The 100 Best Free Fonts for Designers
Are you struggling to find that particular typeface that matches your creative vision? Then you’ve come to the right place! We do know how difficult and time-consuming it can be to find good, high-quality fonts, so we’ve done the searching for you. With over 100 free fonts to choose from, we guarantee that you will find the one, if not the several, you need. These really are the fonts you’ve been looking for!
This collection focuses on those clean and distinctive fonts that will make a professional and highly legible impact on your designs, wether that be on the web or in print. So, there are no overly decorative styles, as we have covered hand-drawn fonts, brush fonts, sci-fi fonts, chunky fonts, gothic fonts, outline fonts, comic fonts, graffiti fonts, and all those other creative and quirky fonts we all love, before.
Without delving too much into typeface classification and to also help you find that perfect font you’ve been looking for much quicker, we’ve grouped the most popular categories for you: Free Serif Fonts, Free Sans Serif Fonts, Free Slab Serif Fonts, Free Geometric Fonts and Monospaced Fonts.
Font License
Just like with all free resources, you need to check the license of each font to make sure that you have the proper legal permission to use them. At the time of writing this article, all of the fonts were free to use, but we urge you to double-check that there haven’t been any recent modifications to the license.
If you’re looking for a guaranteed commercial license for your fonts, we recommend that you use Envato Elements and their professionally designed library fonts.
Free Serif Fonts
Serifs are defined by the small lines (or decorative features) that trail from the edges of each letter and number. As Serif fonts are considered to be easier to read, they’re typically used in print design as the characters are clearer and more distinctive, making it much easier for our brains to process.
Just like Slab Serifs (see further down), there are always exceptions to the rule. Most Serifs will work perfectly well as a title or headline on the web, and some, as you will see by the selection of free Serif fonts below, will even work beautifully as body text, but please do choose your web typography carefully.
Bitter HT Serif (Free)
Bitter HT includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. Designed by Sol Matas.
Download here: Bitter HT Serif Download
Arkibal Serif (Envato Elements)
Arkibal Serif is a modern serif typeface that has been designed by Jan-Christian Bruun.
Download here: Arkibal Serif Download
PT Serif (Free)
PT Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic variants. Created by ParaType.
Download here: PT Serif Download
Magnifika (Envato Elements)
Magnifika has been inspired by vintage lettering with lowercases and also a hint of a victorian flair.
Download here: Magnifika Download
Ayres Serif (Free)
Ayres Serif includes ligatures and alternate glyphs. Created by Mariel Gornati.
Download here: Ayres Serif Download
Rhytmic Dances (Envato Elements)
Rhythmic Dances is based on handwriting with an added sense of caligraphic flair. Rough and elegant at the same time.
Download here: Rhytmic Dances Download
Calendas Plus Serif Font Family (Free)
Calendas Plus Regular includes both desktop and webfonts variants. Designed by Altipo Fonts.
Download here: Calendas Plus Serif Font Family Download
Kula (Envato Elements)
Kula has an interesting, soft curvature. Subtle, but powerful. Well suited for titles and headers.
Download here: Kula Download
SilverLeaf Handwritten Serif (Free)
SilverLeaf is a handwritten Serif font that includes both desktop and webfont variants. Created by Nathan Brown.
Download here: SilverLeaf Handwritten Serif Download
Pratiwi Typeface (Envato Elements)
Pratiwi Typeface gives your designs an authentic handcrafted feel. Perfectly suited to stationery, logos and much more.
Download here: Pratiwi Typeface Download
YoungSerif Medium Typeface (Free)
YoungSerif Medium includes both webfont and desktop versions. Created by Uplaod.
Download here: YoungSerif Medium Serif Typeface Download
Foundry (Envato Elements)
One of the most well-kerned handwritten fonts available. TTF, WOFF & OTF Formats are included.
Download here: Foundry Download
Droid Serif (Free)
Droid Serif includes Regular, Bold, Bold Italic and Italic variants. Created by Steve Matteson.
Download here: Droid Serif Download
Rumble Brave Vintage Fonts (Envato Elements)
Rumble Brave is a victorian classic that has all the swirls and curls you could want int a sassy display font.
Download here: Rumble Brave Vintage Fonts Download
Jura Serif Typeface (Free)
Jura Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold and, Bold Italic variants. Created by Ten by Twenty.
Download here: Jura Serif Typeface Download
Appareo Extras (Envato Elements)
Inspired by vintage books and the pages within, Appareo is an imperfect, worn serif font that comes in three weights.
Download here: Appareo Extras Download
Merriweather Serif (Free)
Merriweather includes Regular, Light, Bold, Itlalic and Black variants. Designed by Eben Sorkin.
Download here: Merriweather Serif Download
Mon Cheri Typeface + Extras (Envato Elements)
The Mon Cheri typeface makes for the perfect thank you card. It’s made with love and comes out-of-the-box with two OTF fonts.
Download here: Mon Cheri Typeface Download
Vollkorn Serif (Free)
Vollkorn Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Semibold, Semibold Italic, Medium, Medium Italic variants. Designed by Friedrich Althausen.
Download here: Vollkorn Serif Download
Stay Alive Sans (Envato Elements)
Stay Alive Typeface has been Inspired by victorian style, poster, sign painter. The 1800s comes alive with this retro masterpiece
Download here: Stay Alive Sans Download
The Crimson Text Typeface (Free)
The Crimson Text typeface includes Bold, Bold Italic, Italic, Roman, Semibold and Semibold italic variants. Designed by Sebastian Kosch.
Download here: The Crimson Text typeface Download
Himalaya Set Type (Envato Elements)
Himalaya Set Type is a vintage inspired font that includes both script and sans-serif versions.
Download here: Himalaya Set Type Download
Calluna Serif (Free)
Calluna includes Light, Regular, Italic, Semibold Italic,Bold Italic and Black. Designed by exljbris Font Foundry.
Download here: Calluna Download
Bignord (Envato Elements)
Bignord is a new vintage font with a look and style that has been inspired by vintage packaging and typographic cover lettering.
Download here: Bignord Download
Bree Serif (Free)
Bree Serif only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione.
Download here: Bree Serif Download
Afta Serif Font (Free)
Afta Serif includes both Regular and Italic versions. Created by Oriol Esparraguera.
Download here: Afta Serif Font Download
Badhead Typeface (Free)
The unique Badhead Typeface includes both desktop and webfont variants. Created by ianmikraz studio.
Download here: Badhead Typeface Download
Burnts Maker (Envato Elements)
Burnts Marker is a typeface that’s born for the hood. Gives that rough feel and would be great for any type of hip hop cover.
Download here: Burnts Maker Download
Sant’Elia Font Family (Free)
Sant’Elia includes Rough Line (3 weights), Script Bold & Rough Alt Bold variants. Created by Yellow Design Studio .
Download here: Sant’Elia Font Family Download
Osgard Pro (Envato Elements)
Osgard Pro is a powerful, luxurious typeface, adopting the fluid curvaceous elements of Romanesque typography and combining them with the Gothic style of Blackletter.
Download here: Osgard Pro Download
Exodus Free Typeface (Free)
Exodux includes Regular, Sharpen and Striped variants. Designed by Andrew Herndon.
Download here: Exodus Free Typeface Download
Indulge Script (Envato Elements)
Indulge Script is a typeface adapted for both modern and traditional uses.
Download here: Indulge Script Download
Butler Regular and Stencil Typeface (Free)
Butler includes both a regular and stencil style typeface, and comes in Black, Bold, Extra Bold, Light, Medium, Regular and Ultra Light variants. Designed by Fabian De Smet.
Download here: Butler Typeface Download
Bird House Script (Envato Elements)
Bird House Script is a handwritten font designed using markers. This font would be perfect for branding a local coffeehouse, faux-signatures, and more.
Download here: Bird House Script Download
Tryst Regular Typeface (Free)
Tryst only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Designed by Philatype.
Download here: Tryst Regular Typeface Download
Brayden Script Family (Envato Elements)
Brayden Family is a font that include three weights of script fonts and a complimentary sans-serif font.
Download here: Brayden Script Family Download
Born Serif Typeface (Free)
Born Serif only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Created by Carlos de Toro.
Download here: Born Serif Typeface Download
Fénix Regular Serif Typeface (Free)
Fénix Serif only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Created by Fernando Díaz.
Download here: Fénix Regular Typeface Download
Knubi Regular Serif (Free)
Knubi only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Created by Matt Vergotis.
Download here: Knubi Regular Serif Download
Abraham Lincoln Serif (Free)
Abraham Lincoln Serif has been designed by Frances MacLeod.
Download here: Abraham Lincoln Serif Download
Free Sans Serif Fonts
The difference between a Serif and Sans Serif font, is that Sans Serifs do not have those small decorative lines that characterize Serifs.
The Sans Serifs, with their modern, cleaner and simpler appearance, are typically more accessible on the web as they’re much easier to read on screens, regardless of their font or device size. Understandably, Sans Serifs are the most commonly used Google Fonts.
Bebas Neue Sans Serif (Free)
Bebas Neue Sans Serif includes Thin, Light, Book and Regular variants. Designed by Dharma Type Foundry.
Download here: Bebas Neue Sans Serif Download
IBM Plex (Free)
IBM’s fantastic typeface is available for download, along with some useful advice.
Download here: IBM Plex Download
Faune (Free)
Download here: Faune Download
Fira Sans Serif (Free)
Mozilla’s Fira Sans Serif includes Regular, Medium, Light, Bold, Bold Italic, Book, Book Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic, Extra Light and Extra Light Italic variants. Created by Mozilla.
Download here: Fira Sans Serif Download
Homizio Nova Sans Serif (Free)
Homizio Nova Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Light and Light Italic variants. Designed by Álvaro Thomáz.
Download here: Homizio Nova Download
Alegreya Sans HT Serif (Free)
Alegreya Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Italic variants. Designed by Huerta Tipografica.
Download here: Alegreya Sans HT Download
Peace Sans (Free)
Peace Sans only includes a Regular version. Created by Sergey Ryadovoy and Ivan Gladkikh.
Download here: Peace Sans Download
Sketchetik Fill Light Sans Serif (Free)
The free version of Sketchetik Sans Serif only includes a Light variant. Created by Ossi Gustafsson.
Download here: Sketchetik Fill Light Download
Mohave Sans Serif (Free)
Mohave Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Semi Bold and Semi Bold Italic. Designed by Gumpita Rahayu.
Download here: Mohave Sans Serif.
Neris Display Sans Serif (Free)
Neris Sans Serif includes Thin, Light, Semi Bold, Bold and Black variants. Designed by Eimantas Paškonis.
Download here: Neris Display Download
Dense Sans Serif (Free)
Dense Sans Serif includes Regular and Bold variants. Created by Charles Daoud.
Download here: Dense Sans Serif Download
Canter Sans Serif (Free)
Canter Sans Serif includes Bold 3D, Bold Shadow, Bold Stripes, Bold, Light and Outline variants. Created by Christopher J. Lee.
Download here: Canter Sans Serif Download
Sabado Sans Serif (Free)
Inspired by modern swiss typefaces, Sabado Sans Serif includes both Regular and Italic variants. Created by Frank Hemmekan.
Download here: Sabado Sans Serif Download
Rhyder Sans Serif (Free)
Rhyder Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Adrian Candela.
Download here: Rhyder Sans Serif Download
Langdon Sans Serif (Free)
Langdon Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Steven Bonner.
Download here: Langdon Sans Serif Download
Myra Sans Serif (Free)
Designed in an art-deco style, Myra Sans Serif includes Regular, Light and Bold variants. Designed by Sergiy Tkachenko.
Download here: Myra Sans Serif Download
Adam Pro Sans Serif (Free)
Adam Pro only includes a Regular version. Designed by Shrenik Ganatra.
Download here: Adam Pro Sans Serif Download
Aileron Sans Serif (Free)
Aileron includes 16 weights. Designed by Sora Sagano.
Download here: Aileron Sans Serif Download
Building Sans Serif (Free)
Building only includes a Regular version. Designed by Leonardo Gubbioni.
Download here: Building Sans Serif Download
Pier Sans (Free)
Pier Sans includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic versions. Designed by Mathieu Desjardins.
Download here: Pier Sans Download
Big John / Slim Joe Sans Serif (Free)
Both fonts only includes a Regular version. Designed by Ion Lucin.
Download here: Big John & Slim Joe Sans Serif Download
Moon Rounded Sans (Free)
Moon Rounded Sans includes Light and Bold versions. Designed by Jack Harvatt.
Download here: Moon Rounded Sans Download
Linotte Rounded Sans Serif (Free)
Linotte Rounded Sans Serif includes LIght, Bold, Semi Bold, Heavy and Regular versions. Designed by Joël Carrouché.
Download here: Linotte Rounded Sans Serif Download
Nexa Sans Serif (Free)
Nexa Sans Serif includes Light and Bold versions. Created by FontFabric.
Download here: Nexa Sans Serif Download
Source Sans Pro (Free)
Source Sans Pro includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Semi Bold, Light, Black and Roman variants. Created by Adobe.
Download here: Source Sans Pro Download
FV Almelo Rounded Sans Serif (Free)
FV Almelo Sans Serif only includes a regular version. Created by Floris Voorveld.
Download here: FV Almelo Sans Serif Download
Maven Modern Sans Serif (Free)
Maven Sans Serif includes Light 100, Light 200 and Light 300 variants. Designed by Joe Prince.
Download here: Maven Modern Download
Intro Sans Serif (Free)
The free version of Intro Sans Serif includes Regular and Inline variants. Designed by Miroslav Bekyarov.
Download here: Intro Sans Serif Download
Ostrich Sans (Free)
Ostrich Sans includes Regular, Italic, Black, Bold, Heavy, Light and Medium variants. Designed by The League of Moveable Type.
Download here: Ostrich Sans Download
Cabin Sans Serif (Free)
Inspired by Edward Johnston’s and Eric Gill’s typefaces, Cabin Sans Serif Regular, Medium, Semi Bold, Bold and Italic variants. Created by Pablo Impallari.
Download here: Cabin Sans Serif Download
HK Grotesk Sans Serif (Free)
HK Grotesk Sans Serif includes Regular, Light, Bold and Medium variants. Designed by Hanken Design Co.
Download here: HK Grotesk Sans Serif Download
Qanelas Soft Sans Serif (Free)
Qanelas Soft Sans Serif has been designed by Radomir Tinkov.
Download here: Qanelas Soft Download
Moderne Sans (Free)
Moderne Sans includes a Regular and Light variants. Created by Marius Kempken.
Download here: Moderne Sans Download
Blogger Sans (Free)
Blogger Sans includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. Created by Sergiy Tkachenko.
Download here: Blogger Sans Download
Katahdin Round Sans Serif (Free)
Katahdin Round Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Tyler Finck.
Download here: Katahdin Round Download
Rubik Sans Serif (Free)
Rubik Sans Serif includes Regular, Light, Medium, Bold, Ultra Bold and Italic variants. Designed by Sebastian Fischer and Philipp Hubert.
Download here: Rubik Sans Serif Download
Cast Iron Sans Serif (Free)
Cast Iron only includes a Regular version. Designed by Jeremy Vessey.
Download here: Cast Iron Sans Serif Download
Relancer Art Deco Display Typeface (Free)
Relancer Display only includes a Regular version. Created by Ryan Molag.
Download here: Relancer Display Typeface Download
Overpass Sans Serif Webfont (Free)
Inspired by Highway Gothic, Overpass Sans Serif is a Webfont that includes Light, Extra Light, Regular, Bold, Bold Italic and Italic variants. Created by Delve Fonts.
Download here: Overpass Sans Serif Download
Coves Sans Serif (Free)
Coves Sans Serif includes Light and Bold variants. Designed by Jack Harvatt.
Download here: Coves Sans Serif Download
Fibon Sans (Free)
Fibon Sans only includes a Regular version. Designed by Valerio Dell’Edera.
Download here: Fibon Sans Download
Raleway Sans Serif (Free)
Raleway Sans Serif only includes a Thin version. Designed by The League of Moveable Type.
Download here: Raleway Sans Serif Download
Free Slab Serif Fonts
There are many different sub-categories to serifs, Slab just happens to be the most popular variant. Evolving from the Modern style and at times called square serifs or Egyptian, they’re defined by having a bolder serif and are primarily designed to be used as print headlines and are typically paired with a thinner and lighter font.
But there are many Slab Serifs that will work perfectly well – as you will see by the free font selection below – in a smaller font size and could be easily used as body text.
Corduroy Slab Regular (Free)
Only includes Regular. Created by Ryan Welch.
Download here: Corduroy Slab Regular Download
Munky Font (Envato Elements)
Munky is a simple beast with a slight retro twist. Some of the serifs are straight while others are more curvacious.
Download here: Munky Font Download
LUNA (Envato Elements)
Luna is a slab serif typeface that’s suitable for any promotion and graphic design purpose.
Download here: LUNA Download
Bw Glenn Slab (Envato Elements)
Bw Glenn Slab is a confident and robust font family with a sturdy feel offering no concessions for ambiguity.
Download here: Bw Glenn Slab font Family Download
Promesh Athletic Font (Free)
Promesh is free slab font that has been designed with a distressed mesh appearnace, similiar to those used on school basketball jerseys from years gone by. Includes Regular and Stitch variants. Designed by by Paul Reis.
Download here: Promesh Athletic Font Download
Lunchbox Slab Regular (Envato Elements)
LunchBox Slab is a uniquely hand-drawn typeface that gives numerous customizable options and a fully authentic look.
Download here: Lunchbox Slab Regular Download
Carton Slab Serif (Free)
Carton is a slab-serif that has been inspired by letterpress printing. Designed by Nick McCosker.
Download here: Carton Slab Serif Download
Zenzero Grotesk Typeface (Envato Elements)
A fresh, eccentric and stylish display font filled with a mixture of sans-serif and slab. Designed by Valerio Dell’Edera
Download here: Zenzero Grotesk Typeface Download
Weston Rounded Slab Serif (Free)
Includes Regular & Light Uppercase variants. Designed by Pavel Pavlov.
Download here: Weston Rounded Slab Serif Download
Chunk Ultra-Bold Slab Serif (Free)
Chunk is an ultra-bold slab serif typeface that has been inspired by old American Western-style newspaper headlines. Created by The League of Moveable Type.
Download here: Chunk Slab Serif Download
Choplin Slab Serif (Free)
Choplin Slab Serif includes Extra Light & Medium versions. Designed by René Bieder.
Download here: Choplin Slab Serif Download
Klinic Slab Serif (Free)
Includes Bold, Bold Italic, Book, Light, Light Italic, Medium and Medium Italic. Created by Joe Prince.
Download here: Klinic Slab Serif Download
Aleo Slab Serif (Free)
Aleo is a contemporary free font that has been created as the slab serif companion to the Lato font family. Includes Bold, Bold Italic, Regular, Regular Italic, Light and Light Italic. Created by Alessio Laiso.
Download here: Aleo Slab Serif Download
Twentytwelve Slab (Free)
Includes Regular, Bold and Light variants. Designed by by Dom Catapano.
Download here: Twentytwelve Slab Download
Airbag Uppercase Slab Serif (Free)
Airbag is a slab serif font with a modern appearance. Only includes Uppercase. Designed by Simon Stratford.
Download here: Airbag Slab Serif Download
Lumberjack Free Font (Free)
Includes Regular, Rough, Inline and Shadow variants. Designed by Aleksei Kalinin.
Download here: Lumberjack Free Font Download
Ansley Display (Free)
Ansley is Slab Serif typeface that has been inspired by retro design. Includes Bold, Inline, Light, Black, Outline and Regular variants. Created by Kady Jesko.
Download here: Ansley Display Download
Korneuburg Slab (Free)
Korneuburg Slab includes Bold, Light and Regular variants. Created by Flö Rastbichler.
Download here: Korneuburg Slab Download
Free Geometric Fonts
Baron Geometrical Sans Serif (Free)
Baron Sans Serif includes Regular, Bold and Black variants. Designed by Frank Hemmekan.
Download here: Baron Sans Serif Download
Exo Geometric Sans Serif (Free)
Exo Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Light, Light Italic, Black, Black Italic, Extra Bold, Extra Bold Italic, Extra Light, Extra Light Italic, Medium Medium Italic, Semi Bold, Semi Bold Italic, Thin and Thin Italic. Designed by Natanael Gama.
Download here: Exo Geometric.
The Metropolis Typeface (Free)
The Metropolis Typeface is an open source modern, geometric typeface.
Download here: The Metropolis Typeface Download
Norwester Condensed Geometric Sans Serif (Free)
Norwester Sans Serif includes only a Regular version. Created by Jamie Wilson.
Download here: Norwester Sans Serif Download
Kelson Geometric Sans Serif (Free)
Kelson includes Regular, Light and Bold variants. Designed by Bruno Mello.
Download here: Kelson Sans Serif Download
Charlevoix Geometric Sans Serif (Free)
Charlevoix Pro Sans Serif includes Regular, Thin, Light, Mediyum, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold and Black variations. Designed by Mathieu Desjardins.
Download here: Charlevoix Sans Serif Download
Free Mono Fonts
Inspired by typewriter-style fonts, Monospaced fonts use a single set width for all letters, numbers and glyphs, making them highly legible, and thus perfect for writing code.
As well as the selection of free monospaced fonts below, we have also published a specialized collection of free monospaced programming and coding fonts you may also like to explore.
Monoid (Free)
Monoid is a customizable monospaced font that has been optimized for coding. Packaged with Regular, Bold, Oblique and Retina variants. Created by Andreas Larsen.
Download here: Monoid Download
Ahamono (Free)
Ahamono is a free Regular monospaced typeface. Designed by Alfredo Marco Pradil.
Download here: Ahamono Download
FiraCode (Free)
FiraCode is a beautiful monospaced font with programming ligatures. Packaged with Bold, Light, Medium, Regular and Retina variants. Designed by Nikita Prokopov.
Download here: FiraCode Download
Office Code Pro (Free)
Office Code Pro is a customized version of Source Code pro, with customizations specifically made for code editors. Designed by Nathan Rutzky.
Download here: Office Code Pro Download
Hack Mono (Free)
Hack is a font-family that has been designed for writing source code. Packaged with Bold, Italic and Regular variants. Created by Chris Simpkins.
Download here: Hack Mono Download
Ubuntu Mono Font (Free)
This is the monospaced variant of the distinctive Ubuntu font-fmaily. Packaged with Bold, Bold Italic, Regular Italic and Regular variants. Created by Ubuntu.
Download here: Ubuntu Mono Font Download
DejaVu Mono (Free)
Based on the original design of Bitstream Vera font family, DejaVu Mono is a collaborative effort to maintain and add new characters to the popular typeface. Packaged with Bold, Bold Oblique, Oblique and Regular variants.
Download here: DejaVu Mono Download
Droid Sans Mono (Free)
Droid Sans Mono is the fixed width version of of Android’s Droid Sans font family. Created by Steve Matteson.
Download here: Droid Sans Mono Download
BP Mono (Free)
BP Mono is monospaced font designed for coding. Packaged with Bold, Italic, Stencil, Round and Regular variants. Created by George Triantafyllakos.
Download here: BP Mono Download
Anonymous Pro (Free)
Anonymous Pro is a family of four fixed-width fonts designed for coding. Packaged with Bold, Bold Italic, Italic and Regular variants. Designed by Mark Simonson.
Download here: Anonymous Pro Download
Fantasque Sans Mono Font (Free)
Designed for programming, Fantasque Sans Mono Font includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. Designed by Belluzj.
Download here: Fantasque Sans Mono Download
All 100 of the above fonts have been confirmed as being free at the time of publishing, if that ever changes, please let us know in the comments below.
Also, most of the fonts can be used in both your personal and commercial works, others you can only use in personal projects, so please do check the chosen license of each font before you do use them.
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