List of fonts

This is a list of typefaces used in games and related media within the Mario franchise.

Classic Mario typeface


The first Mario font is an uneven sans serif typeface designed by Nintendo in 1988. It is used for the logos and, later, interfaces of Mario games from Super Mario Bros. 3 to Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Though mostly the same, a second version of the font was designed following the release of Super Mario 64, which would take over as the primary version from then on. It lacked a fully defined character set, which lead to many different interpretations. This remained the case for the font even after the overhaul, likely inciting the shift over to the modern Mario font.

Used in tandem with other fonts throughout the 2000's, it was fully replaced with the modern font with the release of Super Mario 3D Land, being last seen on the logo for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, albeit an early logo for Paper Mario: Sticker Star used a design partially based on this typeface before being changed to the modern Mario typeface for the final release.

Modern Mario typeface
The modern Mario typeface is an uneven sans serif typeface designed by Nintendo in the early 2010's. Experimented with by Nintendo in the lead up to the release of the 3DS and Wii U, early versions appeared in games such as Mario Sports Mix, featuring a character set closer to the classic font. The font in its current form was officially introduced with the release of Super Mario 3D Land in 2011 and has since become the single Mario typeface, used for logos, menus, HUDs, and other text across the Mario franchise.

Modern Super Mario Bros. typeface
The modern Super Mario Bros. typeface is first seen in New Super Mario Bros., based on the logo for Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, which is in turn based on the logo for the original Super Mario Bros.. The primary inspiration for its design appears to be Bauhaus-style type. Other than every New Super Mario Bros. game logo as well as Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition and Super Mario Run, it is also seen in Mario Super Sluggers for display text, as well as in The Super Mario Bros. Movie for the Super Mario Bros. Plumbing logo.

Classic HUD typeface
This design was used from Super Mario 64 until Mario Sports Mix, appearing throughout games on the Nintendo 64, GameCube, and Wii. Some of its distinct features are the pointed, obelisk-shaped "A", the flat, wide "E", and the overall stocky, top-larger-than-bottom measures, giving it a more whimsical appearance if compared to earlier Mario typefaces, which were designed in the opposite way.

This typeface was primarily used for in-game text outside of dialogue (i.e HUDs and menus). Given the lack of standardization on the first Mario typeface, this one was also often used for placeholder logos, at times when new characters for the first font could not be drawn. It was also used for the logo of Super Mario Sunshine.

Paper Mario typeface
A design similar to the 2000's main series design above, used for in-game display text in Paper Mario games up to Paper Mario: Sticker Star.

Super Mario Maker typeface
The Super Mario Maker font is a geometric sans serif typeface designed by Nintendo in 2015 and 2019, with the lowercase typeface designed on the latter date. It is used for the interface in Super Mario Maker and Super Mario Maker 2, with the lowercase typeface used in the latter game.

AdLib BT/Alor
AdLib BT/Alor is an uneven sans serif typeface from Alan Carr. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
 * Luigi's Mansion 3

Anito
Anito (アニト) is a rounded sans serif typeface from Type Labo. It is used for the interface in Super Mario Maker.

Arial
Arial is a sans serif typeface from Monotype. It was used for the HUD of the E3 preview of New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

Berlin Sans
Berlin Sans is a sans-serif typeface from The Font Bureau. It is used in its heavier variants for the KONG Letters in Donkey Kong Country games starting with Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Chiaro
Chiaro (キアロ) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is used for controller setting texts in Luigi's Mansion.

DF UD Gothic
DF UD Gothic (DF UDゴシック体) is a Universal Design sans serif typeface from Dynacomware. It is used for the interface in Super Mario Maker 2 for the Japanese language.

DFP Gyō Kaisho
DFP Gyō Kaisho (ＤＦＰ行楷書) is a script typeface by DynaFont. Designed to replicate the brush strokes of Japanese calligraphy, it is used for text from the Temple of Form in WarioWare: Smooth Moves in Japanese and languages using the Latin script.

Dom Casual
Dom Casual is a typeface from American Type Founders. It is used both in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and the Donkey Kong Country television series (in its bold variant) for general text, including title cards and credits information.

Futura
Futura is a sans-serif typeface from Bauersche Gießerei. It is used for interface text in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle.

GigaG
GigaG (ギガG) is a sans serif typeface from Visual Design Laboratory (視覚デザイン研究所). It is used for the interface in Mario Golf: Super Rush for the Japanese language.

Gill Sans
Gill Sans is a sans-serif typeface from Monotype. It is used for the KONG Letters in the original trilogy of Donkey Kong Country games.

Gill Kayo, a heavy relative of Gill Sans, is used extensively in Donkey Kong Country for interface text (including the "Nintendo presents" splash screen) as well as in-universe scenery text. In Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, it is used for the Cranky's Video Game Heroes screen.

Handel Gothic
Handel Gothic is a sans serif typeface originally from FotoStar. Handel Gothic with a straight leg on "R", a straight lower leg on "k", and a double-v "w", modified with a short line on the top left of the "1", is used for the interface in Luigi's Mansion 3 for Western languages.

Highway Gothic
Highway Gothic is a sans serif typeface developed by the United States Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). It is used for text in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Humming
Humming (ハミング) is a rounded sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the interface in Mario & Luigi: Dream Team.

ITC Bookman
ITC Bookman is used in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 for episode title cards, in its Bold variant.

ITC Kabel
ITC Kabel is a sans-serif typeface used in Game & Wario 's Gamer and WarioWare: Gold for microgame commands, in its Ultra variant.

Kurokane
Kurokane (くろかね) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the sticker text in Mario Party Superstars for the Japanese language.

Kyo Geki
Kyo Geki (京劇体) is an uneven sans serif typeface from DynaComware. It is used for the interface in Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon for kana and kanji and in the Japanese and American versions of Mario Party 8.

Logona
Logona (ロゴナ) is a sans serif typeface from Visual Design Laboratory. Its Latin characters are similar to Eurostile. It is used for the interface in Mario Golf: Super Rush for the Japanese language.

Mario Party Textbox
 is used for the interface in the English version of Mario Party.

Mario Party Textbox FR/DE
 is used for the interface in the French and German versions of Mario Party.

Mario Party 2/3 Textbox
 is, as the name implies, used for the interface in Western versions of Mario Party 2 and 3.

Mario Party 4-7 Textbox
 is, as the name implies, used for the interface in Western versions of Mario Party 4, 5, 6, and 7, as well as Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix and the European version of Mario Party 8.

Mario Party Hudson
 is used for large text in all Hudson Soft-developed Mario Party installments.

Mystery
Mystery (ミステリ) is an uneven serif typeface from Fontworks. It is based on Matisse (マティス), a serif typeface also from Fontworks. It is used for the location name HUD in Luigi's Mansion.

Neo Sans
Neo Sans is a sans serif typeface from Monotype. It is used for the interface in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 for Western languages.

Neuland
Neuland is a typeface from Klingspor. It is used in Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for display text, such as menu titles and level titles on the map and loading screens, as well as menu text in Returns.

New Rodin
New Rodin (ニューロダン) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. Its Latin characters are similar to Eurostile. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
 * Mario Kart 8
 * Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
 * Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
 * Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
 * Mario Tennis Aces
 * Super Mario Party
 * Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
 * Mario Kart Tour
 * Mario Golf: Super Rush (Western languages)
 * Mario Party Superstars

Pop Fury
Pop Fury (Popフューリ) is a Point of Purchase typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the controller setting label and the letters labeling the controller buttons in Luigi's Mansion.

Pop Happiness
Pop Happiness (Popハッピネス) is a Point of Purchase typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Luigi's Mansion
 * Super Mario Sunshine (Western languages)
 * Mario Power Tennis
 * Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
 * Super Mario Galaxy (Western languages)
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Western languages)
 * WarioWare Gold

Additionally, in Mario Tennis for the Nintendo 64, it is used on the court selection screen when listing ball speed/bounce.

Pop Joy
Pop Joy (Popジョイ) is a rounded Point of Purchase typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the interface in the Paper Mario games for Western languages since Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, as well as Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour. Pop Joy is also used in WarioWare Gold as the text for Penny's stage.

POP Mix
POP Mix (POPミックス) is a Point of Purchase typeface from DynaComware. It is used for the interface in Luigi's Mansion 3 for the Japanese language.

RocknRoll
RocknRoll (ロックンロール) is a Point of Purchase typeface from Fontworks. It is based on Rodin. It is used for the interface in Mario Party 10 for Western languages.

Rodin Maria
Rodin Maria (ロダンマリア) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is Rodin with Maria kana. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Super Mario Sunshine (Japanese language)
 * Super Mario Galaxy (Japanese language)
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Japanese language)
 * Mario Party 10 (Japanese language)

Rodin NTLG
Rodin NTLG (ロダンNTLG) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is Rodin with New Type Labo Gothic kana. The kana stroke ends are horizontal or vertical. Rodin NTLG is the system font on Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Mario & Sonic games from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games to the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Western languages and the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Japanese language
 * Mario Kart Wii
 * Mario Kart 7
 * Super Mario Maker
 * Super Mario Odyssey
 * Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Rodin Wanpaku
Rodin Wanpaku (ロダンわんぱく) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is Rodin with New Wanpaku Gothic kana. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Mario Party: Island Tour
 * Yoshi's Crafted World

Rowdy
Rowdy (ロウディ) is a sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is based on Rodin. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Mario Party: Star Rush
 * Mario Party: The Top 100

Seurat
Seurat (スーラ) is a rounded sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii
 * Super Mario 3D Land
 * New Super Mario Bros. 2
 * New Super Mario Bros. U
 * Paper Mario games since Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Japanese language)
 * New Super Luigi U
 * Super Mario 3D World
 * Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
 * Mario Party: Star Rush
 * Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions
 * Mario Party: The Top 100
 * Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey
 * New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

Seurat Capie
Seurat Capie (スーラキャピー) is a rounded sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is Seurat with Capie kana. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Japanese language)
 * Super Paper Mario (Japanese language)

Slump
Slump (スランプ) is a rounded sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is based on Seurat. It is used for subtitles in Super Mario Sunshine, as well as display text in Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat.

So Gei
So Gei (綜藝体) is a sans serif typeface from DynaComware. It is used for the interface in the following games:
 * Super Mario Maker (Japanese language)
 * Super Mario Maker 2 (Japanese language)
 * Luigi's Mansion 3 (Japanese language)
 * Mario Party 8

TheSans
TheSans is a sans serif typeface from LucasFonts, designed by Lucas de Groot. A version of this typeface, TheSans Rio 2016, is used for the interface in the Wii U version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Western languages.

UD Kakugo
UD Kakugo (UD角ゴ) is a Universal Design sans serif typeface from Fontworks. Its Latin characters are classified as humanist. It is used for the interface in Super Mario Maker 2 for Western languages. It is also used for the sticker text in Mario Party Superstars for Western languages.

UD Marugo
UD Marugo (UD丸ゴ) is a Universal Design rounded sans serif typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the interface in Super Mario Party for Western languages.

UD Shin Go
UD Shin Go (UD新ゴ) is a Universal Design sans serif typeface from Morisawa. Its Latin characters and numerals come from ClearTone SG, a humanist sans serif typeface also from Morisawa, with slight modifications, particularly in the letter "J". In UD Shin Go, "J" sits on the baseline; while in ClearTone SG, "J" descends below the baseline. UD Shin Go modified with a single story "g" from Latin small letter script g is the system font on Nintendo Switch. The unmodified UD Shin Go with a double story "g" is used for the interface in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

VAG Rounded
VAG Rounded is a widely used rounded sans-serif typeface. It is seen in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, where it is used for general text.

Yuruka
Yuruka (ユールカ) is a Point of Purchase typeface from Fontworks. It is used for the interface in Yoshi's Crafted World.