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The Lion King font

The Lion King logo is custom lettering; Melanie Blanco's Lion King is the recognised recreation.

The Lion King lettering
Logo via Wikimedia Commons: The Lion King logo.svg.
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Lion King Closest match
No official font exists for this lettering. This is the closest documented match.
Identified by hand against the font itself and documented sources. See how we identify fonts.
Lion King is not currently published on FontSpace, so there is no download link to show. The identification stands on its own; a link is added if the font is published.
Trajan Also in this work
Identified for the 2019 remake poster's billing block, horizontally condensed. (DaFont forum, identified.)

About the lettering

The 1994 logo is hand lettering in a classical serif vein, drawn for the film rather than set in type. Blanco's font is the version fans set the title in; one low-credibility page claims the lettering derives from Aachen Bold, a claim no other source corroborates and this record does not adopt. The 2019 remake's billing block is a separate matter, identified in the forum as Trajan.

Common questions

What font is used in The Lion King?

The logo is custom lettering. Melanie Blanco's Lion King is the fan recreation of it.

Is the Lion King font free?

Blanco's recreation is a free fan-made font. The original logo lettering is not a released font.

Who made the Lion King font?

The recreation is by Melanie Blanco; the film's logo lettering itself was custom drawn.

Sources: FontMeme match list: https://fontmeme.com/lion-king-font/ · DaFont forum thread: https://www.dafont.com/forum/read/538860 · DaFont forum thread: https://www.dafont.com/forum/read/254665
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