The Fontjohn Blog
Make fonts. Sell fonts. Use them well.
Practical guides on designing a font with AI, turning type into income, installing fonts anywhere, and why a custom typeface makes a brand easier to remember.
How to Make a Font with AI (Step by Step)
The full walkthrough, from a one-sentence prompt to an installed font file, plus the eight real prompts behind Fontjohn’s specimen fonts and why they worked.
How to Make Money Selling Fonts in 2026
Where fonts actually sell, what each marketplace keeps, how font licenses work, how to price and present a font, and what the rules say about selling AI-generated fonts.
Fontjohn vs ChatGPT: Which One Actually Makes a Font?
ChatGPT can draw a whole alphabet, but can it make a font you can install? An honest look at ChatGPT and Fontjohn on file output, kerning, editing, licensing, time and cost.
Why Custom Fonts Win Customers
What the research and brands like Netflix, Airbnb and Spotify actually say about custom typefaces, plus three ways a small brand can get its own font, from commissioning a designer to generating one with AI.
How to Install Fonts on Mac, Windows, iPhone, Canva and Cricut
Step-by-step font installation for Mac, Windows 11, iPhone and iPad, Canva, Cricut Design Space, Figma, Adobe apps and Procreate, with a fix list for fonts that won’t show up.