Fonts that print well on thermal receipt printers

We printed every font at every size and weight on a real receipt printer and read the results off paper. The floors were the same for every font family:

So the rules are simple: nothing under 18 px, bold from 18 px, regular only from 24 px. They apply on 58 mm and 80 mm paper alike.

ESC/POS and Star receipt printers print text in their built-in fonts (usually Font A and Font B), and most cannot store a TrueType font. Downloading a font file does not change what the printer prints.

To print any other font, the receipt is drawn as an image on the computer and sent to the printer as graphics. That is how ReceiptKit prints: pick any font above, or upload your own .ttf on the Fonts page, and the bridge or the browser prints it exactly as the designer shows it.

In the dashboard, open Fonts and press Print a specimen. Pick the language your receipts print in and the specimen lists every font that has its letters, at each weight we ship and at 18, 20 and 24 px, every line labelled with its font, weight and size. It opens on the Print page, so it goes to your bridge printer or prints from the browser. Circle the lines that smudge, tick the crisp ones, and most people find their font in a minute.

The Fonts page itself shows the same thing line by line: each font with a sample printed the way a 203 dpi printer prints it, in your language, so you can shortlist before you print.

The designer's Actions tab restyles a whole receipt in one rule: pick the text to change by font, size or weight, then set a new font, size or weight. The canvas updates as you go, so you can arrow through fonts and watch the receipt redraw in each one.

Two print buttons sit right above Apply. Print the preview to your printer or to the browser without saving, compare a few variations on paper, and apply the one you like.