Mr Dafoe is a script font by Sudtipos, released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. A dramatic 1950s brush script with big, sweeping capitals. Below are monograms made with it in the styles it suits best; open the monogram maker with Mr Dafoe selected to make your own with any initials and download SVG, PNG or PDF.
Mr Dafoe monogram examples
Using Mr Dafoe for monograms
Mr Dafoe is a 1950s brush script with sweeping, oversized capitals; a single Mr Dafoe initial fills a circle beautifully. Three letters together get crowded, so use it for one or two initials.
About Mr Dafoe
Mr Dafoe is one of the Bluemlein scripts revived by Alejandro Paul (Sudtipos). Charles Bluemlein was a New York hand letterer in the 1930s and 40s whose script alphabets were built up from collected signatures and given fictitious names; they appeared in Higgins Ink catalogues.
Mr Dafoe’s brush capitals are heavy and confident. A single initial works on its own as a logo-like mark, and its thick strokes make it one of the easiest scripts to cut at small sizes.
Mr Dafoe measured from the font file
| Designer (Google Fonts record) | Sudtipos |
| Added to Google Fonts | November 2011 |
| Copyright line in the file | Copyright (c) 2004 Alejandro Paul (sudtipos@sudtipos.com), with Reserved Font Name \ |
| File version we measured | Version 1.000 |
| Characters in the file | 232 (235 glyphs) |
| Thinnest strokes (10th percentile) | 7.1% of the capital height |
| Main strokes (90th percentile) | 15.7% of the capital height |
| Thick-to-thin ratio | 2.2 : 1, moderate stroke contrast |
| Typical capital width | 130% of its height (widest 192%) |
| Deepest capital below the baseline | G, 59% of the capital height |
| Outline points in A to Z | 1,896 (most: B, 101; fewest: I, 49) |
Worked example: how small can a Mr Dafoe letter be cut?
Thin stroke = 0.071 x letter height. A 3 inch Mr Dafoe capital therefore has strokes down to 5.39 mm. Taking 1 mm as a cautious minimum for weeding adhesive vinyl: 0.071 x H = 1 mm gives H = 14.1 mm, or 0.56 in per letter (0.70 in for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl, about 25% more). Monograms shrink letters to fit frames and stacks, hence our 3 in overall minimum for Mr Dafoe.
Outline points: 1,896 across A to Z; B has 101, I only 49. A moderate outline that cuts at normal speed on any machine.
For names in the split and wedding styles, the file includes é ñ ø Ł ß, so names such as René, Muñoz, Søren set correctly, but it lacks ő ș ễ (as in Erdős or Ștefan); use a different text font for those names.
For the name in a split monogram or the date under a wedding monogram, pair Mr Dafoe with Bebas Neue; the tool’s “Text font” control sets it.
Licence and download
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (commercial use allowed; the font may not be sold on its own). Files: Google Fonts and google/fonts.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mr Dafoe free for commercial use?
Yes. Mr Dafoe is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows you to use it commercially, including on products you sell, and to share the font file itself.
What is the smallest size Mr Dafoe cuts well at?
About 3 inches wide in standard adhesive vinyl. Add about 25 percent for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl. Script fonts have thin joining strokes, so they need size: 3 to 4 inches in adhesive vinyl, 4 to 5 inches in heat-transfer vinyl, and 2.5 inches or more for satin-stitch embroidery.
Which monogram styles suit Mr Dafoe?
Script monogram, Single initial monogram. Mr Dafoe is a 1950s brush script with sweeping, oversized capitals; a single Mr Dafoe initial fills a circle beautifully.
Where do I download Mr Dafoe?
From Google Fonts. Our maker loads it for you, so there is nothing to install.
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Last reviewed: 25 September 2026. The fonts are open-licensed (SIL OFL or Apache 2.0); see the font list for each licence. The frames are drawn by our own code. Something not working? Please let us know.