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Start typing and your words come out in fat white Nerds letters on candy purple. Keep the result as a picture, or grab the free 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 Gareth Hague, Alias, 1996
August Bold is a retail font that Gareth Hague drew for Alias, dated 1996, and Fonts In Use finds it on the Nerds logo. Its license does not let it be passed on, so it is bought from MyFonts. It is sold, so it is not ours to give away.
Free to download
by Andy Clymer
Tilt Warp has the same heavy, soft-cornered letters and tall d as the Nerds name, but its s has no teardrop tail. Use it for anything, even things you sell.
TTF in a ZIP, with its licence · 151 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.
Fonts In Use says the Nerds logotype and product names are set in Alias August, on artwork from around 2000. The font file is August Bold, drawn by Gareth Hague and dated 1996, while the candy launched in 1983, so the very first Nerds lettering cannot have been this font.
August is a retail font: MyFonts sells its styles from $60 each, and it has never been free. So we do not give it away. Tilt Warp, by Andy Clymer, is covered by the Open Font License and has the same fat, friendly weight, which makes it the free font behind this page.
The Nerds name is one short word: a tall capital N, then small letters that are fat and round, ending in an s with a teardrop tail. Every stroke is heavy, which suits a box full of tiny, bright candies.
Solid on the Logo background draws your words in white on candy purple, a loud colour in the spirit of the box. Clear leaves only the white letters, so they sit on a photo of your own sweets, and Paper sets them on cream.
For other fat, friendly looks, try bubble letters or cute fonts.
Fonts In Use names Alias August, which is the paid font August Bold by Gareth Hague. For a free lookalike, use Tilt Warp, the font offered on this page.
August Bold is not: MyFonts sells it, and its license does not let it be passed on. Tilt Warp comes with a free license for personal and commercial work alike.
No. Nerd Fonts is an open-source project that adds thousands of icons to coding fonts such as Hack and JetBrains Mono, for terminals and editors. This page is about the lettering on the candy.
Yes, the maker above is one: it draws whatever you type in the Nerds look, set in Tilt Warp. Keep the picture, or download the font for your own apps.
Tilt Warp is fine on products you sell, as long as the words are yours. The Nerds name and logo belong to Ferrara Candy Company, so keep them off your products.
Not affiliated with Ferrara Candy Company. Names and logos belong to their owners.
