Vintage and retro styles are one of the top design trends this year. Creating an antique look reminiscent of past times opens up an infinity of creative design options. Graphic artists, media designers and other creatives design vintage style menus, stickers, brochures and logos to reflect that retro mood. While the term “vintage” roughly relates to the period between 1920 and 1970, “retro” refers to fashion, furniture or print designs which are imitative of those of the recent past.
The matching fonts emphasize the impact of any vintage or retro style design. We have put together some fonts in the style of the 1920s and 1950s which are free for commercial use.
The Golden Twenties
Capture the glamour of the roaring 20s, of jazz music, flappers, cocktails, pinstripe suits, Art Deco, cigarette holders and more with these five fonts to create the perfect 20s look.
- License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC) – “free for commercial use”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: otf and ttf
- Characteristics: uppercase only
- License: Public Domain / GNU General Public License / SIL Open Font License
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: ttf
- Characteristics: uppercase only
- License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC) – “free for commercial use”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: otf and ttf
- License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC) – “free for commercial use”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: otf and ttf
- Styles: regular and bold
- Characteristics: uppercase only
- License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC) – “free for commercial use”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: otf and ttf
- Styles: regular and bold
- Characteristics: uppercase only
The 50s
Here come the Fabulous Fifties: dominated by US culture evocative of pin-up girls, Marilyn Monroe, rockabilly, milkshakes, football and more. These five fonts will surely make any 50s retro design come alive.
- License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC) – “free for commercial use”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: otf and ttf
- Note: This font is a sibling of Team Spirit
- License: 1001Fonts Free For Commercial Use License (FFC) – “free for commercial use”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: otf and ttf
- Note: This font is a sibling of Buffalo Nickel
- License: “Thefancydeal License gives you the right to use any item purchased on thefancydeal in extended licensing. You can use these items within commercial projects and items for resale.”
- Download: Specify e-mail address
- Font format: otf
- Styles: normal, shadowed, textured
- Characteristics: uppercase only
- Note: We had problems installing this font on two different machines. It is possible that not all styles are available.
- License: “100 % free”
- Download: Specify the e-mail address
- Font format: ttf
- Characteristics: uppercase and numbers only
- License: EULA Free Font License Ver. 2.0
- Download: as a .zip file
- Font format: ttf
- Fonts: Rust, Head, Script
- License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) – “commercial used allowed”
- Download: .zip file
- Font format: ttf
Our highlight: Vintage Font by aleph
- License: “It can be used in commercial or personal works.”
- Download: Payment via Facebook share or Twitter post, specify e-mail address, the download link for the .zip file is sent by e-mail
- Font format: tiff and jpeg
- Note: The text has to be assembled from individual letter/image elements.
Credits:
Article image: © vgstudio / Fotolia.com
We used the fonts Park Lane and Buffalo Nickel.
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