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Best fonts for graphic novel & comics books

The best free fonts for graphic novel & comics books: cover and title fonts such as Bangers, Comic Neue, Permanent Marker, and readable body fonts such as Cormorant Garamond, Playfair Display — all free for commercial use.

Cover & title fonts

BangersGraphic Novel & Comics: The Long Night

Comic NeueGraphic Novel & Comics: The Long Night

Permanent MarkerGraphic Novel & Comics: The Long Night

KalamGraphic Novel & Comics: The Long Night

Patrick HandGraphic Novel & Comics: The Long Night

Luckiest GuyGraphic Novel & Comics: The Long Night

Bangers DisplayCover and titles Comic Neue HandwritingCover and titles Permanent Marker HandwritingCover and titles Kalam HandwritingCover and titles Patrick Hand HandwritingCover and titles Luckiest Guy DisplayCover and titles

Body text fonts

Cormorant GaramondThe rain had started, steady and patient, tapping at the glass like someone who knew they would be let in.

Playfair DisplayThe rain had started, steady and patient, tapping at the glass like someone who knew they would be let in.

Libre BaskervilleThe rain had started, steady and patient, tapping at the glass like someone who knew they would be let in.

Cormorant Garamond SerifInterior body text Playfair Display SerifInterior body text Libre Baskerville SerifInterior body text Lora SerifInterior body text Merriweather SerifInterior body text PT Serif SerifInterior body text

Recommended interior settings

Setting	Recommendation
Body size	10.5–12 pt
Leading	about 130–140% of the type size
Trim sizes	Comic Book (6.63 x 10.25 in), 7 x 10 in Executive, 8.5 x 11 in Letter
Chapter titles	a display face such as Bangers, used sparingly
Typical length	64–200 pages

More on this category: Graphic Novel & Comics book length guide · interior typography guide.

Sources & data

Fonts from Google Fonts (open-source licences allow commercial use and embedding).