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Type a name and see it in fat yellow letters on denim blue, the Minions colors. Save the picture to use anywhere, or download the free lookalike font.
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A PNG for a story, a pin or a poster. Clear has no background.
The font file is just belowThe original
by Bob Newman and Philip Kelly (Letraset)
Pump is a heavy, rounded Letraset face from the 1970s, and its Demi weight is the closest match to the Minions letters, though Google’s AI answer calls the title itself hand-drawn. It is sold and its licence does not let it be passed on, so it is not given here: get it from ITC through MyFonts. It is sold, so it is not ours to give away.
Free to download
by Juan Montoreano
Lilita One has the same fat strokes with round ends and the round dot on the i that the Minions title has. Use it for anything, even things you sell.
TTF in a ZIP, with its licence · 17 KB
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What the font has, before you download it.
Open the file in a font app from the App Store and install it. Then pick it in Pages, Keynote or Procreate.
Unzip the file, right-click the .ttf and choose Install. It shows up in Word, Photoshop and Cricut Design Space.
Unzip the file, double-click the .ttf and press Install.
In Brand Kit, choose Upload a font and pick the .ttf. Uploading fonts needs Canva Pro.
Install the font on your computer first, then restart Design Space: it is under System fonts.
They take no fonts. Save your words as a picture at the top of this page and add it as a sticker.
Google’s AI answer calls the Minions title custom, hand-drawn lettering made for the films, not a font you can download, and lists Pump, a rounded, balloon-like face, among its look-alikes. The closest match we know of is Pump in its Demi weight, a heavy Letraset design from the 1970s, credited to Bob Newman and Philip Kelly. The sources do not say the film studio used it, only that the letters match.
Pump is sold today by ITC through MyFonts, and its licence does not let it be passed on, so we do not give it away here. Old copies are no way round that: Luc Devroye’s type archive says Castcraft, which sold one in the 1990s, copied designs by others without authorization, and the firm is long gone. Lilita One, by Juan Montoreano, has the same heavy, rounded, friendly letters and its SIL Open Font License makes it free for any use. That is the font we give on this page, a lookalike and not the title’s own.
The title is one capital M and small letters after it, every stroke as fat as the next, with round ends, a round counter in the o and a round dot on the i. The sources name no color code for it, so the colors here are a choice of ours, not measured from the title: Minion yellow, on the denim blue of their overalls.
Solid on the Logo background draws your words in that yellow on blue, capitals and small letters just as you type them. Paper sets them on cream for a printed invite, and Clear leaves only the yellow letters to lay over a party photo or a clip.
For softer, rounder letters to paste into a caption or a bio, there are bubble letters too.
No. Minion is an old-style book serif by Robert Slimbach, released by Adobe in 1990, and it has nothing to do with the cartoon Minions title. Searches for Minion Pro, Minion 3 and the other Adobe versions lead to that serif, not to the yellow letters on this page.
Lilita One, which you can download here, is free for any project and carries the SIL Open Font License. Pump, the face the Minions letters most resemble, is sold through MyFonts, and the title itself belongs to Illumination and Universal.
Google’s AI answer names The Minion by The Docallisme on DaFont, a fan-made font, as an alternative. We have not checked its licence, so it is not given here; Lilita One is.
The title is drawn lettering, so there is no Minions font to pick from a list. Download Lilita One on this page and add it to your Brand Kit, or save the picture of your words from the maker above and drop it into your design.
Sure, here it is for the minions font: Lilita One’s licence lets you sell what you make with it. The Minions name, the title and the characters belong to Illumination and Universal, so merchandise with them is not yours to sell, but a banner or a shirt with your own words in Lilita One is.
Not affiliated with Illumination and Universal Pictures. Names and logos belong to their owners.
