Fonts and typefaces. Even a selection of 101 fonts may sometimes not be enough!

Making the choice of the right font at the right time is a bit of an art. One font which could work very well in a specific setting could be a hateful choice for a different scenario. However, there’s always a good option for every setting, and there’s always going to be good fonts and horrible typefaces which should be wiped off the face of the internet (and the face of the planet for that matter).
We’ve gone around and researched. We asked the designers, the creatives, the artistic directors and the typeface geeks at the office, and made a list of options which we believe you could find very good use for.

The typefaces that have plenty of intrinsic character work well when a designer really puts them to good use. Here is a list of fonts that will look good in almost any context while, possibly, adding a little personality of their own.

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Simple Sans/Slab Serif fonts

Simple sophistication is what defines these items here.

1. MOON

License: Free for personal use
Type: OTF
Styles: 2 styles
Tags: Round, Simple, Spaced, Thin, Bold, Sans Serif



MOON is a simple font, but don’t let its simplicity get in the way. This rounded, simple, space-inspired  typeface family is available in both thin and bold variations. It’s free for personal use – commercial licenses are also available.

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2. PIER

License: Free for personal use
Type: OTF
Tags:Modern, Structured, Versatile, Sans Serif
Styles: 4 styles

Pier is a modern and structured typography. The idea was to create a slightly off geometric font that would look as good both big and very small.

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3. Ailerons

License: Free for personal use
Type: TTF
Tags: Structured, Clean, Stylish, Stylised, Sans Serif
Styles: 1 style

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4. Maxwell

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Type: OTF, TTF
Tags: Applicable, Logotype, Versatile, Sans Serif, Thin, Bold
Styles: 3 styles
MAXWELL is applicable for any type of graphic design. (web, print, motion graphics etc and perfect for headlines and logotypes/ wordmarks)

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5. Rhetoric

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Type: TTF
Tags: Expressive, Simple, Thin, Sans Serif, Playful
Styles: 6 styles

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6. Facile Sans

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Type: OTF, TTF
Tags: Versatile, Bold, Structured, Uppercase, Sans Serif
Styles: 1 style

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7. Retro Sans
8. Retro Slab

License: Free Font
Type: TTF
Tags: Sans Serif, Inspired, Uppercase, Old, 20th Century, Versatile
Styles: 1 style

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9. Blogger Sans

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF and .TTF
Tags: Clear, Legible, Light, Smooth, Sans Serif
Styles: 8 styles

Blogger Sans was designed primarily for the use in headlines of the website. Blogger Sans draws inspiration from the clarity and legibility of the popular font Dosis with an additional support of the lost Cyrillic languages. The bolder weights are lighter and softer. The following elements (-b-d-h-k-p-q-y-) are shorter, thus the headlines and subheads could be put in the dense line spacing. In addition the outline of the Blogger Sans is more smooth with better eligibility.

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Script Fonts / Free Handwriting fonts

Handwritten-like or scripted fonts will always have a specific charm. Beautiful scripts will always remain just that, and there are so many instances where a design gets that human touch by adding a script or handwritten font.

10. Nickainley Script

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF and .TTF
Tags: Handwritten, Classic, Vintage, Versatile, Elegant
Styles: 1 style



Nickainley is a Monoline Script handwriting font with a touch of classic and vintage in uppercase, lowercase characters, numeral and punctuation. It can be used for various purposes such as logos, badges, wedding invitations, t-shirts, letterheads, signage, labels, news, posters, badges and whatever else you may need it for

 

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11. FabFelt Script

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF and .TTF
Tags: Handwritten, Grain, Natural, Retro, Versatile
Styles: 2 styles

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12. Harlott

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tags: Handwritten, Script, Fun, Retro

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13. London

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tags: Art deco, Light, Elegant, Minimalist

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14. Brayden Script

License: Free for personal use
Type: .OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Handwritten, Thin, Oblique, Versatile, Elegant

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15. Hamster Script

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Type: .OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Cursive, Brush Lettering, Traditional, Versatile, Flow, Legible

Hamster is a cursive typeface inspired by brush lettering and traditional sign painting. Suitable for branding/identity, clothing/t-shirt design, signage, headlines, posters, and lots more. Hamster Script was crafted carefully to equalize the dynamic flow and its legibility.

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16. Bukhari

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Type: OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Monoline, Cursive, Versatile, Stylistic, Handwritten, Bold

Bukhari Script is a  bold monoline cursive typeface. Bukhari Script contains almost 380 glyphs with several OpenType Features; Contextual Alternate, Stylistic Alternate, Standard Ligature & Fraction.

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17. Good Vibes

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF and .TTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Handwritten, Bold, Versatile, Script, Connecting

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18. Grand hotel

License: Open Font License
Format: OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Condensed, Upright, Connecting, Classic, Retro, Casual, Versatile

Grand Hotel finds its inspiration from the title screen of the 1937 film “Cafe Metropole” starring Tyrone Power. This condensed upright connecting script has a classic vibe to it.

It has a wonderful weight to it that feels subtly tied to Holiday and Bakery themed designs, even though it can work outside that genre.

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19. Get Coffee

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF, .TTF
Tags: vintage, script, coffee, retro, handdrawn
Styles: 1 style

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20. Mink Type

License: Free with credit
Tags: script, beauty, hearts, Handpainted, Customisable, Versatile
Styles: 1 style

Mink Type is a cool hand painted display typeface (only eps version is available) that  is created by using brush tools in Illustrator. Each letter has 3 variations including upper and lower cases, you can create your custom feel for your design. I like to use a mix of upper and lower cases and you may use different combinations. It may work in different purposes.

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Google Fonts



Google Fonts has become an awesome resource for designers – for an item to become a member of this exclusive club, it really must have something special. No wonder they’re so popular, especially in web design. Here are our favourites!

21. Roboto
22.Roboto Slab

License: Apache 2.0 License
Format: Embed script
Tags: Structured, Geometric, Versatile, Clean, Sans Serif, Thin, Bold, Oblique
Styles: 12 styles

Roboto is one of our favourites here at BeeWits, if you look around our online and offline resources, you’ll find it quite often 😉
Roboto has a dual nature. It has a mechanical skeleton and the forms are largely geometric. At the same time, Roboto features friendly and open curves. While some grotesks distort their letterforms to force a rigid rhythm, Roboto doesn’t compromise, allowing letters to be settled into their natural width. This makes for a more natural reading rhythm more commonly found in humanist and serif types

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23. Ubuntu

License: Ubuntu Font License Version 1.0
Format: .TTF
Tags: Contemporary, Versatile, Structured, Unique, Sans Serif
Styles: 4 styles

The Ubuntu Font Family are a set of matching new libre/open license funded by Canonical Ltd on behalf the wider Free Software community and the Ubuntu project.
Ubuntu types were started to enable the personality of Ubuntu to be seen and felt in every menu, button and dialog but has been adopted for use widely across many different types of mediums, but particularly for the web.

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24. Open SANS

License: Apache License Version 2.0
Format: .TTF
Tags: Clean, Versatile, Professional, Subtle, Geometric, Structured, Sans Serif, Legible
Styles: 10 styles
Open Sans was designed by Steve Matteson and comes in 10 different styles, from light to extra bold. The type itself is simple, professional, and clean, yet it has many subtle characteristics such as the capital J with a descender that goes beyond the baseline. Open Sans looks beautiful in both smaller and larger sizes. The extra bold variation is really something you must find use for – perfection.

This humanist sans serif has great legibility even at small sizes, and has been optimized for both web and mobile interfaces. This free web font has an upright feel, with open letterforms and a neutral-yet-friendly appearance that ensures versatility.
There is also an Open Sans Condensed version that comes in 3 styles.

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25. PT Sans
26. PT Serif

License: SIL Open Font License 1.1
Format: .TTF
Tags: Unique, Modern, Clean, Versatile, Geometric, Contemporary, Distinctive, Sans Serif
Styles: 4 styles

PT Sans was developed for the project “Public Types of Russian Federation.” The second family of the project, PT Serif, is also available.

The fonts are released with a libre license and can be freely redistributed: The main aim of the project is to give possibility to the people of Russia to read and write in their native languages.

The project is dedicated to the 300 year anniversary of the civil type invented by Peter the Great in 1708–1710. It was given financial support from the Russian Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications.

They include standard Western, Central European and Cyrillic code pages, plus the characters of every title language in the Russian Federation. This makes them a unique and very important tool for modern digital communications.

PT Sans is based on Russian sans serif types of the second part of the 20th century, but at the same time has distinctive features of contemporary humanistic designs. The family consists of 8 styles: 4 basic styles, 2 captions styles for small sizes, and 2 narrows styles for economic type setting.

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27. Exo
28. Exo 2

License: SIL Open Font License 1.1
Type: .TTF
Styles: 18 styles
Tags: Contemporary, Geometric, Versatile, Legible, Sans Serif, Structured

Exo is a contemporary geometric family designed by Natanael Gama. Initially funded through a kickstarter project, it was eventually released for free. Exo has 18 styles, so you won’t have any problems finding the weight you need. The only nag about Exo is that it tends to be a little hard to read when small, because it has many curves and shapes in its letterforms – so it may not be the ideal font for small body copy. And that’s why Exo2 was developed, to solve this specific legibility problem.

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29. Lato

License: Open font License version 1.1
Type: .TTF
Tags: Professional, Versatile, Thin, Bold, Unique, Curved
Styles: 10 Styles
Lato is perhaps the a very unique and interesting sans-serif font.
Lato was specifically designed by Łukasz Dziedzic for corporate use. It has a professional look that lends itself well to use in various sizes.

It goes from thin all the way to ultra-bold. The letters in Lato have some unique curves which can only be seen in larger sizes but still works well in smaller sizes.

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30. Oswald

License: Sil Open Font License, 1.1
Type: .TTF
Tags: Versatile, Alternate Gothic, Sans Serif, Uppercase, Playful
Styles: 3 styles



One of the first options to be featured in Google’s Web Fonts library, Oswald has been updated to include multiple weights, extended character sets and better kerning. It has its roots in the classic Alternate Gothic sans-serif typeface style, created by designer Vernon Adams, and is an excellent font choice for headlines and captions.

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31. Vollkorn

License: Sil OFL, 1.1
Type: .TTF
Tags: Chunky, Defined, Serif, Confident, Energetic, Effective, Versatile
Style: 3 styles

Vollkorn is German for ‘wholemeal’ and is Friedrich Althausen’s first attempt at typeface design, but it has been downloaded thousands of times. Its chunky, well-defined serifs give it confidence and energy that make it equally effective at large sizes for headlines or titles, or for larger passages of text.

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32. Droid Serif
33. Droid Sans

License: Apache License, 2.0
Type: .TTF
Tags: Contemporary, Legible, Serif, Condensed, Structured, Versatile
Styles: 4 styles

The Droid Serif family features a contemporary appearance and was designed for comfortable reading on screen. Designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp, Droid Serif features slightly condensed letterforms to maximize the amount of text displayed on small screens. Vertical stress, sturdy serifs and open forms contribute to the readability of Droid Serif while its proportion and overall design complement its companion Droid Sans.

Droid Serif family has four styles: Regular, Italic, Bold & Bold Italic.

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34. Arvo

License: SIL OFL 1.1
Type: .TTF
Tags: Geometric, Versatile, Monolinear, Contrasting, Legible, Serif
Styles: 4 styles

Arvo is a geometric slab-serif typeface family suited for screen and print. The family includes 4 cuts: Roman, Italic, Roman Bold, Bold Italic. It is a open font distributed through the Google Font Directory. The flavour of the font is rather mixed. Its monolinearish, but has tiny bit of contrast (which increases the legibility a little in Mac OS X.) The name Arvo is a typical Estonian man’s name, but is not used widely any more. In the Finnish language, Arvo means “number, value, worth.” Considering how much programming is behind hinting, ‘number’ is also true.

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35. Lora

License: SIL OFL, 1.1
Type: .TTF
Tags: calligraphy, google font, Serif, Contemporary, Contrasting, Curved, Modern
Styles: 4 styles

Lora is a well-balanced contemporary serif with roots in calligraphy. It is a text typeface with moderate contrast well suited for body text.
A paragraph set in Lora will make a memorable appearance because of its brushed curves in contrast with driving serifs. The overall typographic voice of Lora perfectly conveys the mood of a modern-day story, or an art essay.
Technically Lora is optimised for screen appearance, and works equally well in print.

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36. Bitter

License: SIL OFL, 1.1
Format: .TTF
Tags: google font, Contemporary, Serif, Legible, Comfortable, Subtle, Rhythmic
Styles: 3 styles

People read and interact with text on screens more and more each day – with typically what happens on screen ends up being more important than what is printed. Electronic books puts pressure on type designers to seek out the ideal designs for reading on screen.

Bitter is a “contemporary” slab serif typeface for text, specially designed for comfortably reading on any computer or device. It combines the large x-heights and legibility of the humanistic tradition with subtle characteristics in the characters that inject a certain rhythm to flowing texts.

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37. Oranienbaum

License: SIL OFL, 1.1
Format: .TTF
Tags: google font, Modern, Contrasting, Geometric, Structured, Serif, Versatile
Styles: 1 styles

Oranienbaum is a modern high contrast Antiqua with well-defined, recognizable features. Based on the architecture of classic Antiqua, such as Bodoni, Oranienbaum is typical of the typefaces from the first quarter of the 20th century: pronounced serifs, contrasting geometry, and an interplay of right angles and flowing lines. It is well suited for both headlines and body text.

It was designed through a collaboration of Oleg Pospelov as the main type designer, with Jovanny Lemonad as art director, technical engineer and publisher.

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The Art Director’s choice

Our art director is quite finicky when it comes to choice of fonts. The choices show an understated sophistication – they’re always close at hand.

38. Espacio Novo

License: Free for personal and commercial use – not for redistribution
Format: .TTF
Tags: Serif, Curved, Charming, Versatile, Light
Style: 3 styles – only medium is available for free

Espacio Novo has slight serif accents, lovely lines and curves, and loads of charm. Espacio Novo is a perfect addition to your design arsenal.

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39. Manifesto

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: .TTF
Tags: Italian, Rationalism, Structured, Sans Serif, Versatile
Styles: 1 style

It is inspired by Italian rationalist movement

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40. Dense

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: TTF
Tags: Elegant, Geometric, Compact, Sans Serif, Versatile, Uppercase
Style: 3 styles – only regular is free



Dense is a versatile, elegant, geometric and compact sans-serif typeface. Three weights have been created thus far: thin, regular and bold. Created by Canadian artist Charles Daoud, Regular is currently the only weight available, but Daoud has said that he’ll update his Behance page with news on how to get the other weights in the near future.

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41. Reckoner

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: .TTF
Tags: Sans Serif, Modern, Traditional, Unique, Versatile, Uppercase
Styles: 2 styles

Drawing inspiration from popular industrial sans serif typefaces such as Bebas Neue, Alegre Sans & Dharma Gothic, this typeface with a modern twist keeps the fundamentals of a traditional font. The result is “Reckoner”, a typeface that features a secondary set of characters in the lowercase setting that can be placed in your designs to add a unique touch to certain words. This typeface is ideal for logotypes & headings.

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42. Langdon

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: OTF
Tags: Structured, Modern, Sans Serif, Uppercase, Retro, Solid, Serious
Styles: 1 style

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43. Manteka

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: .OTF
Tags: Versatile, Uppercase, Structured, Sans Serif, Angular, Sturdy
Style: 1 style

A perfect font for print and digital publications – great for titles and headings.

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44. Typometry

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: OTF, TTF
Tags: Structured, Versatile, Playful, Modern, Sans Serif
Styles: 4

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45. Azedo

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: OTF
Tags: Modern, Heavy, Bold, Characterised, Steady, Sans Serif
Styles: 2 styles

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46. League Gothic

License: OFL version 1.1
Type: .OTF
Styles: 4 styles
Tags: Old, Classic, Alternate Gothic, Modern, Structured, Steady

League Gothic is a revival of an old classic Alternate Gothic. It was originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton for the American Type Founders Company in 1903. The company went bankrupt in 1993, and since the original typeface was created before 1923, the typeface is in the public domain.

This version was developed based on the original and contributed to the Open Source Type Movement.

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47. Bebas Tam

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Style: 1 Style
Tags: Italic, Versatile, Angular, Playful, Sans Serif, Modern

Originally started a school project – the font was designed based on the Bebas. Bebas-tam means “I’m drunk” in Hungarian and hence the slight italic. It can be used on flyers, titles, headers etc.

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48. Growl

Tags: Rough, Hand drawn

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 49. Streetwear

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Bold, Stylish, Retro, Versatile, 1960, 1970, Fashion, Sport, Unique, Fun

Streetwear is bold and stylish retro inspired script typeface suitable for logo, poster, branding, packaging and t-shirt design. It looks like 1960s and 70s fashion and sport related typeface, unique and fun at the same time.

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50. WP Domino

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Styles: 4 styles
Tags: Domino, Structured, Geometric, Steady, Rigid, Bold, Oblique



Inspired by the prototypes character on the book cover (Domino Novel).

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51. Tricolore

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .AI
Styles: 7 styles
Tags: Shapes, Creative, Playful, Freedom, Versatile, Sans Serif

Tricolore is Based exclusively on Multicolore vector typeface shapes, however this iteration is simpler in the number of colors. It includes more color palettes and gives creative freedom to design short texts for headlines, posters, logos or anything else.

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52. Mayhem


License: Free for personal use
Format: OTF
Tags: Clean, Simple, Handdrawn, Sans Serif, Uppercase, Stylised
Styles: 1 style

Mayhem is a clean, simple hand-drawn Sans Serif Typeface. It features uppercase, numerals, and punctuation.

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53. Xplor

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Format: OTF
Tags: Fun, cartoon, comic, handdrawn, Playful, Stylised, Versatile
Styles: 1 style

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54. Lev Black Distressed

License: Free for personal and commercial usage for up to 5 users in a single organization
Format: OTF
Tags: Distressed, Serif, Grain, Versatile, Rectangular, Thick, Block, Handdrawn
Styles: 1 style

Lev Black Distressed is the distressed version of the Lev Slab Serif Black from the Lev family. Lev Slab Serif is a typeface, designed by Leon Hulst. It is a perfect display option, good for posters, packaging, clothing etc.

Lev is a slab serif, the rectangular serifs and the straight angled shoulders and links contrast the curves and loops. Lev Serif is characterized by thick, block-like serifs.

The complete Lev Slab Serif family contains light, regular bold and black with their respective italic versions. Four hand drawn versions of the Lev Slab Serif are also available.

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55. Ariadne – No longer available for download

License: Free for personal use
Format: OTF
Tags: Handwritten, Open-type, Versatile, Elegant, Feminine, Flowing
Styles: 3 styles

Ariadne is a handwritten font family full of open type features such as ligatures, swashes, ornaments, catchwords etc.

There are three options in the family: Ariadne Script, Ariadne Sans, Ariadne Sans Condensed.

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56. Taurus Mono

License: Free for anyone working with a space organization (that kind of rules out quite a few of us)
Format: OTF
Tags: Monospace, Futuristic, Laser-cut, Stencil, Rounded
Styles: 4 styles

With Tyler’s affinity for APOD, Blade Runner, SpaceX, Metroid, Alien, you name it, this was the inspiration for the creation of a monospace font family fit for the future. It is efficient, as though cut or printed via laser, and with a stencil option, it is truly ready to applied in any physical form.
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57. Axis

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Format: OTF
Tags: Urban-Environment, Geometric, Sans Serif, Block, Structured, Rigid
Styles: 1 style

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58. Meticulous Ariel

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Tags: Fashion, Magazine, Luxury, Different, Versatile, Serif
Styles: 1 style

Meticulous Ariel is a new typeface that inspired by the world of fashion. Meticulous Ariel Typeface should be in use by the most popular fashion magazines and super luxury brands.
Meticulous Ariel was designed for those who want to be different. Meticulous Ariel is a luxury option you can use it as product title or logo.

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59. White Pine

Licence: Free to use – pay with a tweet
Tags: Open, Clean, Uppercase

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60. Cabana



License: free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Handdrawn, Handmade, Playful, Uppercase, Oblong, Rounded, Minimal

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The typeface Geek’s choice

The typeface geek was quite annoyed when we asked to choose a list of favourite fonts.

“A specific font can be a great choice in one scenario and an awful choice in a different scenario”

We of course, agree very much with this sentiment. You always need to choose a font which is appropriate for the specific design you’re working on. Not everything will work in every scenario – so do always keep that in mind

61. Gidole

License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
Format: OTF
Tags: Spirals, Circles, Minimal, Smooth, Curved, Clean, Sans Serif
Styles: 2 styles

The typefaces Gidole and Gidolinya are inspired by the classic DIN #1451. The letters are drawn with Euler spirals using circles as guidelines. This gives them a minimal look with the smoothest curves and curve to tangent transitions possible.

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62. EB Garamond

License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
Format: Google Font
Tags: Serif, Steady, Structured, Versatile, 16th Century
Styles: 1 style

EB Garamond is an open source project to create a revival of Claude Garamont’s famous humanist typeface from the mid-16th century. Its design reproduces the original design by Claude Garamont in fact the source for the letterforms is a scan of a specimen known as the “Berner specimen”, which, composed in 1592 by Conrad Berner, son-in-law of Christian Egenolff and his successor at the Egenolff print office, shows Garamont’s roman and Granjon’s italic fonts at different sizes. Hence the name of this project: Egenolff-Berner Garamond.
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63. Fjord One

License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
Format: Google Font
Tags: Serif, Editorial, Constructive, Prominent, Elegant, Detailed, Distinctive, Renaissance, Contemporary
Styles: 1 style

Fjord is a serif typeface, originally designed with printed books in mind, and particularly intended for long texts in small print sizes. Fjord features sturdy construction, prominent serifs, low-contrast modulation and long elegant ascenders and descenders relative to the ‘x’ height. Fjord performs well in sizes from 12 px and higher but because of its original design and careful detailing Fjord can also be a distinctive font choice for larger text headlines and in corporate design. Fjord is inspired by the feeling found in both renaissance and contemporary typeface design.

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64. Leto Text Sans

License: CC BY-ND 3.0 license
Type: .OTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Traditional, Sans serif, Clean, Light, Structured, Versatile

Leto Text Sans is transitional sans-serif type family in 9 styles – 4 weights with italics and free Defect style.

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65. Typo Slab

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Serif, Versatile, Clean, Thin, Light, Sturdy

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66. Chubby

License: Free for personal use
Format: TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Steady, Bold, Modern, Handdrawn, Playful

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67. Cathedral

License: Free for personal or commercial use
Format: TTF
Tags: Roman, Ancient, Serif, Steady, Editorial, Structured
Style: 1 style

Cathedral can be included in the group of transitional character, indicating the transition from the ancient to the modern Roman.

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68. Josefin Sans / Slab

License: Open Font License version 1.1
Type: .TTF
Style: 10 styles
Tags: Geometric, Modern, Serif, Thin, Clean, Simple

Josefin Slab was the first typeface designed by Santiago Orozco. It was inspired by the 1930s trend for geometric typefaces, and is a cross between Kabel and Memphis with modern details.

This font has a lot of attention to the diacritics, especially to “æ” which has loops connecting in a continuous way, so the “e” slope was determined by this character.

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The Designer’s Choice

Our designer is also quite choosy when it comes to fonts he prefer. He’s unhappy that he’s the last person to be quoted in the article as he feels that his choice should have been given a higher priority 🙂 – but he did spend a lot of time finding this great list of fonts he really likes.

69.  Abel

License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
Type: .TTF
Tags: Condensed, Flat, Sans Serif, Editorial, Angled, Spiked, Style, Different, Mono-Weight
Styles: 1 style

Abel is a modern interpretation of the condensed flat-sided sans serif. Originally used for newspaper headlines and posters, this style can also be used for text on the web. Its angled terminals and spiked stems give it enough style to be unique at display sizes, while its mono-weight still works well at smaller text sizes.

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70. Playfair Display

License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
Format: TTF
Tags: Transitional, Titling, Headlines, Editorial, Serif
Styles: 12 styles



Playfair is a transitional design. From the time of enlightenment in the late 18th century, the broad nib quills were replaced by pointed steel pens. This influenced typographical letterforms to become increasingly detached from the written ones. Developments in printing technology, ink, and paper making, made it possible to print letterforms of high contrast and delicate hairlines.

The font takes influence from the designs of printer and typeface designer John Baskerville, the punchcutter William Martin’s typeface for the ‘Boydell Shakspeare’ (sic) edition, and from the ‘Scotch Roman’ designs that followed thereafter.

As the name indicates, Playfair Display is well suited for titling and headlines. It has an extra large x-height and short descenders.
Being a transitional design, stylistically Playfair can accompany Georgia, where Georgia is used for body text.

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71. Pacifico

License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
Format: TTF
Tags: Brushed, Brushed Script, Calligraphic, Casual, Display, Handwritten, Retro
Styles: 1 style

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72. Vagtur

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tags: Grain, Rustic, Rounded, Bold, Sturdy

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73. Shumi

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Tags: Bold, Chunky, Block

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74. Kaushan Script

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Styles: 1 style
Tags: Handdrawn, Pen, Ink, Sharp, Stylised

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75. Bleakerst

License: Free for personal/commercial use
Tags: Vintage, Handwritten, Modern, Swirl, Round

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76. Separator

License: Pay with a tweet for the bold version
Tags: Angled, Steady, Structured, Edged, Contemporary, Contrast

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77. Active

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tags: Old Cinema, Handwritten, Angular, Sharp, Structured, Thick

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78. Timber

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF and .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Versatile, Linear, Alligned, Connected, Uppercase
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79. Hallo Sans

Tags: Curved, Structured, Geometric, Clean, Sans Serif, Versatile
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80. Silent Lips



License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tags: Structured, Bold, Sturdy, Display, Modern
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81. Royals

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 4 styles
Tags: Serif, Uppercase, Bold, Structured, Curved

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82. Promesh Two

Type: .TTF
Style: 2 styles
Tags: Athletic, Serif, Edged, Folded
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83. Panama

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Style: 2 styles – 1 free except for Panama Bold
Tags: Light, Curved, Structured, Versatile, Sans Serif

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84. Melma

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 3 styles
Tags: Structured, Geometric, Rustic, Uppercase, Sturdy
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85. Germania One

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Curved, Thick, Historical, Functional, Sans Serif, Geometric, Bauhaus, Modern, Contemporary

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86. COCO

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Style: 8 styles
Tags: Fashion, Light, Modern, Curved, Rounded

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87. QUIP

Tags: Uppercase, Serif, Sturdy, Structured, Geometric

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88. Contact High

License: Free for personal use
Tags: Retro, Calligraphy, Fresh, Legible
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89. Variane Script

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Handdrawn, Handmade, Grain, Curved, Vintage, Script, Clean, Bright, Simple

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90. Adam

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Sharp, Structured, Geometric, Uppercase, Sans Serif, Versatile, Clean



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91. Reis

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF, .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Handdrawn, Paint, Uppercase, Playful, Simple, Elegant, Sans Serif

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92. Aaram

License: Free for personal use
Style: 6
Tags: Curved,  Structured, Playful, Rounded
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93. Market Deco

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Structured, Geometric, Clean, Simple, Open

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94. Anders

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Modern, Minimal, Different, Geometric, Linear, Uppercase

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95. Le Super Serif

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 2 styles
Tags: Fashion, Uppercase, Modern, Western, Serif, Curved

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96. Nougatine

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .TTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Bakery, Playful, Structured, Curved, Bold, Steady

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97. Urban Grotesk

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Type: .OTF
Style: 1 style
Tags: Elegant, Sans Serif, Modern, Rounded, Curved, Legible, Versatile, Opentype

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98. Runaway

License: Free for personal and commercial use
Tags: Signage, Retro, Creative, Unique, Vintage

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99. Liquor

License: Free for personal use
Type: .TTF
Style: 14 styles – 2 free
Tags: Modern, Round, Serif, Steady, Bold

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100. Kankin



License: Free for personal use
Type: .TTF
Style: 2 free
Tags: Grain, Curved, Bold, Modern, Versatile

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101. Prime

License: Free for personal use
Style: 2
Tags: Techy, Round, Light, Sans-Serif,

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And there it is! Our choice of fonts of 101 Free Fonts! Use them, but always keep good design at the forefront. The designers of these fonts are of course extremely generous to have given these fonts away for free – so do visit their sites and thank them or show them the work you did using their great creations.

If you want to download the full bundle – you can do so here.

So after we left this post lying for a while, we noticed that you guys you really like Fonts and typefaces.

Because of course, given the selection available, making the choice of the right font is not an easy decision.

Fonts which could work very well in a specific setting could be a hateful choice for another scenario. Since we like to put you at the center of that choice, we’ve gone around and researched for another 101 free fonts.

Here is another (our 2nd) list of 101 free fonts that will look good in almost any context while, possibly, adding a little personality of their own.

Download the 2nd 101 Fonts Bundle

Just like with the previous free font bundle we’ve saved you the hassle of visiting all the sites and downloading the files individually. Here’s a bundle with all the fonts  – it’s a whopping 90+ Mb free fonts download 😉

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1. Moon Flower

License: Free for personal use

Moon Flower

2. Jeboy

License: Free for personal use

Jeboy

3. Graviola

With semi-rounded terminals, Graviola is soft and friendly.
The family consists of 16 fonts, from Thin to Black and matching italics. While the intermediate ones are suited for body text, the extreme weights look especially beautiful at display sizes. Each font contains 530+ glyphs, supporting more than 90 languages.

License: Free for personal use 

Graviola Typeface

4. La Tour

License: Free for personal use

La Tour Font

5. Bucanera

Bucanera is a calligraphic typeface with a filibuster style and casual look and is the result of frustration caused by the theft of several of commercial sources by Russian hackers. Inglorious Bastards, this source is for you!

License: Free for personal use

Bucanera

6. Pindunk

Pindunk is a typeface inspired from gothic and curve style.

License: Free for personal use

Pindunk Typeface

7. DK Bodiam

 

DK Bodiam Font

8. Ripple

 

Ripple

9. Evensong

Evensong is a geometric deco typeface. You can use the Solid and Hollow styles on their own or layers of Solid and Fill. Evensong supports Greek, Vietnamese, Cyrillic, Pan-Nigerian and most Latin based languages.

Evensong Fonts

10. Black Heat



Black Heat – a modern vintage typeface style with decorative characters and a dancing baseline! So beautiful on invitation like greeting cards, branding materials, business cards, quotes, posters, and more!

Black Heat Font

11. Black Larch

Larch is a clear and crisp high quality script typeface. It consists of five weights: White, Bright, Shaded, Dark & Black. Each style is working great separately, but they make the perfect combination together.

License: Free for personal use

Black Larch Font

12. CHEMOs

 

CHEMOs Font

13. Arkana Script Vintage

 

Arkana Script Vintage Font

14. Metafors

A free hand writing font. A little clumsy, authentic and light. The download contains both formats: TTF and OTF.

Metafors Font

15. Skrawk Serif

License: Free for personal or commercial use.

A dorky serif font scribbled by hand.

Skrawk Serif Typeface

16. Brizzush

A brushed font scanned in, and then cleaned up for a second smoother version.

License: Free for personal and commercial use!

Brizzush Font

17. Marvin

 

Marvin Typeface

18. Roomfer

License: Free for personal or commercial use

Roomfer Font

19. Heubeul

Heubeul is a highly detailed crafted font inspired from hand-drawn lettering style and vintage style. Come in two versions, perfect round smooth edges, and rough vintage version.

Heubeul Typeface

20. Millunium

 



Millunium Typeface

21. Metro Grunge

Metro Grunge Font

22. Back to Black

 

Back To Black Font

23. Geosteam

 

Geosteam Font

24. Abyssopelagic

License: Free for personal or commercial use

Abyssopelagic Font

25. Paduka Script

License: Free for personal use

Paduka Script

26. Hunter Heart

 

Hunter Heart Font

27. CF Green Corn

License: Free for personal use

CF Green Corn Font

28. Brushed Traveler

 

Brushed Traveler

29. Gutsy

 

Gutsy Font Family

30. 36 Days of Type

 



36 days of Type

31. Aquino ont

Aquino Font

32. Jitzu Family

 

Jitzu Family Font

33. Clara Calligraphy

 

Clara Calligraphy Font

34. Dream American Diner

 

Dream American Diner Font

35. JAKARTA

License: Free for personal use

JAKARTA typeface

36. Marguerite Typeface

 

Marguerite Typeface

37. Salvador

 

Salvador Font

38. High 4

 

High 4 Font

39. Rispa Typeface

License: Free for personal or commercial use

Rispa Typeface

40. Marlen

 



Marlen Font

41. Slawterhouse Swinggang

 
Slawterhouse Swinggang Font

42. Canter

 

Canter Typeface

43. Pan Pizza

 

Pan Pizza Font

44. Mi Teiyng Script

 

Mi Teiyng Script Font

45. Agreloy

 

Agreloy Font Family

46. BSRU Bansomdej

 

BSRU Bansomdej Font

47. Nikolaidis Hand

 

Nikolaidis Hand Font

48. Capsule X Pro

 

Capsule X Pro Typeface

49. Awesome

 

Awesome Font

50. Dark Road

 



Dark Road Font

51. Goldin Typeface

 

Goldin Typeface

52. Asfrogas

License: Free for personal or commercial use

Asfrogas Font

53. Steelworks

License: Free for personal or commercial use

Steelworks Font

54. Sanek

 

Sanek Typeface

55. BOMB Typeface

 

BOMB Typeface

56. Bringshoot

 

Bringshoot Font

57. Sweet Sorrow

 

Sweet Sorrow Font

58. Ludicrous

 

Ludicrous Font

59. Graced Script

 

Graced Script Font

60. Horseback Slab

LicenseThis font is free personal use only



Horseback Slab Font

61. Lucemita

 

Lucemita Font

62. Dragonfly

 

Dragonfly Typeface

63. Homizio Nova

 

Homizio Nova Font Family

64. Flex Display

 

Flex Display Fonts

65. TENRE

 

TENRE Font

66. Quenda Typeface

 

Quenda Typeface 1

67. Sitka Brush

Sitka is a fun brush typeface. Perfectly imperfect, yet extremely versatile. Sitka is an All-Caps typeface featuring Uppercase & Small Caps. It comes with all standard glyphs available on your keyboard for English Language use. It’s fun & quirky and easily aesthetically pleasing. Brush fonts have been very popular recently and this is the response with a unique take on the style. Sitka comes in OTF form.

Type: OTF

Sitka Brush

68. Alleana Script

“Alleana Script” is a smooth hand calligraphy, modern calligraphy wavy, which was created to meet the needs of your next design project. Love Moment, Can used for various purposes. such as the title, logo, correspondence, wedding invitations, letterhead, signage, labels, newsletters, posters, badges, t-shirt, etc.

 

 

Alleana Script

69. Kitten Typeface

 

Kitten Typeface

70. Love Moment

 



Love Moment Font

71. Bajern Typeface

 

Bajern Typeface

72. Knile

 

Knile Font family

73. Cast Iron

 

Cast Iron Font

74. Sequel

License: It is 100% free for commercial use. It also features ligatures ‚the’ and ‚of’.

 

Sequel Font

75. Margaretha

 

Margaretha

76. Paralines

 

Paralines Font

77. Artely Inks

 

Artely Inks Font

78. Little Creator

 

Little Creator Font

79. Broken Chalk

 

Broken Chalk

80. Syabab Brush Script

 



Syabab Brush Script

81. Cherily Blussom

 

Cherily Blussom

82. HRGLPH

 

HRGLPH Font Family

83. Valencia

License: Free for personal use

 

Valencia Font

84. Farewell Pro

 

Farewell Pro Font

85. Tragic Marker

License: Free for personal or commercial use

 

Tragic Marker Font

86. Yikes

 

Yikes Font

87. Pistol Grip Pump

 

Pistol Grip Pump Font

88. Polt

 

Polt Font Family

89. MARIMOO

 

MARIMOO Font

90. Mochary

 



Mochary Font

91. Cylburn

 

Cylburn Font

92. The Wahhabi Script

 

The Wahhabi Script 1

93. Blern Typeface

 

Blern Typeface 1

94. Duera

License: Free for personal use

 

Duera Font Family 1

95. Timeburner

 

Timeburner Font

96. REDBUD

 
REDBUD Font

97. Murderous Desire

 

Murderous Desire

98. Karamelia

 

Karamelia

99. Logawa Script

 

Logawa Script

100. Subspace

 



Subspace

101. Rafka Script

 

Rafka Script

Now that we’ve provided you with a huge bunch of fonts ready to download, we’re going to top it off by providing another 10 websites where you can source your own free downloads!

Free Fonts for Fickle Folks – 10 Websites to find freebies typography for downloading

Free Fonts for fickle folks

Designing original content can be tricky at times. Sometimes you’re stuck staring at your screen unsure of what to do. Sometimes you finish your design but feel that there’s something missing.



The right font style can make all the difference to your design, and knowing where to find a list of different fonts for free is an asset.

So we’ve made your life easier by listing 10 websites where you can find a variety of awesome free fonts!
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1. Dafont

With the fonts split into handy categories like ‘holiday’, ‘foreign look’, and ‘fancy’, Dafont is perfect for browsing for that ideal font.

2. 1001fonts

With 7,117 fonts to choose from we’re sure you’ll find something that’s to your liking! The free fonts are categorized in a variety of styles like ‘italics’, ‘handwriting’, and ‘blocky’.

3. Adobe Edge Web Fonts

Perfect if you don’t want to spend too much time browsing, Adobe Edge Web Fonts sorts fonts according to style, whether they’re suitable for headings or not, and their language support. Perfect if you’re in a rush!

4. Google Fonts

Google Fonts allow you to select the thickness, slant, and width of your font using a simple slider. It also allows search by categories. Another handy site if you’re stuck for time.

5. Behance



Technically Behance is a space where artists can share their projects. However a quick search for ‘free fonts’ will give you a variety of beautifully creative fonts available for you to use. Just be sure to check the licensing for the fonts and give credit where credit is due.

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6. Lost Type

Lost Type is another beautiful website, displaying original fonts free for you to use. The fact that the fonts are displayed against backgrounds will give you an extra boost of inspiration along with examples of how the fonts can be used.

7. Urban Fonts

A handy feature that Urban Fonts has is that it lets you type in your text so that you can get a preview of what it would look like using a particular font. Go ahead, check it out!

8. Free Typography

We all love Typography, and Free Typography gives us a reason to love it even more. With a variety of free fonts for you to pick,  an easy User experience, and the option to subscribe to receive exclusive fonts this website is every free font lover’s dream!

9. Font Cab

Font Cab offers just what you need – a variety of fonts… for free! Check it out, using the tab on the right to navigate through the styles.

10. Abstract Fonts

With 1,000 free fonts split into a variety of categories there will certainly be one font style suitable for your design project.

Found this helpful? Luckily for you we love to share our resources, so check out this handy blog post with 101 awesome tools for web designers and developers!

Conclusion – got free fonts?

And that’s a wrap. We’ve now doubled the amount of typefaces on this post, so you can really spoil yourself with the choice available, with not just 101 fonts, but 202 and a source of 10 websites if you want to get others! Of course, if you find any which are no longer available, please do let us know in the comments below so we can fix it and / or replace it where necessary. If you’ve got a free font which you’d like to feature, do let us know.