Enter a name or a title to see it appear in gold on a dark background, the way Harry Potter titles are usually displayed. Download the image, or get the Harry Potter-style font at no cost.
Look
Background
A PNG for a story, a pin or a poster. Clear has no background.
Harry P is the lookalike most people mean, a rough font its designer built from the few letters of a scanned Harry Potter book. dafont labels it free, but nothing there lets us pass the file on, so get it from its dafont page. Use it for anything, even things you sell.
Jolly Lodger has the narrow, uneven, hand-cut letters of the Harry Potter logo in capitals and small letters, though its P has no lightning bolt. Use it for anything, even things you sell.
Open the file in a font app from the App Store and install it. Then pick it in Pages, Keynote or Procreate.
Windows
Unzip the file, right-click the .ttf and choose Install. It shows up in Word, Photoshop and Cricut Design Space.
Mac
Unzip the file, double-click the .ttf and press Install.
Canva
In Brand Kit, choose Upload a font and pick the .ttf. Uploading fonts needs Canva Pro.
Cricut Design Space
Install the font on your computer first, then restart Design Space: it is under System fonts.
Instagram and TikTok
They take no fonts. Save your words as a picture at the top of this page and add it as a sticker.
What font is the Harry Potter logo?
Google’s answer calls the Harry Potter logo custom-designed, so no font by that name is the logo itself. The free copy it names first is Harry P, a lookalike of the film logo and the American book covers, with the lightning-bolt P.
Harry P is not given here, because no terms let us pass it on: you get it from its dafont page. This page offers Jolly Lodger, created by Font Diner and released free under the SIL Open Font License, with narrow, irregular letterforms that closely resemble the logo's look.
The Harry Potter look
In Harry P, the closest copy, the letters are a mix of capitals and small ones, narrow, with ragged edges and pointed ends, and the P is cut like a lightning bolt. Posters and merchandise most often show the title in gold on a dark ground.
The Solid option paints your text in gold against that dark backdrop when the Logo background is selected. Glow gives a soft halo, like a wand glowing in darkness, while Clear keeps just the letters for overlaying on a castle or night-sky photo.
Make a Hogwarts-style invitation in Canva
Download Jolly Lodger here, unzip it, and add it in Canva: in the Text tool, press Upload a font (your own fonts need Canva Pro).
Make a dark blue or black page and type the name of your party, club or class in gold, such as Potions Class.
Make the title the biggest thing on the page and keep the date and place small, in a plain cream font under it.
No Canva Pro? Enter the name at the top of this page, save it with Clear, and place the image on your invitation, surrounded by a few tiny stars.
Where people use it
Fans who want a darker, castle-like feel can also try old English font lettering.
Harry Potter birthday invitations and party banners
Hogwarts-themed class projects and reading-corner signs
Potion-bottle labels for a Halloween party
Titles of BookTok and fan-edit videos about houses and characters
A wizard-name mug or tote bag, made for yourself or as a gift
Questions
What is the Harry Potter font called?
The Harry Potter logo does not come with a listed typeface name: Google’s answer calls it custom-designed. The free copy named most is Harry P, also listed as Harry Potter font, and its credits name Phoenix Phonts, GemFonts and Typotheticals, while CDNFonts lists a Harry Potter font by an unknown designer. Parry Hotter, Dumbledor and Magic School are other lookalikes people suggest.
Is the Harry Potter font free?
Several websites list Harry P as free, and one says it can be used personally and commercially, yet the designer's own statements set out no licence terms, so it is left out here. Jolly Lodger, the similar-looking option featured on this page, may be used in any project under the SIL Open Font License.
How do I write in the Harry Potter font?
Enter your text at the top of this page, pick Solid with the Logo background, then save the image: gold letters on a dark ground. To write with the lookalike elsewhere, download Jolly Lodger and install it; Harry P itself comes from its dafont page.
Can I copy and paste the Harry Potter font, or use it in Word and Google Docs?
Word uses fonts installed on your computer, so install Jolly Lodger from the ZIP and restart Word. Google Docs does not use fonts installed on your computer, so for a Harry Potter title there, save the picture here and insert it. Pasted text takes the font of the place it lands in, so there is no copy-and-paste Harry Potter font; for styled letters you can paste, see copy and paste fonts.
Can I sell things made with the Harry Potter font?
Under the SIL Open Font License, Jolly Lodger can appear on products you sell, as long as the wording is your own. The name Harry Potter and its logo belong to Warner Bros. Entertainment, so a product that uses them is theirs to allow.
Not affiliated with Warner Bros. Entertainment. Names and logos belong to their owners.