Americana Viktoria Font
Introducing Americana Viktoria a serif font – where classic Americana meets Viktoria elegance. This font effo…
Fonts by use
Free fonts for certificates, diplomas and awards
Certificates borrow their authority from centuries of printed diplomas: a blackletter or engraved-style title, a formal script for the recipient's name and a classic serif for the wording. The fonts here reproduce that hierarchy and print cleanly on heavy stock, whether it is a school award, a course completion certificate or a company recognition.
Download is free for Windows and Mac. Institutions issuing certificates at scale should check the license in each ZIP; most of these fonts allow it, and the rest offer a simple commercial license.
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24 fonts for certificates and diplomas
Ranked by fit for this use, then by popularity. Every font has a preview page and a free download.
Lessa Font Family
Lessa is an elegant classic serif font family consisting of simple style serif fonts with a vintage look, wit…
BellMore Font
Bellmore is a beautiful serif font family with a classic feel to it. The elegant design is the result of comb…
Montage Font
Montage is another beautiful and delicate serif font designed by Salt & Pepper Designs. This font represents…
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Sackers Gothic Font
Sackers Gothic is a classic font with timeless appeal. It is well-known for its elegant and refined design, i…
Outlook Font Duo
Outlook Font Duo offers a perfect combination of elegance and versatility by seamlessly blending serif and sc…
Old English Font
Old English Font brings a classic blackletter style with strong strokes and historic charm. Its sharp edges a…
Monotype Corsiva Font
Monotype Corsiva is an elegant and antique font that conveys the feeling of history. Corsiva font is fluid an…
Palace Script Font
Palace Script is a formal English script font that modernizes a classic traditional handwriting and calligrap…
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Bell MT Font
Bell MT is a classic serif font with a clean and refined look. Its smooth curves and balanced shapes make it…
Magreb Font Family
Magreb is an elegant serif font based on Garamond, and De Venetis Styles that gives softness and luxury. This…
Granjon Font
Granjon font is a traditional serif typeface popular among design circles due to its appeal that stays attrac…
The Seasons Font
Seasons font family radiates everlasting charm and class, making it suitable for many designs. Using high-con…
Bembo MT Font
Bembo MT is a classic serif typeface known for its clean structure and timeless beauty. Its balanced shapes a…
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Century Schoolbook Font
Century Schoolbook, a classic serif font that appeared in the 1920s, is an ATF (American Type Founders) type…
La Luxes Font
La Luxes font personifies the class and formality of the past that is your obvious pick for many design proje…
Silver Garden Font
Silver Garden is a nostalgic serif font duo with a touch of calligraphy script. SilverStag Type Foundry desig…
Forward Serif Font Family
Forward Serif is a rough and classic typeface. This light serif font with an expressive movement gives any pr…
Marion Font
Marion is a serif font family by Ray Larabie designed with inspiration from the 19th century. Its classic for…
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Velour Font
Velour is an elegant and modern serif font by Silktype. The design elements of Velour are well articulated to…
Mifelin Font
Mifelin is a well-defined serif font. Serifs are small ornaments that appear at the ends of the lines of lett…
Chronicle Text Font
Chronicle Text Font is a prestigious serif typeface from Jonathan Hoefler’s successful type foundry, which be…
Addington CF serif font family
Reliable and workmanlike on the surface, Addington CF opens up and comes alive with its character and attenti…
Hafidzah Font
Meet Hafidzah. Hafidzah is a modern calligraphy font that combines traditional calligraphy style with modern…
Laying out a certificate
Centre everything on a vertical axis, put the title in blackletter or small caps at the top, the recipient's name in a script or large italic in the middle, and the description in a readable serif at 11–14 pt. Leave space for signatures and a seal. Use one accent colour at most, and print on 200 gsm or heavier paper.
Questions about fonts for certificates and diplomas
- What font is used on diplomas?
- Traditional diplomas use blackletter (Old English) for the institution name, an engraved roman for the body and a formal script for the graduate's name. This collection covers all three.
- Can I make certificates for my students with these fonts?
- Yes. Classroom and personal use is covered by nearly every license here; a school or training business issuing paid certificates should confirm commercial terms in the ZIP.
- Which fonts should I avoid on a certificate?
- Casual handwriting, rounded display faces and anything distressed; they undercut the formality. Also avoid setting the body text in blackletter, which is hard to read in sentences.
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