Good font for jigsaw puzzle letters

[Jennifer Murphy]

I want to have a jigsaw puzzle made from a fmaily photo. The puzzle
maker can cut some of the pieces into letters, such as to spell a
child's name. I would like some suggestions for good fonts for the
letters.

The letters need to be fairly think so that the pieces are not too
fragile.

For another puzzle, we used Hobo:

http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/hobo/hobo

It worked pretty well. If I don't find anything better, we'll probably
use it again. I'm thinking of somethibng a little more playful this
time.

Here are a few I found that might work:

Coney Island: http://www.fontspace.com/font-a-licious/coney-island

Circus: http://www.fontspace.com/dan-roseman/circus

Carnaval: http://www.fontspace.com/rick-mueller/carnival

Boink: http://www.fonts.com/font/itc/boink/boink

Gator: http://www.fonts.com/font/canada-type/gator/regular

Cooper Black: http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/cooper-black/regular

[Character]

On 4/27/2013 3:37 AM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
> I want to have a jigsaw puzzle made from a fmaily photo. The puzzle
> maker can cut some of the pieces into letters, such as to spell a
> child's name. I would like some suggestions for good fonts for the
> letters.
>
> The letters need to be fairly think so that the pieces are not too
> fragile.

How bout these:

http://www.fontspace.com/roci/puzzle

http://www.dafont.com/wood-shapes.font

Many standard fonts would also work well - mostly bold sans serifs such
as Franklin Gothic and Impact.

- Character

[Jennifer Murphy]

On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 07:34:11 -0700, Character <Ch...@cters.bold.italic>
wrote:

>On 4/27/2013 3:37 AM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
>> I want to have a jigsaw puzzle made from a fmaily photo. The puzzle
>> maker can cut some of the pieces into letters, such as to spell a
>> child's name. I would like some suggestions for good fonts for the
>> letters.
>>
>> The letters need to be fairly think so that the pieces are not too
>> fragile.
>
>How bout these:
>
>http://www.fontspace.com/roci/puzzle

That's a cute font, but I am not looking for a font that looks like
puzzle pieces, I am looking for a font that could be used as a model for
cutting pieces in the shape of the letters.

>http://www.dafont.com/wood-shapes.font

I think I misled you. I'm looking for a font that can be used as the
outline for actual puzzle pieces. I've provided a link below.

>Many standard fonts would also work well - mostly bold sans serifs such
>as Franklin Gothic and Impact.

Both of those are too rectangular.

Here's a link to the puzzle company website, that shows how they cut
some of the pieces into what they call "silhouettes". The silhouettes
can be figures (animals, trains, people) or letters.

http://www.stavepuzzles.com/customizing

As you can see, they have some fonts that they regularly use for this.
We used the Hobo font for the last puzzle we had made. For this one, the
letters will be separate and it's more for a child, so I'm looking for
something a little more playful, like the coney-island or circus fonts.
They have a bit of a decorative edge. It's not quite a serif, which
would be too thin.