Greetings From Typeface

June 4, 2010 12:06 PM

What fonts can I use to emulate a Greetings From... postcard?

There's the big puffy cutout font that's the name of the place, and usually there's a more handwritten font for "Greetings From." I'd prefer good quality open-source fonts.

posted by kirkaracha to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

The Vacation Postcard font is good for this, especially if you have access to a tool like Illustrator that can warp text into a swooping curved shape.
posted by usonian at 12:16 PM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

FontSquirrel has a pretty decent "curated" list of retro fonts which are free and licensed for commercial use. They have a script category, too.
posted by bcwinters at 12:26 PM on June 4, 2010 [2 favorites]

I second the retro fonts @ FontSquirrel. "Seaside Resort" is particularly appealing to me.
posted by a sourceless light at 2:43 PM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

Best answer: If you find that the free stuff isn't up to snuff: FF Matinee, Bigticy, and more.
posted by Typographica at 4:59 PM on June 4, 2010 [1 favorite]

Poplar would work. It's an Adobe font, but you may already have it.
posted by ChurchHatesTucker at 1:42 PM on June 5, 2010