UPDATED: Get your hands on the best free fonts, from graffiti-inspired type to slap-you-in-the-face slab serifs!
Typography
isn't just about communication, it can also add subtle references to
the message you're trying to convey. Whole books have been written on
the craft and nuanced world of typography and type design, but we're
keeping things simple.
In this article we've scoured the web to present you with a fine and
varied selection of the best free fonts. Including scripts, serifs, and a
range of ligatures, these fonts will give you greater flexibility in
your designs, and add to your arsenal of design tools.
Pre-flight check
Some of these fonts can be used on your web projects, but check the
terms. And if you're looking at a quick primer on using web fonts, we
explain all here.
So, without further ado, join us as we present you with 80 of the
best free fonts, which you can download and use today. Let us know how
you get on!
01. Bevan
This is Vernon Adams’
reimagining of a traditional 1930s slab serif by Heinrich Jost. The
letterforms have been digitised, reshaped and optimised for the web,
with more open counters and stronger stems to ensure that Bevan
functions as an ultra-bold display font that suits modern browsers.
FORMAT: TTF
02. Typode
You'll either love or hate this experimental new font created by typographer Santiago Ortiz. Typode's characters are defined by coordinate, which means you can skew, stretch and twist the font to your heart's content.
FORMAT: TTF
03. Roboto Slab
Google has released a new serif font, Roboto Slab, which it's using
in parts of the mobile version of its new notetaking app, Keep - and has
made it available for anyone to download and use in their own projects.
The typeface is available in four versions; thin, light, regular and
bold.
FORMAT: TTF
04. Sketch Block
This hand-sketched headline font was designed by artist Lukas Bischoff.
He comments, "Created solely by me from sketch by hand and then
digitized, Sketch Block makes a perfect font to create the hand-made
character look, or to supplement illustrations with typography."
Available free for personal use only.
FORMAT: TTF
05. Govote
Craig Ward,
a British designer and art director based in New York, isknown
primarily for his pioneering and experimental typographic works. He
created this free font last year in support of the GoVote campaign,
which aimed to encourage people to vote in the US presidential election.
FORMAT: TTF
06. Langdon
Langdon is a free typeface from XLN Telecom and leading graphic designer, illustrator and typographer Steven Bonner.
The result of the collaboration is a typeface that is solid, serious
and dependable. Langdon is available as a free download and can be used
privately and commercially with no restrictions on usage.
FORMAT: OTF
07. Bohema
An Art Deco font with a modern twist, Bohema was created by graphic designer and illustrator João Oliveira.
Perfect for retro designs, Bohema is ideal for headlines, editorial
letterings, branding, merchandising and special occasions. Available in
eight distinct styles, payment is required for the full set but Oliveria
generously offers the regular alternative style demo as a free
download.
FORMAT: OTF
08. Airbag
This trendy display typeface was created by designer Simon Stratford
after he failed to find a free font online suitable for his artwork.
The slab serif typeface is the Stratford's first, the designer creating a
full set of uppercase letters, numbers and a few special characters.
And all he asks for in return for the download is a simple tweet.
FORMAT: TTF
09. Fail
This grunge typeface does anything but what its name suggests, having
been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times since its release. This
is one of 129 fonts designed by Douglas Vitkausk, whose work has amassed over 12 million downloads collectively! Free for personal use only.
FORMAT: TTF
10. Ink In The Meat
Type designer Billy Argel is the man behind tattoo font Ink in the
Meat. Argel has created numerous fonts and this is one of his most
popular downloads. The free version (for personal use) of this font is
partial and doesn't contain any numbers. Ink in the Meat commercial
licenses are available on Argel's website.
FORMAT: OTF
11. KanKin
The designer of this contemporary yet 'old style' sans serif, Alexey Frolov,
claims it's perfect for posters, logos, print and web. It's certainly
clean and bold, and it's no surprise, given the nationality of the
font's designer, that the Russian characters look particularly good in
this set.
FORMAT: TTF and OTF
12. Nexa: light and bold
The Nexa font family includes 16 styles & weights. The font
family has great legibility, and works very well as a headline font.
Here you get two parts of the family for free, and if you want the rest
then you'll have to put your hand in your pocket.
FORMAT: OTF
13. Grand Hotel
Designed by Brian J. Bonislawsky and Jim Lyles for Astigmatic, this
font takes its inspiration from the title screen of the 1937 film Cafe
Metropole starring Tyrone Power. It has a classic weight and subtlety
that make you think of artisan signage and craft, but its cursive
lowercase lends itself to a host of different uses.
FORMAT: OTF
14. Moonshiner
Mattox Shuler designed
this font in a few days, and it lacks accents and support for some
common characters, but as a heading font - especially for graphic design
work - it's a great, free option.
FORMAT: OTF
15. DECO NEUE
DECO NEUE is a typeface designed by Jonatan Xavier. It's completely free for both personal and commercial
use, and this sharp sans serif, with its unusually low crossbar height
for certain letters, instantly evokes the 1930s. This font smacks of Art
Deco, which dominated the decade, and become the prevailing interwar
design movement.
FORMAT: TTF and OTF
16. Oranienbaum
Described as 'modern Antiqua' (a group of classic 'old style' typefaces), Oranienbaum has been created by Ivan Gladkikh and Oleg Pospelov.
And as free fonts go, it's a corker! Based on classics like Bodini,
this font has pronounced serifs and makes a great headlines.
FORMAT: TTF
17. Barkentina
Touted as an elegant, Art Deco-style display face, Barkentina was created by Kiril Zlatkov. The font has a full set of correct Bulgarian Cyrillic letters, some lovely ligatures, and is packed with personality.
FORMAT: OTF (Free for personal use.)
18. Source Sans Pro
This is Adobe's first open source font family, released in 2012, and
was designed by Paul Hunt. Optimised for use in user interfaces, Source
Sans Pro has great legibility, and is also one of the web-friendly free
fonts available via Google Web Fonts.
The family currently includes six weights, from ExtraLight to Black,
in upright and italic styles, and offers language support for Latin
script, including Western and Eastern European languages, Vietnamese,
pinyin Romanization of Chinese, and Navajo (something Paul Hunt
particularly proud of).
FORMAT: OTF and TTF
19. Source Code Pro
Hot on the heels of Source Sans Pro, Adobe's first open source
typeface, comes Source Code Pro - Adobe was all over free fonts in 2012!
As you may have guessed from the name, this font is geared towards
people looking for a font to use in a dev environment/interface or
similar (as it's monospaced, which means each character takes up the
same horizontal space). To put it more simply, it's a code font. But
it's a great code font.
FORMAT: OTF and TTF
20. El&font Block
Typeface designer Jérôme Delage is the brains behind this brilliant graffiti design - El&font (see what he did there?) Block. A member of Dafont.com -
the archive of freely downloadable fonts - Delage is the author of
eight typefaces on the popular site, which collectively have been
download over 7million times!
FORMAT: TTF
21. Archive
This contemporary font has been created by Slava Kirilenko,
a graphic designer from Kazakhstan. In the shape of Archive, he's put
together an impactful typeface, which is great for use in projects that
require a ballsy display font.
FORMAT: OTF
22. Acorn
A simple sans-serif hand drawn typeface, Acorn was designed by design student William Suckling.
His design ethos, is to use only what is essential, no whistles or
bells, just good, clean and fresh design, allowing ideas to take form
without any fuss.
Acorn does just that; it's a simple, handwriting-inspired font that's perfect for any personal projects.
FORMAT: TTF
23. Benthem
Benthem is a custom font designed by Keith Hayden.
It comes in both regular and bold types, making it great for headings
and posters. Hailing from Kansas City, U.S.A. Keith has been working in
design for a number of years and has quickly gained popularity on
Behance.
FORMAT: OTF
24. Weston
The main purpose is to provide designers with a font, suitable for
modification in logos and headlines. Combined wisely, Weston will spice
up your design adding the “not-your-usual-font-choice” effect. Inspired
by the evergreen Grover & Rockwell, Weston works on a
pay-what-you-want basis, so we would always recommend that you donate
towards the designer!
FORMAT: OTF
25. Locksmith
This gorgeous font was created by California based designer Kenji Enos.
Having worked on everything from print, web, motion graphics,
animation, video editing and 3D modelling, it's clear that Kenji has
some serious talents when it comes to typography. You can grab the
regular format of Locksmith for the mere price of a Tweet or Facebook
share!
FORMAT: TTF
26. RBNo2
RBNo2 is inspired by late 19th century industrial fonts with german
roots regarding straightness and geometry. Combined with other sans
serifs, slab serifs and serif fonts it catches the eye when used in
headlines and short copy texts.
Additonally to the regular styles the alternate versions will turn
the font into a perfect partner for modern, technical and contemporary
impressions as well as high quality, luxury and timeless environments.
You can grab the light and light alternative formats for free!
FORMAT: TTF
27. Bariol
Designed by Spanish studio atipo,
Bariol has already proved a massive hit with designers across the
board. Crafted with versatily and readability in mind, the brand new,
slightly rounded typeface is available in four weights.
The font is readable even at small scales and can be used as
corporate typography, packaging design, infographics and even editorial
design. You can download Bariol Regular & Italic for free by just
paying with a Tweet or you can get the complete font family from as
little as €3!
FORMAT: OTF
28. Urban Jungle
This big, bold typeface 'Urban Jungle' was created by designer Kevin Christopher of KC Fonts.
The eye-catching design is perfect for creating stand out
graffiti-style posters and flyers. There's a charge to get hold of the
full font but you can do personal work to your heart's content with this
free demo version.
FORMAT: OTF
29. Dude
Dude is a reverse contrast cowboy font that's got true grit. It's not
about weight, it's about style. Twelve different serif styles inspired
by country music legends. Whiskey drinking, train hopping, fist
fighting, hard loving, prison breaking, men and women, who poured their
hearts out in song.
Designed by typographer and regular Lost Type contributor Dan Gneiding, Dude consists of uppercase, numerals and punctuation. You can download the font for free or donate any price you wish.
FORMAT: OTF
30. Miso
Miso was designed for architect’s drawings by Mårten Nettelbladt.
It’s a clean and narrow typeface that's suitable for small text but
also for headlines and logos. The spacing of the font follows the logic
of mono-stroke fonts as found in CAD software.
You can get the Miso font in chunky, bold, normal and light for
absolutely free. If you want the chunky version you'll have to fork out a
mere $10.
FORMAT: OTF, TTF
31. Blanch
Another font offering from those lovely folks at the Lost Type Co-op. Blanch is a display face, designed for the 'Fruita Blanch' brand, a family-run company.
A traditional font with a contemporary feel, The Blanch typeface
family is comprised of six weights: three condensed weights and three
caps weights. As always, you can download it for free but we would
always encourage donating some pennies to the typographers!
FORMAT: OTF
32. Cubic Sans
This may not be the most readable font we've ever come across but we
think designers could have a lot of fun experimenting with this one.
Just try to ignore the whole 'comic sans' inspired thing...
Created by Marc Vila, Cubic
Sans is a new display font based on the original Comic Sans, created by
modifing its strokes using a cube as a brush. It looks really geometric
and gives the effect of a 3D typeface.
FORMAT: TTF
33. Geogram
Designer Filiz Sahin
crops up a lot in this list and it's easy to see why. Her experimental,
quirky, and fun typefaces are perfect for playing around with and may
even lead to some great work.
Geogram typeface is a new font exploration based on modern shape
geometric forms. The font contains lower case letters and numbers of the
shapes. You can download the font for free but remember to 'appreciate'
it on Behance!
FORMAT: OTF
34. Manteka
Manteka is designed by Spanish typographer Eduardo Araya
and was crafted especially for use in print, but equally has a
spectacular web performance. The free font has already proved very
popular with designers across the globe.
FORMAT: TTF
35. Mission Script
Designed by James T. Edmondson,
this is the first of the Mission Collection to feature on the Lost Type
Co-op. Mission Script is a signage-lovers wet dream; condensed, casual,
sweet, and sincere. A celebration of the brush. Scripts rule! It's on a
pay-what-you-want basis for personal use, so be generous!
FORMAT: OTF
36. Geared
Geared is an industrial inspired Condensed Slab Serif that comes in 4
weights - thin, regular, bold and extrabold. It was designed by graphic
designer Ben Dalrymple and with such an extensive character set, Geared could be a versatile addition to your next project.
FORMAT: OTF
37. 400ml Type
This 400ml typeface was designed and created by student Marco Terre.
Currently completing his degree in communication design at the
university of applied sciences in Berlin, Marco's aim was to create a
clean and little playful type and is based on the idea of combining
graffiti glyphs with graphic glyphs.
The font comes in four styles: regular, bold, regular italic and
bold italic. It's perfect for almost any type of use, including poster
work, web design and illustration.
FORMAT: OTF
38. Ghang
Måns Grebäck is a graphic designer who specialises font, logotype
and typography design. He developed this brilliant graffiti-inspired
design Ghang, as well as a host of other typefaces
in this particular style. The demo version of Ghang is available as a
free download or the full font can be purchased for $59 on Grebäck's
site Mawns .
FORMAT: TTF
39. Johanna
Johanna is a modular typeface based on six basic modules and as a
result, there are 147 glyphs of versatility in each style. It was
created by Spanish graphic designer Adrià Gómez and also comes in an italic version.
We love the slight vintage feel to this one and think it could be
used best in web design. The colours that Adrià has used to showcase the
font are also a brilliant touch.
FORMAT: TTF
40. Silverfake
Silverfake is a new contemporary slab serif wide free font designed Alexey Frolov, aka MRfrukta. This vintage font is presented in contemporary curves that make the font applicable for both retro and modern designs.
Silverfake contains only capital letters but also some alternate
characters are also included. Check back to Alexey's site regularly, as
he has a host of free fonts up for grabs.
FORMAT: OTF
41. Typometry
This quirky font was crafted by Emil Kozole for a university
project. A lover of 'pretty colours', Emil manages to encorporate quite a
surrealist style into this type face. Typometry will be a great font to
experiment with in a number of projects.
The font is now a pro version with two weights, four styles and
more than 220 glyphs that are available in both TFF and OTF format.
FORMAT: TFF & OTF
42. Che's Bone
This gorgeous font was created by Filiz Sahin.
She says of the font, "My dog loves bones. I experimented with this
font for Che and other dog lovers. It has round edges and condensed
skinny forms.
"The corner of each letter has a bone shape which is Che's favorite
part. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!" It is free for personal and
commercial use and Filiz would be grateful for credits!
FORMAT: EPS
43. Mood Type
This is another brilliant design from Filiz Sahin. The project was
inspired by Modern Swedish Furniture, print mechanical instructions -
crops, bleeds, and registration marks - as well as pop influenced '70s
fonts.
This is an eps font for display font purposes only, at the moment.
There are no PostScript or OpenType versions available. Please do some
nice and clean work.
FORMAT: EPS
44. Homestead
An evocative yet forward thinking slab, Homestead is another stunning creation from the guys at Lost Type.
Inspired by their desire and need to explore, Homestead represents the
ways in which we are always searching for the place to call home.
Designed by Luke Lisi, Homestead comes in uppercase only with numerals and punctuation.
FORMAT: TTF
45. Habana
Habana is a geometric sans-serif inspired by Cuba's capital city.
Available only in uppercase, this curvy offering was designed by New
York based designer Bonnie Clas.
What's more, Bonnie didn't only design the font but she also
crafted the sultry illustration that showcases the typeface. That's one
talented lady right there!
FORMAT: TTF
46. CODE Pro
Code Pro is a font family inspired by the original Sans Serif fonts
like Avant Garde or Futura, but with a modern twist. It is clean,
elegant, and straight-to-the-point.
Code font is applicable for any type of graphic design - web,
print, motion graphics, etc - and perfect for t-shirts and other items
like posters and logos. It also comes in a number of languages!
FORMAT: OTF
47. Adamas Regular
Created by Romanian graphic designer Octavian Belintan, the Adamas style was first used by Greek and Latin writers for a stone of impenetrable hardness.
Adamas only comes in upper case but we think it's a great free font to experiment with!
FORMAT: OTF
48. Jura
This gorgeous font was created by designer Ed Merritt and is available on Ten by Twenty. A designer and front-end web developer, Ed hails from Bournemouth and regularly works for website developing company Headscape.
This new release of the Jura family includes regular, italic, bold
and bold-italic fonts. Each variant includes 241 characters with a
couple of ligatures thrown in. What's more, it maintains legibility even
at small sizes, unlike other serif fonts. Ed built the metrics and
kerning from scratch too!
FORMAT: TTF
49. Tikal Sans
Designed by typographer Miguel Hernández,
Tikal Sans is a beautifully designed type that's part of the new font
family Latinotype. Miguel also works as a graphic designer, illustrator
and typography teacher and currently resides in Santiago, Chile. In
2008, Miguel won the award for Chile Sans & Cadena Black Typography
in the Bienal de Tipos Latinos.
The font comes in 20 variations, including Ultra Italic, Bold and
Extra Light - sadly, you only receive the Medium and Italic in the free
package. You can however, pay $329 for all 20 fonts.
Tikal-Sans offers a functional look with a contemporary large
x-height with opentype contextual alternate letters. The light, regular
and medium weights are well suited for longer textual work whilst the
Thin and Black weights are great performers in display sizes.
FORMAT: OTF
50. Open Baskerville
Open Baskerville is an open source project focused on creating a
digital revival of the famous 'Baskerville' typefaces. It's based on Fry’s Baskerville; a Baskerville-inspired derivative created by Isaac Moore, the punchcutter who worked for the type foundry of Joseph Fry.
The team at Open Baskerville are dedicated to bringing you
typefaces that will actually make an impact on your design work and
continue to be useful to you. With thousands of fonts available, it's
refreshing to see Open Baskerville putting so much passion into
typography.
FORMAT: GIT
51. Fabrica
Created by Canadian designer Alvin Kwan,
Fabrica was designed with one thing in mind: to create the most legible
typeface for mobile screens. Kwan says: "Fabrica is a deceptively
simple sans serif typeface optimised for screen display on handheld
devices. With its optimal quality and legibility, Fabrica proves to be
highly efficient for small screens. Its details are drawn from the more
systematic constructed Neo-Grotesques, giving it a neutral tone of
voice."
In a world where people read more text on their smartphones and
tablets, rather than on actual paper, Fabrica is a typeface that's well
worth looking in to. Although the download is free for all, you can also
donate however much money you would like to Alvin for his work.
FORMAT: OTF
52. The Fell Types
Italian designer Igino Marini
has been creating and advancing the Fell types for over ten years. The
typeface is named after John Fell, a Bishop of Oxford dating back to the
17th Century. Marini was inspired Fell's unique collection of printing
types and the Bishop's creativity and adventure when it came to the art
of typography.
Igino also runs iKern, a service
for autospacing and autokerning digital typefaces based on a
mathematical model and programs he has developed since 2002. Phew! It
sounds like the man definitely knows his typography. We think The Fell
Types are classically styled typefaces that every designer could use in
their collection.
FORMAT: OTF
53. Infinity
Thai graphic designer Tarin Yuangtrakul
mainly focuses his work on illustration, which has been exhibited in
Bangkok, South Carolina and New York City. At the tender age of 20,
Tarin is already making waves on the design circuit. Here, Tarin turns
his hand to typography to create Infinity.
What made Tarin call the font Infinity? He says that "the name
comes from guides for creating: they are similar to the number 8 and the
infinity symbol. I really like the number 8 because it's my birth date
and because of my lineage in China, the word for number 8 sounds similar
to the word meaning 'prosper' or 'wealth.' The number 8 is viewed as
such an auspicious number that even being assigned a number with several
eights is very lucky."
FORMAT: TTF
54. Nosegrind
This cool design comes from Scriptorium Fonts,
an Austin, Texas-based type foundry started in 1992 by game designer,
editor and historian Dave Nalle. Describing the typeface, Nalle says on
his website, 'Nosegrind is based on skate-culture graffiti gleaned from
various samples of similar style found on walls in Austin and online'.
FORMAT: TTF
55. Rex
This three-weight font type is brought to you by the folks at Fontfabric.
Designer Svetoslav Simov, who is based in Sofia, Bulgaria, founded the
independent type foundry back in 2008. Their goal is to create
high-quality fonts that stand in a unique class of their own, and can
serve as a decent base for any designer project whether it be web, print
or clothes design.
Every week, a typeface is rolled out of production and is put up on
the site to download absolutely free. Rex is one of those fonts,
designed in three weights: light, bold and bold inline. It’s a caps
font, but there is a difference between both caps and small caps, which
can be seen in the examples on the website. It's available for both
personal and commercial use.
FORMAT: OTF
56. Haymaker
Designer Trevor Baum created
this vintage-inspired typeface. Proclaiming a love of bicycles, type and
Jewish deli's, Trevor wanted to create a font that was both rugged and
refined, and we think he's got the balance spot on.
The inspiration for the typography design came from the
workmanship, lettering and baseball jerseys of the 1930s and 1940s. The
font comes in uppercase, lowercase, numerals and also contains
punctuation.
FORMAT: TTF
57. Carton
Here's another awesome find on Lost Type,
the typography co-op that ensures its designers receive 100 per cent of
the donations given for their fonts. This time, the typeface comes from
talented Newcastle based graphic designer Nick McCosker.
Nick claims that Carton is 'best served chilled', whilst describing
it as 'a strong yet sensitive slab-serif inspired by letterpress'. It
only comes in uppercase but we think that that's all a typeface of this
kind needs. It's immediately striking to the eye and will work really
well with any titled-based designs; possibly less so in body text.
FORMAT: OTF
58. Josefin Sans & Slab
Santiago Orozco
created this typeface, with the goal of making it geometric, elegant
and kind of vintage - especially for titling. It's based on Rudolf
Koch's Kabel (1927), Rudolf Wolf's Memphis (1930) and Paul Renner's
Futura (1927).
Orocozo says that the idea was to 'draw something with good style,
that reflects Swedish design and their passion for a good lifestyle, and
by default all other Scandinavian styles.'
The x-height is half way from baseline to caps height, unlike any
other modern typeface. Santiago wanted to do something different with
the ampersand, so he made three and will include them in later versions
of the Josefin Sans. It took Santiago around a month to draw the total
of 373 glyphs.
FORMAT: OTF
59. Nevis
Nevis is another fantastic typeface brought to you by Ed Merritt of Ten by Twenty.
The website description is spot on: "Nevis is a strong, angular
typeface and is ideal for headings, text, buttons and everything in
between. It's assertive and bold, but manages to retain a friendly tone,
and looks especially good when used in all caps."
The font can be used for both personal and commercial purposes but
it cannot be redistributed or sold. Although you can download the font
for free, Ten by Twenty say they always appreciate a donation, however
small. If you can't do that, a link back to the site is hugely
appreciated!
FORMAT: TTF
60. PLSTK
This font was created by Christian del Moral and Luis Armesilla.
Both Madrid-based designers, Luis mainly focuses on motion and graphic
design, but has a special interest in typography and lettering.
Christian is heavily influenced by music and tends to illustrate in a
child-like old school way.
The designers are happy for you to use the font in any way that you
wish. All they ask is that you send them an image of your work once
you're done with it! Take a look at this awesome video the guys created
to showcase PLSTK's capabilities.
FORMAT: TTF
61. Abraham Lincoln
There are no vampire hunters in sight, we're afraid; just an awesome font created by designer Frances MacLeod.
Originally from Wichita, Kansas, Frances creates stunning typography
and has worked with book covers, leaflets, posters and more.
She created this Abraham Lincoln font to resolve a constant search
for a condensed serif. The promotional specimen featurrs the font in use
and folds out to a poster of Abraham Lincoln's address to the 166th
Ohio Regiment in 1864 on the reverse. You can see the examples on her personal website.
FORMAT: TTF
62. Fat Frank
Fat Frank is a fun typographic design from graphic designer, illustrator and typographer Jeff Schreiber.
The font is a big-boned and funky font with all digits, some
diacritical marks, most punctuation marks and money signs that matter.
Jeff also states that those who use this in Photoshop should make sure
that the kerning is set to "Metrics" not "Optical". Otherwise the
kerning doesn't work. You'll find it in the Character window.
We think Fat Frank would look stunning on print design - especially
titles. It may be a bit too chunky for normal body text. It's been
doing incredibly well on Behance and rightly so; this typeface is as fun
as it gets and will brighten up any design project!
FORMAT: TTF
63. Ostrich Sans
And finally, we have this superb typeface created by New Yorker Tyler Finck.
Tyler has created a number of fonts and regularly allows designers to
download them for free. He describes Ostrich Sans as an open source font
family that he's very happy to offer for free from The League of Moveable Type.
The typeface comes in six styles, including Sans Light, Sans
Regular, Sans Bold and Sans Rounded. It only comes in caps but we think
that it's the perfect font to make an instant impact.
FORMAT: TTF
64. Nougatine
First up in our list of best free fonts is Nougatine. Designed by 25-year-old Frenchman Fabien Laborie, the graphic designer describes Nougatine as "a titling font inspired by the smell of freshly baked cookies."
Believing that design must not be aesthetic, Fabien continues to
strive for fonts that surpass their limits. Delivered with 380 glyphs, a
host of varying ligatures and a panel of alternative letters, it
enables the power of versatility.
Used for editorial and commercial purposes, Nougatine is a great all-rounder.
FORMAT: TTF
65. Valentina
Produced by Spanish typographer Pedro Arilla, Valentina is described as a sincere tribute to his grandmother; which is where the name also stems from.
A self-professed minimalist, Pedro created Valentina as a classic
didone. Incorportating many antique Spanish techniques with influences
of Bodoni, Valentina is great for editorial purposes.
It is compiled of 457 glyphs, with 125 alternative lower cases or
the 46 ligatures. With that flexibility, it really is up there with the
best free fonts available.
FORMAT: OTF
66. Chunkfive
Chunkfive derives from the team at The League of Moveable Type.
With a motto of providing only the best fonts within the interweb,
Chunkfive is a perfect example of their high standards.
An ultra-bold slab serif, Chunkfive has all the ingredients for
great headings and titles. The fact that it also contains lower case
means that it could also work in body set text.
If you're looking for a vintage Americana feel, then Chunkfive is your guy.
FORMAT: OTF
67. Nomed
Created by Medness, Nomad is one of the most unusual fonts we've
seen at CreativeBloQ. Based on a geometric triangle, Nomed really packs a
punch when layered.
The font is perfect for compositions and comes in simple selections
of capital and lower case lettering. If you're looking for a way to
standout, Nomed may be the font for you.
FORMAT: OTF
68. Forum
Designed by Russian graphic designer Denis Masharov,
'Forum' is just one of the many fonts this man is responsible for.
Currently working for Time Out Moscow, Denis has been a professional
typographer since 2008.
The font's intended use is for headings and titles (but we're sure
it would look great in set body text too!) It's classic feel is clear to
see, with its clever arches and direct lines.
If you love this font, we suggest you check out the rest of Denis' creations. The man's a genius!
FORMAT: Google Web Font
69. Cassannet
Released earlier this year, Cassannet is a gorgeous addition to our
best free fonts list, which captures the essence of vintage Cassandre
posters. The art deco typeface is available in bold, regular and outline
weights.
Containing ligatures, capitals, numbers, small capitals and also
titling alternates, the font will be perfect for any purpose. You can be
really nice and offer a donation to the makers or simply repay them
with a tweet.
FORMAT: OTF and TTF
70. Accent
Brazilian graphic designer Nelson Balaban
is known for his outlandish style and fun approach to typography.
Accent is just one example of his exemplary work that has been featured
in many editorial and commercial campaigns.
Instantly eye-catching, this font could do wonders for your
designs. On first impression, Accent could look a tad on the hipster
side but we love it and we think you should too.
If you end up using the font, all Nelson asks is that you don't
alter it, give credit where it's due and use it to create some 'kick-ass
work.' Off you go then!
FORMAT: TTF
71. League Script
Brought to you once again by those folks over at The League of
Moveable type comes League Script. A gorgeous rendition of teenage
girl's endless diary entries, League Script offers a sweet alternative
to boring body text.
Designed by Haley Fiege, it includes ligatures and will act as the
framework for future script designs. It's popularity is apparent; having
been downloaded a whopping 71,000 times.
How will you use it?
FORMAT: OTF
72. Henry
We at Creative Bloq love a blast from the past and this Henry font
couldn't be more retro if it tried. Created by Polish graphic designer Marta Podkowi?ska, the font was named after Henry Ford and inspired by all things 60's.
Marta mainly cites the fonts major influence from vintage cars,
which can be seen in its glorious curvature. Although the font only
comes in capital letters, we think it would be a great chance to test
your design abilities.
Perfect for headings and titles, Henry is an exquisite nod to the
trailblazers of graphic design, and a worthy member of our best free
fonts list.
FORMAT: TTF
73. The Pricks
We love this simple block font with mean spikes by Orlando-based designer Hydro74
aka Joshua M. Smith. The design is just one of many typefaces Hydro74
has come up with. While many of them you have to pay for, the generous
designer also has a bunch of brilliant free fonts up for grabs on his
site.
FORMAT: OTT, TTF
74. Bobber
More vintage? You bet! Bobber is a classic font developed by Brazilian typograher Lucas Perdido and Russian graphic designer Dmitry Goloub.
Described as an 'alternative slab serif', the font is totally free
and the guys are happy for you to use it for commercial purposes. We
think it'd look create on an illustration portfolio, for those of you
that love all things vintage!
FORMAT: Ai
75. Lavanderia
Created by designer James T. Edmondson, Lavaderia is a charming font that takes influence from the Laundromat windows of San Francisco's Mission District.
It comes in a range of open type features and three weights.
Working as a script font, Lavanderia will really work well as a heading
type as well as being able to slot nicely into the set body text.
FORMAT: OTF
76. Sketchtik Light
This cute font is taking us back to our school days. Designed by Hiekka Graphics founder Ossi Gustafsson, the graphic design agency is quickly becoming well-known for their innovative ideas.
Sketchtik echoes chalk boards from the classroom without looking
immature. It'll give a sense of fun to any design, which could work well
for portfolios or branding.
The font comes in light, regular, bold and black so there's plenty
of versatility for titles, headings and set body text. (You only get the
Light version for free.)
FORMAT: OTF and TTF
77. Metropolis
It's no wonder this font has become so popular, thanks to its
modern twist on a vintage style. Designed by Australian graphic designer
Josip Kelava, Metropolis is influenced by the industrial movement of the 1920s.
Kelava wanted to create his own Art Deco font without being too
much of a copycat. The result was this bold and daring typeface, perfect
for catching your user's eye.
It only comes as capital letters, so it won't be relevant for set
body text. It does however, look amazing on a poster or homepage!
FORMAT: OTF
78. Alphageometry
Since we've given you plenty of capital letter fonts, we thought
we'd delve a little deeper and focus on the little guys. Alphageometry
is a set of simple yet effective decorative typefaces created by
Canadian designer Markie Darkie (a.k.a. Ferdinand Mark Basa.)
Letterforms were designed using simple geometric shapes in a 10x10
square grid structure guide. Please note that the font is in vector
format, which means each letterform will need to be hand set and
composed.
Who knew lower case letters could be so powerful?!
FORMAT: EPS and Ai
79. GRN Burgy
Created by Italian designer Marco Goran Romano,
GRN Burgy is a fun take on early American graffiti. Another big
influence on the font is fast food culture, which is reiterated in the
'shiny' effects used.
If you don't want to take yourself too seriously, have a go with
GRN Burgy. The direct lines combined with extreme curves makes the font
ooze creativity.
GRN Burgy only comes in capital letters, so it's only really useful for titles and headings on homepages or posters.
FORMAT: OTF
80. SciFly Sans
Tomi Haaparanta, the famous and prolific font designer from the
Suomi Type Factory, has created a new typeface, commissioned by
Flyerzone. Anyone can download and use SciFly Sans within their projects
to create a unique style.
FORMAT: OTF
And that's it for now! Let us know if we've missed your
favourite free fonts, and keep checking back, as we add more entries to
our best free fonts list.
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