My Favourite Circus Fonts

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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...

• Big Top
• De Louisville
• J F Ferrule
• URWWood Typ D
• Cast Iron
• Circus
• Pointedly Mad
• Armenian Circus
• Hoedown
• Romantiques
• Coney Island
• Abilene FLF

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/

Comments

[dana harper]

thanks for the great circus fonts!!! i restoring an old dance hall in schulenburg texas and they will come in handy.

[jason youth]

rock out.
there was a dover book that i had got, which had a lot of nice fonts in it.
http://www.doverbooks.co.uk/images/0486600000/0486999858.jpg
i had come across your blog while searching for a font to use for a tattoo.
i like it.
hope all is well

[sam]

hi i just wanna say your site rocks

[Jennifer]

Fabulous! You are a fantastic font finding fanatic!

[Luzel @ iDiY]

So AWESOME!! Thanks for sharing, I will be linking to this!!

[Luzel @ iDiY]

LOVE! Thanks so much for sharing. I'll be linking to this :)

[Tricia]

Thanks for sharing these great fonts, and I love your site.

I just wanted to let you know that when I clicked to go the URWWood Typ D font I received ads for porn with cursing in them. I closed the link, and you don't seem to be that sort of site.

[Candie]

This is AMAZING!!!

Thank you so much for this great post!

[WhatsTheBigIdea]

Yum, yum! Coney Island hotdogs, wooden roller coaster and two headed turtle scams. Oh yea... and imaginative sign fonts.

[Laura]

Thanks for posting this font list! Came in handy for a project I'm working on. Beautiful site!

[jen :)]

Thanks for those - they are great!

[Tiger]

Love the fonts! Thanks for sharing! <3

[Lilia]

I was searching for carnival fonts and was brought here. I love all the fonts you have posted, one problem, I am having the hardest time downloading them. Is there a special trick to it. Thank you in advance for your help.

[Kasia]

great collection, thanks!
but.. i'd like to get urwwood typ d but it doesn't work :(
any help?

[Nancy]

check out the "Nu - Creactivo " on dafont.com a friend made it =)

[Ms. Bea Haven]

Thank you so much for this great resource! I was looking for vintage circus fonts for a burlesque/vaudeville freak museum installation I'm producing (and designing the poster for) here in Chicago and these TOTALLY fit the bill!

[charlie]

Sweet! Thanks

[courtney]

you are awesome. thanks!!!

[LEOMERCHANDISE]

I downloaded all, perfect work! God bless more you! Thx darling!

[Gina]

I have downloaded some of the fonts but can't use them, am I doing something wrong? Thanks for posting them, been looking for ages!!!

[Emily]

I personally really like Big Top! :)

[Lisa]

Thanks for rounding these up! Great collection.

[amandaaileen]

This is fantastic! I am having a carnival party, and this will be a great help in getting together some decorations. Thanks so much for sharing this!

[stardustie]

What's the chances that you can find people compiling "My favourite circus fonts" seriously?

Thank u so much for this. :)

[Kelly]

This was a HUGE help! I just downloaded all of the fonts you recommended. Thanks!