What this is
Graffiti Art Generator is a free, client-side lettering tool. You type a word, choose one of fifteen lettering styles, adjust the paint and depth, and export the result as a flat PNG image or as true vector SVG.
The whole renderer runs in your browser. There is no account, no upload, no server-side processing and no storage of anything you type. Close the tab and the session is gone.
How the lettering works
This is worth explaining, because it is the difference between this tool and the text previews that make up most of this category.
The fifteen styles are built on typefaces released under the SIL Open Font License or the Apache License 2.0. At build time, the outline of every glyph is extracted from the font file into vector path data. At run time the browser draws those paths — it never parses a font.
- Letter weight is applied by inflating and offsetting the outlines, not by scaling them.
- Block shadows are built by projecting the actual outline geometry in a chosen direction.
- Outlines, highlights, overspray and surface grain are all generated from the same path data.
- Export keeps the letters as paths, which is why an SVG from this tool opens in a vector editor as editable geometry.
Because of that, nothing you export depends on a font being installed anywhere — not on your machine, not on your client’s, not on a printer’s.
Licensing, and what you can do with the output
Every typeface used here is open source, and both the SIL Open Font License and the Apache License 2.0 permit commercial use, modification and redistribution.
The SIL Open Font License adds a clause that matters for a tool like this one: its conditions apply to the font files themselves, not to documents or images created with them. As a result, artwork you export from this site carries no licensing restriction from us. No attribution is required, no watermark is applied, and there is no usage limit.
The typefaces used
Rubik Bubbles, Rubik Spray Paint, Rubik Glitch, Rubik Puddles, Rubik Distressed, Rubik Vinyl, Bungee, Bungee Shade, Monoton, Wallpoet, Fredericka the Great, Titan One and Creepster are released under the SIL Open Font License. Permanent Marker and Rock Salt are released under the Apache License 2.0. Our thanks to the designers who released them.
Our editorial line
Graffiti lettering is one of the most recognisable visual languages in the world, and today it is used far more often on screens and products than on walls. That is the work this site exists for.
This is a design tool. It is not a guide to painting on property you do not own, and it never will be. If you want to paint a real wall, the route is the same one every working muralist uses: find the owner, ask for permission, and get it in writing. Legal walls, community mural projects and youth arts programmes exist in most cities for exactly that reason.
How the writing on this site is produced
The reference material on the letter pages, the style guides and the tutorials is written around one standard: it should be specific enough to be useful to someone actually drawing. That means real per-letter drawing notes rather than a paragraph of template text with the letter name swapped, and real construction detail rather than adjectives.
Where a claim is historical, it reflects the commonly documented account of the period. Where it is technical, it describes what the renderer on this site actually does, which is why the style pages can be compared directly against the controls in the studio.
Getting in touch
Corrections, licensing questions and bug reports are all welcome. The contact page lists what to include so your message can be answered in one reply.