The Starbucks logo is custom lettering, not a font you can install, so there is no file to pass on here. The brand’s own typeface, SoDo Sans, is made for Starbucks and is not offered for download. It was made for the brand alone: no one sells it or gives it away.
Free to download
Montserrat
by Julieta Ulanovsky, Sol Matas and others
100% free
Montserrat is a clean, wide sans-serif with round letters, and Google’s own answer names it as a lookalike for Starbucks text. 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 Starbucks logo?
The sources are not entirely in agreement. Google’s AI answer says Starbucks uses a custom sans-serif called SoDo Sans, made by the design firm Lettermatic, for its branding and body copy. One dafont forum thread states the logo is itself custom lettering, with Freight Sans Black the nearest of the proposed options.
Neither of those is given here. Montserrat is available at no cost under the SIL Open Font License and is one of the look-alikes listed in Google’s results. This Starbucks font is the one used on this page, including small letters, numbers and accented characters.
How the Starbucks look is built
The Starbucks logo is white capitals set round a green circle, with the siren in the middle. The green is a flat, deep tone, and the letters carry neither an outline nor a shadow.
The Solid style on the Logo background produces your words in that manner: white capitals on Starbucks green. Outline and Glow work well on a background of your choosing, while Paper gives a cream card resembling a paper cup sleeve.
Make a Starbucks-style title in Canva
Get Montserrat from this page and upload it to Canva’s Brand Kit, which accepts your own fonts with Canva Pro.
Create a green circle or square and place your words over it in white capitals.
Set the letter spacing a little wide, the way the logo’s ring of text is spaced.
Add a shorter line beneath, like a name or a date, set in the same typeface.
Coffee-date invites and cafe-themed birthday cards
Names written on a paper cup for a photo or a story
Covers for a coffee playlist or a study-with-me video
Menus and signs for a bake sale or a home cafe
Headlines for fan edits and drink-review posts
Questions
What is the Starbucks font called?
Google’s AI answer says SoDo Sans, a custom typeface by Lettermatic. A dafont forum claims the logo is custom lettering, most similar to Freight Sans Black.
Is the Starbucks font free?
Montserrat, the typeface on this page, costs nothing under the SIL Open Font License. The logo’s own letters and SoDo Sans belong to Starbucks and are not given here.
What is a free font like Starbucks?
Montserrat is a popular lookalike and is named in Google’s answer. Santana Black and Freight Sans Black are also mentioned, but they are not free.
Is there a Starbucks font generator?
Correct, the one shown at the top of this page. Enter your words, choose Solid and the Logo background, then save an image with white text on green.
Can I sell things made with this font?
Montserrat’s licence allows it. The Starbucks name and logo belong to Starbucks, so keep them off anything you sell.
Not affiliated with Starbucks Corporation. Names and logos belong to their owners.