

However, I do think that going forward, we authors should take care to be compliant, and choose fonts that we can absolutely use. This includes fonts in the book, chapter title, or even on your book cover. The only major court case that I found was against a major company and involved a Harry Potter font.

If you use Times New Roman in your print book without a license, the chances of you getting sued are slim. That means that if an author isn’t careful, they could choose a font from their Word or other writing software, like Times New Roman, that isn’t legally allowed to be put in a print product without an extra paid license.

Some fonts, while free to use personally or in other electronic forms, have extra requirements or copyright rules if you are to put it on a physical product…like a book. The images below will show you all the characters of this font.Did you know that just because a font came with your computer or Word doesn’t mean you can use it in your physical print book? You can use this Display type font on any device, including PCs, Macs, Linux, iOS, and Androids. Some other letters also have the lightning bolt that makes the letter “P” unique. It only comes in one style, including capital letters, small letters, numbers, and punctuation marks. Harry P is a decorative logo font inspired by the Harry Potter movie series title. Since Hocus Pocus is a premium font and doesn’t offer a free version, you can download the Harry P font for free. Here are some examples:Īmong these four fonts, Hocus Pocus and Harry P Font match the best for the title of the movie series. But there are so many fonts inspired by the Harry Potter title. According to her, she did not use any font to create the title it was custom-made with the help of Illustrator. Mary GrandPré was the designer of the main Title of The Harry Potter movie series.
