, 10 April 2008 at 09:51 AM

Very cool... I may have to put some of these to use. Thanks for sharing your hard work :)

Posted by: Amy | Thursday, 10 April 2008 at 04:45 PM

Thanks Magic Jelly!

Posted by: Sunny Buick | Thursday, 10 April 2008 at 05:00 PM

Wonderful Magic Jelly!

Ahh! Ha!

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1. Link to the tagger.

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Posted by: benconservato | Thursday, 10 April 2008 at 10:30 PM

Those are some Super-Fun Fonts!

Posted by: Shalom | Friday, 11 April 2008 at 01:54 PM

I can't figure out how to do it! Can you tell me?

http://erinpetersonart.blogspot.com
Just stick it under the most recent post.
Thanks!

Posted by: http://erinpetersonart.blogspot.com | Saturday, 12 April 2008 at 02:15 AM

How wunderful...I often search for circus-inspired fonts too & you have some I haven't yet found. THANK YOU sooo much! :)

xxx

Posted by: RavenX | Sunday, 20 April 2008 at 07:30 AM

MJ, thanks so much! I'll add these to my arsenal. I love fonts. :0) Have a lovely day!!

xxoo,
Cloud9 Design
http://cloud9designstudio.etsy.com

Posted by: cloud9design | Tuesday, 22 April 2008 at 12:01 AM

Have you seen eduardo recife's fonts at misprintedtype.com? Specifically 'Great Circus' - love his work.

Posted by: jo | Saturday, 21 June 2008 at 09:53 PM

Wow, thanks so much for sharing this. It must have taken hours of searching on your part. I LOVE circus fonts and am always scouring the net for vintage circus images. I love your site and have added a link to you on my blog as well as an entry about your etsy prints. I hope this is okay with you! xxxooomelissa

Posted by: Melissa | Saturday, 05 July 2008 at 01:44 AM