How it works
This jersey font generator sets a name over a number, like the back of a shirt. In Your text, type the name, press Enter, then the number. Two digits come out about three times as tall as a six-letter name.
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The Jersey fonts were drawn for knitters
Jersey 10, 15 and 25 are by Sarah Cadigan-Fried, drawn for knitters to chart into their work; jersey is a knit fabric. The number is the height of a capital in chart squares. We measured: 10, 15 and 25 squares, all steps and no curves. Jersey 10 is the chunkiest, Jersey 25 the smoothest.
Two colours, because a number wears an outline
A second-colour outline keeps a number clear of a shirt near its own colour. Colours picks a ready pair. Under More options, Letter colour and Outline colour take any two, and Background plays the shirt. The ring is one thickness for both lines, so it looks thin on the big number: Strength of the look opens at 85. No pair here is any club's official colours.
Tips
- Every line full width enlarges a short line four times at most: COACH over 1 hits that limit.
- In Bebas Neue all ten digits share one width, so 11 and 88 match. Its narrow capitals suit long names.
- Arch and Smile run both lines along one curve, so keep them for a name alone. Straight sets equal lines.
Questions and answers
Is it a football font generator or a basketball font generator?
Either. The fonts do not know which sport they are in. Blocky capitals over big outlined digits is the shared convention, and the page draws only that. It copies no league's or club's lettering.
Is there a mesh texture?
Not a real one. Halftone dots fills the letters with dots on a paler ground, which passes for the holes in a mesh shirt. Strength of the look, under More options, makes the dots bigger. Nothing here imitates stitching or folds in cloth.
Can I print it on a real shirt?
The fonts allow it: all five are under the SIL Open Font License, whose FAQ lists t-shirts. Set Background to Transparent under More options; with no decoration the PNG is cut to the lettering. On dark backgrounds Print sends a black outline, to save ink.