Hand lettering sayings and templates for every occasion

Note: If you want to learn the basics of hand lettering, you can find out everything you need to know in our free hand lettering course! We accompany you from the first basic exercises to finished lettering compositions.
You can use the Hand Lettering Creator tool to create individual templates and practice sheets. You can create and trace personalised sayings and writing in appealing layouts.

In the hand lettering course mentioned above, you will learn in detail which materials you need for which hand lettering techniques. In short, you should have the following materials on hand:

• Hand lettering pens: First of all, you should invest in your basic equipment. In principle, you can use any type of pen – even a pencil. However, with hand lettering pens in different strengths and variations, such as brush pens, fineliners and fibre-tip pens, you can implement different hand lettering styles in a more targeted way.
• Other helpful elements: You should also have a pencil, ruler and eraser handy. You can use it to pre-draw letters and auxiliary lines to make your lettering a complete success. After you have traced the auxiliary lines with your chosen hand lettering pens, you can erase the pre-drawn lines with an eraser.
• Smooth paper: And last but not least: Smooth coated paper. This should be at least 100 g/m² thick so that your pins don’t push through to the other side. Using paper with a smooth surface is also important because rough paper can fray your brush pens.

Are you looking for hand lettering inspiration and beautiful sayings for various occasions? Then you’ve come to the right place! We have put together the most beautiful hand lettering sayings for you – on the topics of friendship, happiness, love, seasonal occasions and more. You will also find various tutorials and templates to create your own personal hand lettering saying.

Our tip: If you have only recently started hand lettering, it is often easier to choose hand lettering sayings with just a few words.

• Love
• Friendship
• Wisdom
• Wedding
• Birthday
• Christmas
• Various hand lettering tutorials & templates

► You can find more templates in the Hand Lettering Creator!

Of course, there are no limits to your creativity and you can use hand lettering to create any other saying you like. Depending on the theme, you can then add a few embellishments. Hearts and flowers are very popular when it comes to love, friendship, joy and weddings. Hearts, colourful dots and special effects are popular for birthday cards and the like.

There are virtually no limits when it comes to designing items with hand lettering. You can also use them to add some flair to wooden signs, boxes, storage boxes, place cards, wrapping paper, Christmas baubles, invitations, name tags, decorative objects, book covers, greetings and Christmas cards, flyers and shop windows. This allows you to transform a wide variety of objects into eye-catchers, give plain surfaces a unique look or accentuate their style.

Would you like to wish someone a Merry Christmas with your hand lettering or design place cards for Christmas Eve? Then browse through our hand lettering templates for Christmas.

If you want to design the outside of your Christmas cards first, the two-word lettering “Merry Christmas” is a good choice. As this consists of two words, there are numerous design options. You can decide whether the lettering should be arranged horizontally, vertically or square, whether you want to combine two fonts or write one word larger than the other.

If you would like to label a card, gift, place cards or Christmas baubles in a different way, we have put together some Christmas hand lettering sayings for you here:

• Merry Christmas
• Have a holly jolly Christmas
• Have yourself a merry little Christmas
• Ho, ho, ho!
• Sweet Christmas greetings
• May you have a peaceful Christmas
• Advent, Advent a little light is burning
• In the Christmas bakery
• Holy night

Or you can simply write the recipient’s name on the wrapping paper or card using hand lettering and add a special design detail to your Christmas gift.

Go for classic Christmas colours or more contemporary nuances. The classic colours for Christmas include gold, silver, bronze, red, pine green and white.

Our tip: Match the colour of your hand lettering to the table decorations, wrapping paper or other tree decorations – depending on whether you are decorating place cards, a name card or a Christmas bauble. Choosing colours from the same colour family will make the end result look harmonious and coherent.

► You can find more templates in the Hand Lettering Creator!