Fonts are one of the ways that you can quickly and easily communicate to your audience the genre of your book. When the wrong font is used on your book cover, it could confuse your audience and offset the balance of your cover, throwing it completely off. For instance, if a font that’s appropriate for a fantasy book is used for a children’s book, it’ll be difficult for someone who grabs your book to know straight away that this book is for children. The font needs to be clear, legible, and it won’t hurt for the font to be a little fun. To make it easier for you to find the right font for your book cover, we discuss the best book cover fonts to use for your children’s book and some great font pairings to use. 

Chalkboard

This font is a great option to use for your children’s book because it’s fun and gives the appearance of writing on a chalkboard. It’s also informal, inviting, and it’s easy to read.

Luckiest Guy

Luckiest Guy is a bold and upbeat font that would make a great font for a children’s book cover. It’s also a clean font that will stand out. You’ll be able to easily read the title from a further distance. 

Dosis

While Dosis is simple, it’s an effective font to use for a children’s book cover. The soft and rounded edges give it a gentle and modern appearance. It also has a clean look, which makes it a legible font. 

Bubblegum Sans

Bubblegum Sans will bring an energetic and outgoing vibe to your cover. This font will be captivating for your audience with its big and bold letters.

Chewy

Chewy is a fun, care-free, playful, and inviting font. Its bubble-like letters are bold and easy to read. This font will definitely catch your audience’s eye. 

Brush Script

This font gives almost a handwritten vibe which makes it feel inviting and more personable. It’s also a very versatile font and it’ll make your cover unique. 

Font Pairings

When designing a book cover, you should consider how compatible each font you use is. You’ll likely use more than one font: a font for your title and a different font for the body. You’ll want to make sure that the fonts you choose are great pairings. Otherwise, the fonts will clash together and your cover won’t flow well. Below, we show some of our favorite font pairings for children’s books. 

Some other font pairings we like include:

– Luckiest Guy (Title) and Open Sans (Body)

– Chalkboard (Title) and Montserrat (Body)

– Brush Script (Title) and Open Sans (Body)

– Bubblegum Sans (Title) and Nunito (Body)

– Luckiest Guy (Title) and Poppins (Body)

– Brush Script (Title) and Raleway (Body)

In Conclusion

While finding the right font and font pairing for your children’s book can be stressful, it doesn’t have to be. This guide should help make the process a little easier for you. 

If creating a book cover just still makes you nervous, you can turn to Book Brush! At Book Brush, we offer a Custom Cover Design Package where our talented designer will create a beautiful, unique, and fun children’s book cover for you. They have an eye for design and a clear understanding of the right fonts to use for your cover to convey to your audience that your book is a children’s book. Your cover will be creative and will reflect your story well. To learn more about our Custom Cover Design Package, make sure you reach out to our team for a 20-minute consultation!