English Football Club Badges, created by Anthony Robinson, is a TrueType dingbat font that maps keyboard characters to English football club crests. Selecting the font and typing the assigned character inserts a badge directly into compatible documents or graphics. Its single-file format suits football fans, bloggers, journalists, and hobby designers who want faster badge placement without managing a separate image file for every included club.

When a keystroke becomes a club crest

The font assigns specific characters to individual badges, with A producing Arsenal and V producing Aston Villa among the easier mappings. It packs crests for all 92 English league clubs from the 2015–16 season into one font file. This type-to-insert approach works well for league tables, fixture graphics, and fan projects, although less obvious number and punctuation mappings make a published character reference useful.

Scaling badges without juggling image files

Because the crests are stored as scalable TrueType glyphs, their size changes through standard font controls rather than image dimensions. That makes them convenient for layouts requiring the same badge at several sizes and avoids repeatedly importing separate raster files. Spacing and placement still depend on the host application, so users can need manual adjustments when mixing differently shaped club crests within tightly aligned designs.

Installation stays refreshingly uneventful

English Football Club Badges installs through the standard workflow for a .ttf file and then appears alongside other installed fonts in compatible software. It does not operate as a separate background application or require its own interface. Once installed, users select the font and enter the corresponding character, while the published character mapping provides a reference for clubs assigned to less memorable keys.

One small font can simplify football layouts

Applications that support installed TrueType fonts can use the badge glyphs much like ordinary text characters, making the collection useful in word-processing and graphics workflows. Keeping the crests inside a single lightweight file reduces the clutter of maintaining dozens of individual images. However, the font remains a historical collection rather than a live badge database, so it does not automatically reflect later promotions, relegations, or crest redesigns.

A handy archive with an aging team sheet

English Football Club Badges works best for fan projects, historical league material, and layouts where quick access to many football club badges matters more than current branding. Its 92-club coverage and keyboard-driven workflow make badge insertion straightforward once the mappings become familiar. The main limitation is age: the collection represents the 2015–16 season, so projects requiring present-day crests need separate verification before using each design.