15 Cool & Quirky Fonts for Branding, Packaging & Creative Projects
“They are not here to quietly sit in the corner.
They are here to make the design actually feel like something.…“
If you’re looking for cool fonts for branding, logo design, packaging or creative projects, I know the struggle.
I kept finding it hard to find the kind of weird, playful fonts I actually wanted to use, so I started making my own.
These are 15 of the ones that have become the most popular with designers and artists so far.
1. Butterclub
Butterclub is soft, squishy and a bit ridiculous in the best way.
It has that bubbly retro feel that works really well for packaging, logos, food branding, posters and anything that needs to feel fun without looking too polished.
Basically, if your design feels a bit boring, Butterclub will probably sort it out.
Plump Riot is chunky, wobbly and slightly unhinged.
It feels retro, playful and very good at taking over a layout without asking permission.
Perfect for bold branding, beauty packaging, music graphics, posters and anything that needs a big weird title slapped across it.
Unfinished Business looks exactly how it sounds.
A bit messy, a bit unfinished, but somehow that is the whole point.
It works really well for handmade brands, playful packaging, editorial graphics and anything where perfect typography would actually make it worse.
There is no delicate way to describe Girthquake.
It is big. It is chunky. It is loud.
This is one for packaging, logos, merch, posters and anything where you want the typography to do most of the talking.
Custardo is basically a happy little blob in font form.
Round, retro, thick and very easy to imagine on a snack packet or some unnecessarily cute branding.
Great for food and drink, kids brands, playful packaging and loud colourful designs.
Stardust Jam is for when your design needs to look like it fell out of a weird little seventies cosmic dream.
It is starry, soft and slightly psychedelic without becoming impossible to use.
Perfect for music, fashion, beauty, posters and retro inspired branding.
Honey Basil is squishy, friendly and a little bit odd.
It feels handmade but still nice and chunky, which makes it really useful for packaging and branding where you want personality without going full chaos.
Very good for food, lifestyle brands, social graphics and colourful logo ideas.
Potato Pie is chunky, wonky and looks like it was drawn with zero concern for keeping anything straight.
Exactly why I like it.
It works brilliantly for food packaging, cafés, posters, merch and brands that want to look playful rather than painfully polished.
Moldloaf is weird.
That is the review.
The letters wobble around, feel slightly melted and make even a boring word look much more interesting.
Perfect for experimental branding, packaging, fashion graphics and anything that needs a little bit of visual nonsense.
Rat Attack is rougher, stranger and definitely not here to behave.
It has a punky, grungy feel that works really well for music, streetwear, posters, zines and more alternative branding.
Not for accountants. Probably.
They Ruined Garamond is what happens when a classic serif gets dragged through a sketchbook.
It still has that elegant serif shape underneath, but everything is a little bit off.
Great for editorial design, fashion branding, book covers, art projects and anyone who likes their typography slightly ruined.
Pickle Toast is exactly the sort of font name that tells you what you are getting into.
It is playful, strange and full of personality, which makes it a good fit for packaging, branding, posters and designs that need to feel a bit more unexpected.
A good one for making very normal words look much less normal.
Give Me Lemons is loose, brushy and full of movement.
It has that quick handwritten script feel that looks especially good when you want something energetic without looking too neat.
Perfect for food, drink, lifestyle branding, posters and editorial graphics.
In The Margins looks like the kind of thing you would scribble down when you were meant to be paying attention.
Tall, rough, hand drawn and slightly messy.
It is great for posters, album artwork, packaging, editorial layouts and anything that needs that sketchbook feel.
Diesel Memo is messy, inky and slightly chaotic.
It feels like handwriting that has been photocopied too many times, which is exactly why it works so well.
Perfect for music graphics, fashion, posters, packaging and branding that wants to feel raw rather than polished.
Why weird fonts are actually useful
A good display font does half the personality work for you.
Before you have even chosen colours, photography or illustrations, the typeface is already telling people whether the brand feels playful, retro, loud, weird, soft, handmade or slightly feral.
That is why I love fonts like these so much and truth be told, I made these all by hand!
They are not here to quietly sit in the corner.
They are here to make the design actually feel like something.
Where to use them
Branding, packaging, posters, album covers, merch, editorial design, social graphics, food brands, beauty brands, fashion brands and anything else that currently feels a little too sensible.
Use them big. Let them breathe. Pair them with something simple.
And please do not make everything Helvetica.
Want more weird little fonts?
You can check out all of these fonts and plenty more in the shop.
If you want to build your own collection, there is also the 10 Fonts for £12 bundle, where you can pick your favourites.
Or, if you want to go all in, my biggest font pack yet includes 50 fonts in one bundle, all with commercial use included.
Looking for more? Browse Quirky Fonts or explore Fonts for Branding & Logos.
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