
About Meatball Font
Meatball is a fat and happy display font based on some lettering on a mid-20th century poster for the movie Bringing Up Baby.
The lettering for the names of the stars, Audry Hepburn, Cary Grant and Charles Ruggles, was the basis for Meatball. The sample was all caps and as it evolved, a lower case started to appear.
Meatball was designed in 2012 by Jim Parkinson.
How to Install Meatball Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the Meatball font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5Meatball is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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Browse all →What pairs well with Meatball Font?
Meatball Font is a decorative font that shines as a display or heading face. Pair it with a clean sans-serif or serif font for body text — the contrast creates a clear hierarchy while the two styles stay balanced and easy to read.
Meatball Font
Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated April 2026
License: Worry-Free
$25.00















