How to Add Stylish Fonts and Text to Your Snapchat Stories

Snapchat offers a fun way to spice up your snaps and stories with text overlays and captions. The app has a variety of built-in fonts, colors, and text tools to choose from. While you can’t use outside fonts like Lobster directly in Snapchat, you can get creative with the options available.

Snapchat Default Text Options

When you add text to photos or videos in Snapchat you get a selection of font size, and color options to customize your caption.

To access text tools when adding text

• Tap the T button at the top
• Select the font style you want
• Choose font size ranging from small to very large
• Pick from Snapchat’s default color palette
• Outline, bold, or italicize your text

The fonts available include serif, sans serif, script, and display styles. While the defaults are a bit limited, they cover all the basic looks you need for bold titles or fun, quirky captions.

Using Fonts in Snapchat from iOS Keyboards

If you have an iPhone, you can access your keyboard’s full font selection from within Snapchat

To use iOS keyboard fonts:

• When adding text, tap the arrow beside the font selector
• Choose “More” to open your iOS keyboard
• Select any font installed on your device
• Tap Done to add the text styled how you want

This hack gives you access to a huge range of font choices. You can use styled Apple fonts like Chalkboard or marker pens. Or install custom font apps like Font Candy to create text with everything from cursive and calligraphy to funky display fonts.

Creating Text Overlays Using Other Apps

For maximum control over text, create your words or phrases with other apps and then overlay them onto your Snapchat images or videos.

Some good options include:

• Adobe Creative Apps – Photoshop, Illustrator, Spark Post
• Canva
• Phonto
• Over
• PicLab
• Microsoft Word, PowerPoint

Design your text with shadows, gradients, textures, shapes, and any font installed on your device. Save or screenshot your design, then upload it to your Snapchat camera roll to add to a snap.

This method works for adding any visual element, like logos, overlays, or stylized text. Get creative with fonts that aren’t available within Snapchat.

How to Outline, Shadow or Layer Text

For a layered, 3D look, you can stack and blend duplicate text elements.

On iOS, duplicate your text box and re-color or restyle the copy. On Android, type your text then outline or shadow it by changing text settings.

Use contrasting colors and make one version slightly larger to get an outline effect. Offsetting the layers creates a cool dimensional look.

Text Design Tips and Ideas

• Use large custom fonts for bold titles and headings.
• Add text overlays to photos for unique captions and graphics.
• Stack multiple layers of text for an embossed 3D style.
• Color coordinate text with outfits or scenery in snaps.
• Outline text in white or black for instant definition.
• Rotate text boxes or angle them to add visual interest.
• Handwrite or doodle notes, captions, or drawings with the draw tool.
• Include small animations or Bitmojis next to text elements.

With a mix of Snapchat’s tools and outside apps, you have endless options for making text stand out in your stories. Take your snaps to the next level with stylized and well-designed text overlays.

Can You Use Custom Fonts in Snapchat?

Unfortunately, Snapchat doesn’t allow installing or using outside fonts directly within the app like Instagram does.

The developers have not opened the API to allow third-party fonts. All font options are controlled through Snapchat, with no way for users to manually add fonts.

However, using the workarounds above gives you lots of creative freedom. With iOS keyboards, font apps, and creating text in other apps, you can mimic almost any font style you want.

While you can’t natively use specialty fonts like Lobster, you can recreate a similar look through layering, outlining, and using complementary fonts. With enough intentional design, you can develop a signature style with fonts that gives your Snapchat identity a customized look and feel.