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Cover font previewer

See your title in free cover fonts, full size and as a store thumbnail.

What you type stays on this device. It is not saved or sent anywhere, and share links leave it out.

Genre feel
Cover color

Thriller and crime fonts

Every font is under the SIL Open Font License.

Your Book Title

Author Name

Oswald

SIL Open Font License 1.1. License

Your Book Title

Author Name

Bebas Neue

SIL Open Font License 1.1. License

The PNG is a type preview at 1600 x 2400 px, not a finished cover. Picked: Oswald.

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Short answer

Type your title and author, pick a genre and see them in 16 fonts on a mini cover and at thumbnail size. Every font is under the SIL Open Font License, which allows use on covers you sell. Fonts load one genre at a time, and nothing you type leaves your browser.

How to use it

  1. Type your title and author. Leave them empty to see sample text.
  2. Choose a genre feel. Its fonts load in a moment.
  3. Switch the cover color to see each font light, dark and bold.
  4. Check the 80 px thumbnail next to each cover: the title should still read.
  5. Pick a font, download the preview PNG and install the full family from its source.

How it works

Each card sets your title as large as it can go without breaking a word, in the top part of a 2:3 cover, with the author at the bottom. The thumbnail is the same cover shrunk to 80 px wide, so you see exactly what small sizes do to each typeface.

Worked example: the title The Silent Winter Road. In Cinzel, a wide capital typeface, it sets smaller than in Bebas Neue, which is tall and narrow, because the wide letters fill each line sooner. At 80 px wide the narrow face keeps bigger letters. Try your own title in both to see the difference.

The font files here are previews: one weight, Latin letters only, loaded one genre at a time after the page is ready, so the tool never slows the page down.

Reference

Every font in the previewer. Each is under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, with no Reserved Font Name.

Genre feelFontsPreview weight
Thriller and crimeOswald, Bebas Neue600, 400
RomanceCormorant Garamond, Great Vibes600, 400
FantasyCinzel, IM Fell English700, 400
Science fictionMichroma, Exo 2400, 800
HorrorMetal Mania, Rubik Wet Paint400, 400
Literary fictionEB Garamond, Libre Caslon Text500, 400
Nonfiction and businessMontserrat, Archivo Black800, 400
Children'sFredoka, Sniglet600, 800

Questions authors ask

Can I use these fonts on a book cover I sell?

Yes. All of them are under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which lets you use them in commercial work, including printed and ebook covers. The one thing you may not do is sell the font files on their own. Each card links to the font's license.

Why are the fonts grouped by genre?

To give you a starting point. The groups are our own editorial picks based on the feel of each typeface, not a rule, and plenty of covers break them. Look at every group before you decide.

Why check the cover at thumbnail size?

Store pages, search results and ads show covers small. A delicate script or a long title that looks fine full size can blur into a smudge. If the 80 px preview still reads, the title will hold up in a list of books.

How small can cover text be?

KDP asks for cover text of at least 7 point so customers can read it. On the spine the limit is usually the spine width; the spine text checker works out the largest size that fits.

Is my title uploaded anywhere?

No. The previews are drawn in your browser. The title and author are not saved, not sent to us and not added to the share link, which carries only the genre, font and color.

Where do I get the full fonts for my design app?

From the source linked on each font's license. The files this page loads are small previews: one weight each, cut down to Latin letters. Install the full family before you design, so you get every weight and character.

Does my title have to be on the front cover?

For KDP print books the title must be on the cover, on the spine or the front cover. Most designs put it on the front, where the thumbnail shows it.

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Sources

Last verified against the license file of each font and KDP's help pages. Genre groups are our own picks. Check the license that comes with the font you install.

Font licenses

KDP