Ever wonder what fonts airlines use in their logos? A sampling of airline fonts, from fontmeme.com, is below. (See also Fightin’ Font Friday, about typefaces used on airplane models.)
About United Express Font
United Express is the brand name for the regional branch of United Airlines, under which nine individually owned regional airlines operate short and medium haul feeder flights.
The font used for United Express logo is very similar to Gill Sans Bold, which is a humanist sans serif font designed by English type designer Eric Gill and published by Monotype. You can preview and buy Gill Sans Bold font on myfonts.com.
About Asiana Airlines Font
Asiana Airlines, formerly Seoul Airlines, is one of South Korea’s two major airlines, along with Korean Air. The airlines was founded in 1988 and now headquartered in Asiana Town building in Seoul.
The font used for Asiana Airlines logo is very similar to Arial Bold, which is a grotesque sans serif font designed by Patricia Saunders & Robin Nicholas and published by Monotype. You can preview and buy the Arial Bold font on myfonts.com.
About jetBlue Font
jebBlue font here refers to the font used in the logo of jetBlue, which is an American low-cost airline founded in 1999.The jetBlue logo is simply its logotype set in FF Din Bold in blue. FF Din is a commercial typeface and it is available for purchase here.
About Swiss Airline Font
Swiss Airline font here refers to the font used in the logo of Swiss International Air Lines AG, which is the flag carrier of Switzerland.
The logo of Swiss International Air Lines AG in use features a tailfin with the Swiss cross within it, which clearly communicates “airline of Switzerland”. On the right of the Swiss tailfin is the lettering SWISS in bold red. The font used in the lettering is very similar to a font called Univers 65 Bold. The font is a commercial one and you can purchase and download the font here.
About Continental Airlines Font
Continental Airlines font here refers to the font used in the logo of Continental Airlines, which was a major American airline founded in 1934. The company merged with United Airlines in 2010. The new company took the United name but the visual identity of Continental Airlines was maintained.
The logo of Continental Airlines features an incomplete globe with highlighted longitudes and latitudes on a blue square, to the left of which is the logotype of Continental Airlines in blue. The font used for it is very similar to a font called Perpetua Bold. The font is a commercial one and you can purchase and download the font here.
About Lufthansa Font
Lufthansa font here refers to the font used in the logo of Lufthansa, also known as Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which is the flag carrier of Germany and one of the largest airlines in Europe.
The logo of Lufthansa, designed by Otto Firle in 1918, features an encircled stylized crane, with the logotype with the words “Lufthansa”on the right. The font used in its logotype is very similar to a font called Helvetica Black. The font is a commercial one and you can purchase and download the font here.
