Joyeux Noël SVG

About this design

Joyeux Noël is how French speakers say merry Christmas, and it has a lovely, rounded sound that suits a rounded script. Both words are set in a bold, friendly script with full, soft letterforms and a little bounce, and the two dots over the ë are in place, so the spelling is correct. A gold five-point star sits above the words, and a gold rule with a small star and round dots at its ends runs underneath.

With only two words and a simple star, it is one of the cleanest designs here and one of the easiest to cut.

Color layers

• Lettering in red, the base layer with both words
• Accents in gold for the star and the rule

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has just 9 pieces and 7 cut-outs. The script is heavy with no hairlines, and it passes our cut checks from about 4.5 inches wide; for smaller tags and ornaments, print it and cut around it instead.

Projects

• French-themed Christmas tables, with place cards and menus.
• Bakery boxes for bûche de Noël or macarons.
• Ornaments in wood, acrylic or felt.
• Shirts and aprons with iron-on vinyl.
• Cards for French-speaking friends and family.

Step by step: a bakery box label

1. Set the design to 4.5 inches wide for the lid of a cake box.
2. Download the solid style and cut it from gold foil cardstock or red adhesive vinyl.
3. Weed the small openings inside the letters.
4. Center it on the box lid and press or glue it in place.
5. Tie the box with a thin red ribbon for a patisserie look.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Red and gold, as shown
• Navy, white and red for a French tricolor feel
• Gold on black for an elegant dinner

About the lettering

The script is a free, open-licensed font with full support for accented letters, converted to shapes so the ë cuts correctly without installing anything. The star and rule were added for this design.

Saying it right

Joyeux Noël is pronounced roughly zhwah-yuh no-EL. The two dots on the ë, called a tréma in French, tell the reader to say the e separately instead of running it into the o.

Pairs well with

The Feliz Navidad Seal is the Spanish greeting in a seal, and Noel with Star is a modern minimal take on the same word.