Level Up Your Snaps: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using the Lobster Font on Snapchat

Snapchat offers a fun way to stay connected with friends through disappearing photos, videos, and messages. The app lets you get creative with drawing tools, filters, and more. One way to make your Snaps stand out is by using unique fonts like Lobster. This playful, bold font adds personality to any Snap.

In this article, I’ll walk you through exactly how to access and use the Lobster font style on Snapchat. Whether you’re looking to caption photos or elevate your Story, this fun font will make your Snaps pop! Let’s dive in.

Designed by Pablo Impallari in 2011, Lobster is an eye-catching, thick display font with both upper and lowercase letters. Inspired by mid-20th century advertising, it has a fun, bubbly appeal. The Lobster font evokes a playful, summery vibe.

On Snapchat the font appears as white lettering with black outlines and is perfect for short phrases or captions. It looks best at larger sizes and stands out against colorful backdrops.

Other social apps like Instagram also offer Lobster as a font option But getting the look on Snapchat only takes a few taps!

Step 1: Open the Snapchat App

To start, simply open up the Snapchat app on your mobile device as usual. The app will open to the camera viewfinder screen.

Step 2: Take or Select Your Snap

You can add text in the Lobster font to both new photos/videos or existing snaps from your camera roll or Memories.

To use a new snap, just take a photo or video as you normally would in the app.

To use an existing snap, tap the square smiley face icon in the lower left corner of the camera screen. This will bring up your Snapchat Memories and camera roll. Pick any saved snap to use.

Step 3: Tap the “T” Icon to Bring Up the Text Tool

With your photo or video snap open, tap the “T” text icon in the upper right corner. This opens up Snapchat’s text tool, which lets you add text boxes overtop your snap.

Step 4: Select the Lobster Font

With the text tool open, tap the horizontal lines “Aa” icon near the top to bring up the font selection menu.

Scroll down through the fonts until you see “Lobster” and tap to select it. This will change your font to Lobster for any text you add to the snap.

Step 5: Type Your Text in the Lobster Font

With Lobster font selected, you can now type any text you want in the bold style. The Lobster font will be applied instantly as you type your words or phrases.

To move the text box, simply drag it to any part of the screen. Pinch fingers together to resize text and make it bigger or smaller as needed.

Step 6: Customize the Look with Colors & Effects

Snapchat lets you customize text even further with different colors and effects:

• Tap the paintbrush icon to change the text color.
• Tap the “A” icon again to toggle between standard and outlined lettering.
• Hold and drag across text to highlight it. Then tap icons at the top to make it bold, italic, or underlined.

Step 7: Finalize Your Lobster Font Snap

When you’ve got your lobster font text looking just right, tap “Done” in the upper right. This will finalize your text edit.

From here, you can simply Send the Snap or add it to your Story as you normally would to share your fun, eye-catching text with friends!

Creative Ways to Use the Lobster Font on Snapchat

Now that you know how to access it, here are some creative ways to make the most of the Lobster font’s playful style:

• Caption vacation photos with destination names or fun phrases
• Add inspirational quotes or song lyrics
• Announce special events or occasions
• Create colorful block letter captions
• Share lists or reminders
• Add witty commentary to selfies or videos
• Customize your Snapcode with your handle

So spruce up your Snaps and upgrade your Snapchat game with the bubbly Lobster font! With this easy tutorial, you can add a touch of personality and fun to all your Snaps. Snap on!