Help with fonts and downloads
Choose a font for your words, create a finished graphic, or prepare lettering to print. Each tool has a different purpose and download layout.
Start with what you want to make
- Text graphics: style your words with Google Fonts, colors and backgrounds, then download a PNG or PDF for a slide, poster or document. No font installation is needed.
- Font comparison: compare the same sentence in up to ten fonts and download a labeled comparison handout.
- Printable letters: make banners or classroom displays, with one character on each A4 or US Letter page.
- Curved text: arrange lettering in an arch or circle and export PNG or SVG.
- Text to SVG: export letter outlines that stay sharp when resized in a compatible design app.
- Monograms: Create a monogram with one to three initials. Choose letter heights, a circle or diamond frame, spacing and colors. Download PNG, SVG or vector PDF.
- Font pairing: Try curated heading and body font combinations with your own text. Adjust sizes, spacing and colors, then download the complete design as PNG, SVG or PDF.
- Word art: Turn words and names into hearts, butterflies, flowers and more with 16 free shapes. Choose colors and word importance, then download PNG, SVG or PDF.
- Font characters: Browse encoded letters, accents, numbers and symbols in a font. Click characters to compose lettering, copy your text, or export PNG, SVG and PDF.
Which PDF will I get?
Monograms, font pairings, word art and glyph compositions export one design per PDF, with vector outlines. PNG follows the background and scale settings.
- Text generator — one design per page. “Download all designs as PDF” collects the selected fonts into one file. Each page contains an image of the styled text; it is not editable or vector text.
- Font comparison — several labeled samples per sheet. “Download handout PDF” uses dark text on white and preserves the chosen font size. Longer samples continue onto more pages. Lettering is stored as high-resolution images.
- Printable letters — one character per page. These PDFs contain vector outlines on A4 or US Letter pages. Repeated letters get their own pages; spaces do not add blank sheets.
Choose PNG or SVG for a graphic
A PNG is an image you can place in another layout. In the text generator, choose Transparent PNG to let your slide or photo show through, or PNG to include the chosen background color. In the curved-text and SVG tools, PNG follows the background setting.
An SVG contains scalable letter outlines. It stays sharp when resized in an SVG-compatible app and does not need the font installed. The letters are shapes; change the wording in FontStyleLab before exporting again.
For placement instructions and image sizing, see the guide to text graphics for slides, posters and documents.
Help with previews, downloads and printing
A font or character does not appear correctly
Check your connection and use Retry font where offered. In the text generator and comparison tool, your browser can simulate missing bold or italic styles and use a fallback font for unsupported characters. The curved, printable and SVG tools stop with an explanation when a character is unsupported. Try another font and check the preview before downloading.
My text or image is too large
In the text generator, enable wrapping or lower the font size. For A4, enable Fit text to page or adjust the margins. Lower export scale if the image exceeds the pixel limit. Comparison handouts add pages automatically, up to 100; use less text or a smaller size if needed. For exact-height printable letters, reduce the requested height or try landscape when a wide letter will not fit.
I cannot find my download
Check your browser’s downloads list and your device’s Downloads folder. On a phone, the file may open in a preview or share sheet. If the tool reports an error, resolve it and try the download again.
My printed letters or page are the wrong size
Match the printer paper to the exported page and choose Actual size / 100%. Print one test page first. Fit or Shrink settings can change the physical size. The classroom printing guide explains sizing and test prints.
How do I keep my text when switching tools?
In the text generator, use “Compare these fonts & make a handout” or the comparison link in the introduction to carry over your text and selected fonts. From comparison, choose “Use this font” or “Use all in text generator.” This is a temporary transfer within the same browser tab. Your text is not added to the URL or sent to FontStyleLab. Navigation menu links open tools with example text.