FontGenerator Blog
FontGenerator Blog
Guides to making, testing and using fonts: design ideas, handwriting fonts, formats and licensing.
How to Check Emoji and Font Compatibility in Your Browser
Check emoji and font compatibility in your browser, understand fallback, and compare mixed text without mistaking visible emoji for font coverage.
Make Your LaTeX Font Times New Roman with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX
Set your LaTeX font to Times New Roman with fontspec and XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, check font availability, and distinguish Times-style substitutes.
What Is the Symbol Typeface, and How Do You Check Its Characters?
Understand the Symbol typeface, its Greek and mathematical characters, legacy mappings, and how to check their appearance in your documents.
How to Choose the Smallest Font That Stays Readable
Choose the smallest font for your layout by comparing real text, checking spacing and print readability, and separating font size from Unicode tiny text.
What Is a Ligature? Examples and When to Use One
A ligature combines letters into one glyph. Learn fi, fl and ffi examples, when ligatures help, and how to check them in your font and application.
Understanding the Theban Alphabet and Testing a Theban Font
Learn how the Theban alphabet maps to Latin letters, handle I/J, U/V and W variations, and check a font before using it for hobby lettering.
How to Copy and Paste Superscript s and Check Its Appearance
Copy superscript s (ˢ), learn when to use Word formatting instead, distinguish uppercase forms, and check how your text renders.
What Is the Pilcrow Sign? Meaning and Font Testing
Learn what the pilcrow sign ¶ means, its Unicode and HTML codes, how it differs from §, and how to preview it in fonts while watching for fallback.
What Is a Freaky Font? Unicode Text vs Real Display Fonts
Understand freaky font meme text, see why it is Unicode rather than a real font, and learn when to copy it or use a spooky display font.
What Does Autography Mean in Handwriting and Typography?
Learn what autography means in handwriting and typography, how it differs from signatures and calligraphy, and how to turn your own writing into a font.
How to Choose or Make a Calligrapher Font
Explore calligrapher font styles, test script and handwriting fonts with your own text, check licenses, and make an original calligraphy font.
Fonts and Numbers: How to Choose and Test Numeral Styles
Compare lining, old-style, tabular, monospace, pixel and display number styles, then preview 0–9 and symbols in real fonts.
Blocky Letters: How to Choose or Make a Block Font
Learn what blocky letters are, compare square, chunky, 3D, pixel and stencil styles, preview original block fonts, and make a custom block font.
Alphabet Fonts: Browse A–Z Letter Styles and Test Text
Browse alphabet fonts by A–Z style, compare complete letter sets, test your own text, and learn why copy-paste fancy letters are not installable fonts.
How to Pick Cutesy Fonts: Bubble, Rounded and Playful Styles
Explore cutesy fonts for stickers, social graphics, kids’ products and packaging, then preview bubble and rounded styles or make an original font.
Cyrillic Handwritten: Understand Cursive and Choose or Make a Font
Learn what Cyrillic handwritten cursive is, how it differs from print and Latin, and how to verify or make a handwritten Cyrillic font.
What Is a Cursif Font? Understanding the Flowing School Script Style
Learn what a cursif font is, how the school-script style looks, and where to find or make original flowing script fonts without cloning Cursif.