Buttons Font. Letters Sewn From Coloured Buttons

49.00$ 34.30$

Empty the button tin and start arranging. Buttons Font packs dozens of small sewing buttons along every letter skeleton, some facing up and some tilted onto their rims, with thread holes, painted stripes and white polka dots all showing. It suits sewing patterns, children books, nursery decor and hobby packaging, and it types from a plain OTF with transparent PNG letters.

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Buttons Font Empties the Sewing Tin

Empty the button tin and start arranging. Each letter in the Buttons Font packs dozens of small sewing buttons along its skeleton, so the outline stays readable while the surface goes completely irregular. Because the buttons sit at every angle, some face up and some tilt onto their rims. Then the thread holes read clearly on most of them, two or four to a button. Meanwhile the sizes vary widely, with big flat discs filling the middle and tiny ones crowding the corners. Naturally a few overlap and cast small shadows.

Stripes, Spots and Four Colours

The palette is a haberdashery drawer. Orange, sky blue, apple green and wood brown repeat throughout, since those are the colours that turn up in every button box. Some carry painted stripes, while others show white polka dots. Besides that, the finishes differ, so matte plastic sits beside a glossy disc. Above all, the mix never resolves into a pattern. Of course that randomness is exactly what makes it read as a real pile.

Animated letters of the Buttons Font packed from orange, blue and green sewing buttons

Haberdashery Is the Obvious Buyer, and the Smallest

Craft brands use it far more widely. Sewing patterns, children’s books, nursery decor and hobby packaging all suit it, because handmade and cheerful travel together. Charity shops and repair cafes also borrow the same warmth. Anything that should look assembled rather than printed suits it, obviously. Plain grounds serve it best, since the buttons already supply the colour. Small sizes lose the thread holes, though.

Inside the Buttons Font Download

Every button comes with its letter, because the OTF carries them. Transparent PNG letters ship at print resolution as well, since stickers need them. In addition, more textile work sits in our Experimental Fonts collection. For chunky knitted wool instead of plastic discs, the Crimson Knit Font works the same craft angle. Buttons Font is the one you could actually sew.

Pale title card set in the button-packed Buttons Font
Letter B beside the full alphabet and numerals of the Buttons Font on black
Yellow book cover with a button-packed word from the Buttons Font
Close crop of the Buttons Font showing thread holes, stripes and polka dots
Cream book cover titled in three lines of the Buttons Font
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Open book spread with a large button letter and a numeral from the Buttons Font
Dark t-shirt printed with a button-packed letter from the Buttons Font
Framed print on a wall carrying a short text in the Buttons Font
Letters A to D and digits of the Buttons Font on a transparent checkerboard background
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