Best Fonts in Canva for YouTube Thumbnails
Written by Casey Botticello
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One of the often overlooked benefits of having the free version of Canva or Canva Pro is the massive collection of fonts that you gain access to. This article will highlight some of the best fonts in Canva for YouTube thumbnails.
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Best Fonts in Canva for YouTube Thumbnails
1. Bangers
Bangers is a comic-book style font that packs a punch! It was designed in the style of mid-20th century superhero comics cover lettering in mind.
2. Shirkhand
Shrikhand supports the Gujarati and Latin writing systems. The name (શ્રીખંડ) is a sweet and creamy Gujarati dessert that is a particular favorite of the designer, Jonny Pinhorn. In the three or four years prior to the initial development of this font in June 2015, Jonny lived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, working for Indian Type Foundry. During this time India had a profound effect on his design philosophy and general worldview. Shrikhand is the culmination of three years of absorbing the colorful and vibrant hand-painted lettering that can be seen on the streets in Gujarat.
3. Montserrat
The old posters and signs in the traditional Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires inspired Julieta Ulanovsky to design this typeface and rescue the beauty of urban typography that emerged in the first half of the twentieth century. As urban development changes that place, it will never return to its original form and loses forever the designs that are so special and unique.
4. Selima
Selima font style is one such font, which can enchant and engage the user even from a distance. This font style is similar to brush letter writing; it tries to bring back the era of brush fonts and brush typography. The Selima font has been designed by Jroh Creative design studio from Indonesia. The font style uses unusual baseline and geometrical forms.
5. Playlist Script
The playlist is a perfectly imperfect handdrawn font with dry brush styles. Playlist font contains 3 styles: Script, Caps, and Ornament, which you can combine to create beautiful designs. Playlist Script is the perfect Canva font for the thumbnail of a YouTube video.
6. Amatic SC
Amatic SC (Small Caps) is a simple but effective hand-drawn Webfont. It can be used for titling and small runs of text. It was initially designed by Vernon Adams and conceived to be used freely across the internet by web browsers on desktop computers, laptops, and mobile devices.
7. Roboto
Roboto is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface family developed by Google as the system font for its mobile operating system Android, and released in 2011 for Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich”. The entire font family has been licensed under the Apache license.
8. Bukhari Script
Bukhari Script is a bold monoline cursive font. The Bukhari typeface is called a “Mouse Lettering Typeface” because it’s start created from a bold line with a computer mouse. The Bukhari font works great for any design project, be it web, printing, logotype, posters, badges, signage, business cards, t-shirt design, etc.
9. Antonio Bold
Antonio is a ‘refined’ version of the Anton Font. Anton is a single-weight web font, designed specifically for larger display, headline, and ‘banner’ use. Antonio Bold is the perfect Canva font for the thumbnail of a YouTube video.
10. Bebas Neue
Bebas Neue is a display family suitable for headlines, captions, and packaging, designed by Ryoichi Tsunekawa. It’s based on the original Bebas typeface. The family is suitable for pro users due to its extended character set and OpenType features.
Conclusion
There you have it – this is our list of the best fonts in Canva for YouTube thumbnails. If you want more inspiration, why not check out our article on the best free Canva fonts?
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