✦ DisplayBold & expressive — made to grab attention in headlines
About This Font
Old Tijuana – A Playful Retro‑Mexican Vibe
Old Tijuana captures the spirited, hand‑lettered flair of 1930s Mexican advertising, drawing inspiration from the cover of the 1939 sheet music “Class Will Tell.” Its rounded, slightly quirky strokes evoke a festive, carefree mood while maintaining a refined, vintage elegance. The typeface feels both nostalgic and contemporary, offering a warm, approachable aesthetic that invites visual storytelling.
Versatile in its charm, Old Tijuana works beautifully for holiday cards, festival posters, and branding that seeks a touch of cultural heritage without feeling dated. Its lively character makes it ideal for wedding invites, party signage, and playful product packaging. The oblique version adds dynamic motion, perfect for headlines, logos, and motion graphics that need a dash of personality.
Key Features
- Retro‑Mexican display style, inspired by 1930s serape lettering
- Regular and oblique weights, with full OpenType support (ligatures, alternates)
- Ideal for festive events, cultural themes, and playful branding projects
- Formats: OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2, plus a free web‑ready subset
Bring a spirited, vintage touch to any project with Old Tijuana, and let its joyful spirit elevate your design.
Type your words, set them in any of our 80,000+ fonts,
and export a clean SVG — or a transparent PNG, or a finished mockup on a
t-shirt, tote or mug. No sign-up, no watermark.
How it works
Three steps, entirely in your browser.
STEP 1
Type your text
Your own words, live — names, quotes, a shop slogan.
STEP 2
Pick a font and a surface
Preview it flat, or dropped onto a t-shirt, tote, mug, tumbler or journal.
STEP 3
Export
SVG for cutting machines, transparent PNG for print, or the full mockup image.
What you can export
Every format comes out at full quality, free.
SVGTrue vector outlines — the format Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio and Illustrator expect. Scales to any size without softening.
PNGTransparent background at high resolution, ready for sublimation, DTF or any print-on-demand upload.
MockupYour design rendered on a real product photo — useful for a listing image or showing a client before you cut anything.
What people make with it
Cricut & Silhouette cut filesT-shirt and apparel graphicsSublimation & DTF transfersEtsy listing mockupsTumbler and mug wrapsWedding signageLogo and wordmark drafts
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. No account, no watermark and no export limit. The tool runs in your browser, so your text never leaves your device.
Will the SVG work in Cricut Design Space?
Yes — the export is a true vector path, not an image traced into one, so it uploads and cuts cleanly. The same file opens in Silhouette Studio, Illustrator, Inkscape and Figma.
Can I sell what I make?
That depends on the font, not on the tool — each font page states its licence. Many are free for personal use with a commercial licence available from the original designer, and the licence line links straight to the source.
Do I need to install the font first?
No. The font loads in the page, so you can set your text and export without installing anything. You can still download the font file separately if you want it on your system.
