Brat Font

Quick answer: Fonts In Use lists the Brat cover type as a stretched Arial, and pixelframe agrees. Wikipedia describes the cover word as Arial Narrow. The sources disagree on the face. A free look-alike is Archivo Narrow, or Arimo for the Arial shapes.

About the Brat font

The cover is a single lowercase word, set in the middle of a plain green square. The type is the whole design, so the look is easy to copy with any plain sans serif. The artwork was made by the New York studio Special Offer, Inc., and its art director, Brent David Freaney, has described the process behind the green (DJ Mag).

History of the Brat lettering

• 28 February 2024: Charli XCX announces the album Brat, with the cover artwork by Special Offer (Wikipedia).
• 7 June 2024: Brat is released through Atlantic Records (Wikipedia).
• 21 June 2024: the lime-green look becomes a ‘brat summer’ trend in fashion and beauty coverage (The Guardian).
• 23 July 2024: the Harris campaign adopts the brat look online (The Guardian).

Where the Brat font is used

• The album cover and its campaign art (Fonts In Use).
• The ‘brat’ look copied in fashion and in a political campaign during 2024 (The Guardian; The Guardian).

Free fonts similar to Brat

These free Google Fonts come closest to a narrow Arial. Each one has a download on its page, and you should check its licence there.

• Archivo Narrow: a narrow grotesque.
• Arimo: a free sans with Arial-style shapes.
• Roboto Condensed: a condensed sans, a little rounder than Arial Narrow.
• Pragati Narrow: a narrow sans for short words.

Try the Brat look-alike fonts

How to make Brat-style text

Use lowercase, centred, with no outline or shadow. A short word reads best. For print, use a vector export, because a stretched screenshot looks wrong at poster size.

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FAQ

What font is the Brat album cover?

Fonts In Use lists a stretched Arial. Wikipedia describes Arial Narrow, so the two sources disagree.

Is the Brat font free?

Arial and Arial Narrow are Monotype fonts. Free look-alikes Arimo and Archivo Narrow are on Google Fonts.

Can I use the Brat style on a T-shirt?

The style is a look anyone can copy. The cover artwork belongs to its owners, so do not sell merchandise that uses it.

Sources

1. Fonts In Use: Charli XCX Brat album art and campaign
2. pixelframe: the typography on the Brat cover
3. Wikipedia: Brat (album)
4. DJ Mag: the Brat artwork designer on the creative process
5. Special Offer, Inc.: Charli XCX brat
6. The Guardian: brat summer trend
7. The Guardian: Kamala IS brat