2017-01-05

Fonts are always important in creating mind blowing designs. Choosing an appropriate font for your design is an crucial task for every designer.

Free Fonts are always a treat for graphic designers and web designers.

In this compilation we are presenting a collection of best free fonts that you can use in your projects.

These fonts will expand your collection and will surely help to improve your designs.

Canyons Vintage Script



Canyons is a professionally-crafted vintage script font that will become a wonderful addition to every designer’s toolbox!

Wildera



A handwritten typeface. Feminine with a bite, suitable for sweet and sarcastic copy. The font includes stylized lowercase, uppercase, and ligatures.

Westfalia

This font provides an authentic hand drawn feel with its messy edges and varied line thickness. Great for any design work related to the outdoors and exploration.

Rude

Rude is a new font, which was worked by me, special to be free. You can use it, modify it, no licence is required for its use.

Smoothie Shoppe

Little Brushy Font

Octanis

Octanis, a perfect typeface for headlines, logos, typographic compositions and paragraphs of text. Just try strong Octanis Sans, soft Octanis Sans Rounded, or Vintage Octanis Slab and Octanis Serif for your design projects.

Allema

Allema Script Typeface is Modern Calligraphy. This font was designed by handwriting, and it has a modern and unique forms of calligraphy, the writing style is very soft. Allema has a very unique style of calligraphy, it is very suitable for use in the work of modern design.

Strike One

Klasik Sans

This family consist Klasik regular, rough and shadow. Thanks to the 3 different styles, you can easily choose your own Klasik that will perfectly fit into different design area.

Austral Sans

Wild Youth

Wild Youth is a modern font with the distinct influence of adventure and the great outdoors. Perfect for logos, quotes, stationary, apparel and much more.

Akrobat

Akrobat is a modern sans serif font with condensed proportions. The typeface comes in 8 weights with a geometric aestetics and slight neo-grotesque characteristic.

License: Free for Personal & Commercial Use

Mixa

Neo-grotesque Sans Serif mixed with the classical handwritten Script in slanted geometric shapes.

PhotoWall

PhotoWall is a casual, connecting script in four weights with lots of swashes, ligatures and alternates. It comes with a comprehensive package of complementary fonts: PhotoWall Sans, PhotoWall Poster Sans (a bold humanist all caps font), PhotoWall Serif, PhotoWall Poster Serif.

Locke

Locke is a stylish slab serif with a modern twist.

Currently, it has 6 weights, ranging from ExtraLight to Bold. The presence of ball terminals on certain glyphs and its unusually high x-height give it a unique look, perfect for large titles or body copy.

SF Kingston

SF Kingston Pro is a contemporary Serif Didone typeface comprising of 6 weights (Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold, Black) and houses an extended Latin character set for 80+ Languages. The font is a blend of separate grid systems, combining geometric shapes with more fluid characteristics, creating an even blend of circular and triangular components.

Equable Free

Equable free retro font, an exclusive freebie from Free Design Resources is here for all of us. A very classy handmade font with imperfect natural curves but still looking very nice and neat.

Back to Black

Formia Script

Atami

Atami is a modern san-serif designed for aesthetically pleasing logotype.

Inkferno

Paul Grotesk

Casual

Modesta Sans

Modesta Sans is a modern Grotesque sans serif typefamily of seven weights plus matching italics. Perfectly suited for graphic design, headlines, advertisements, and any display use. It could easily work for editorial design, corporate, web, signage and many other uses in print and digital media.

Acute

Sitka Brush

A playful brush typeface. Perfectly imperfect, yet extremely versatile. It’s all about Sitka, an All-Caps typeface featuring Uppercase and Small Caps. It’s fun, quirky, and easily aesthetically pleasing.

Jitzu Swash

Sanek – Free Typeface

Averoster

Jakarta

Westchester

Quish Typeface

Abyssopelagic

Blern

Aquawax

Sprightly

Sequel

Bajern

Little Cutie

WAYWARD

Coves

Logawa Script

Nutty

Sweet Sorrow

Elrotex Brush Font

Humblle Rought

Elianto

Mosk Typeface

Weem – Free Font

Monique Round 20

ANURATI

Something Wild Free Font

Selima Free Typeface

Amrak

Ginebra

Arabella Free Font

Exodus – Free Typeface

Navyqueen

KŪST

Carosello Font

Brux

Tessellate

FESTER

Morracle

Gagalin

Nazaré

Guerrilla

Breathe Font

Argon

Butler

Devious Typeface

Debby

Lumberjack

Cornerstone

Jaden Typeface

Yarin Free

Banthers

Bellico Typeface

Linux Libertine

Featuring more than 2000 glyphs this Times alternative is great – and free!

Linux Libertine was designed by the Libertine Open Fonts Project and, according to Wikipedia, “aims to create free and open alternatives to proprietary typefaces such as Times Roman”. The font is licensed under the GNU General Public License and the SIL Open Font License, and contains more than 2,000 glyphs and includes character sets such as the Greek Alphabet, Cyrillic script, and Hebrew.

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 typefaces go, it’s a corker! Based on classics like Bodini, this font has pronounced serifs and makes a great headlines.

Adam

Shrenik Ganatra is the designer behind Adam. Based in Mumbai, the independent artist comments on Behance: “Adam is an all caps, sans serif typeface inspired by Futura. The sharp, clean appearance makes it a suitable typeface for headlines, posters, titles and captions. It consists of 227 glyphs and is free for both personal and commercial use.”

Ailerons

Ailerons was inspired by aircraft models from the 1940s. A clean, all-caps font, it was originally designed for an experimental air models project, but Brazilian designer Adilson Gonzales de Oliveira has since made the font available for personal use.

Arkhip

Arkhip was created by the team at Moscow-based Klimov Design. A bold all-caps font “with a Russian soul”, it’ll add instant character to your headlines, posters and more. Arkhip is available in both Latin and Cyrillic, and free to use.

Aventura

Inspired by the outdoors, Aventura was created by graphic designer Jimmy Kalman. With a full set of uppercase letters, numbers and a selection of special characters, Aventura is free for both personal and commercial use.

Azedo

Portugal-based graphic designer Pedro Azedo is behind this gorgeous typeface Azedo. A personal project, Azedo was created off the back of the new identity Pedro created for himself.

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 and italic for free by just ‘paying’ with a tweet or you can get the complete font family from as little as €3.

Baron

Created by graphic design student Frank Hemmekam, this font family is designed for display with Hemmekam describing it as “a free uppercase display typeface inspired by the classic sans serif font families. This typeface is, because of its many alternative options and weights, perfect for usage in posters, logotypes and headlines.” Baron is free for both personal and commerical use.

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.

Building

Building was created by Italian design student Leonardo Gubbioni. He comments on Behance: “With a strong visual impact, Building’s primary purpose is to capture the attention, in a world where you are constantly assualted by sensory stimuli.”

Cornerstone

A no-nonsense modular font, Cornerstone was created by graphic designer Zac Freeland. It’s an eye-catching design that looks fantastic used for headlines, posters and much more.

Fabrica

Created by Canadian designer Alvin Kwan, Fabrica was designed with one thing in mind: to create the most legible typeface for mobile screens. 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.

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!

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.

Jaapokki

Jaapokki was created by Finnish designer Mikko Nuuttila. With clean lines, two alternatives and large set of glyphs, Jaapokki is great for headlines, posters, logos and more.

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.

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.

Locksmith

Technically not a sans, but we just feel this gorgeous font fits best here. It 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.

Lovelo

Designed by Austrian typographer Renzler Design, the Lovelo font is a remake of the original Lovelo Inline. It’s a geometric sans serif typeface with two line versions, making it an eye-catching choice for any large text or headlines. As always, the font is free but there is a donation option if you’d like to show the designer your appreciation.

Manifesto

Tomaz Leskovec’s clean, uppercase show font Manifesto was inspired by the geometric aesthetic of the Italian rationalist movement in the mid 1920s. Angular and eye-catching, it’ll add impact to headlines, posters and more.

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.

Moderne Sans

A clean and elegant sans serif typeface, Moderne Sans was created by graphic designer Marius Kempken. “Moderne Sans is a free font, inspired by 1920s typography,” Kempken comments on Behance. “The design is based on uppercase letters, but I created lowercase letters, numbers and some alternative letters too.”

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!

Nexa: light and bold

The Nexa font family includes 16 styles and 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.

Nord

Nord is a new font created by Alex Frukta and Vladimir Tomin to celebrate the launch of the Nord Collective, their new motion graphics studio. Free for both personal and commercial use, it’s an OpenType font that comes in four weights – Bold, Light, Medium and Regular – and which included Cyrillic as well as Latin characters.

Parisish

This is one of the most elegant typefaces, and was created by type designer George Williams; it has the feel of old Paris about it. One of 57 fonts created by the designer, this is one of his most popular, having received over 200,000 downloads. It’s free for both personal and commercial uses.

Pier

Pier is a clean sans-serif font that’s perfect for any-sized design, big or small. Created by Montreal-based senior art director Mathieu Desjardins, it comes in four weights, has a selection of glyphs and is free for personal use.

“The idea was to create a slightly off geometric font that would look good big or very small,” he says. “It was made to fit your everyday designs and text needs.”

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.

Added 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.

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.

Shumi

For all your bold, geometric typeface needs, look no further than Moscow-based designer Ivan Shumikhin’s free font Shumi. Packed with Latin and Cyrillic characters, it’s perfectly suited to those times when you need to add impact to your designs.

Stellar

Designed to give purpose to your ideas, whether they’re “galactic or atomic”, Stellar is a slick, condensed sans serif with an elongated x-height that gives the font legibility and personality.

Senior art director Mathieu Desjardins created four weights, which come at a price – but a stripped back option is also free for personal use.

Tracks

Tracks type is all caps fonts and alphabet only, inspired with railway tracks slash, static, dynamic, and clean. It was designed by Indonesia-based design student Gumpita Rahayu and is available in two different styles – medium and slanted. This font was designed for display purposes, so will look great when used for headlines.

Ziamimi

Ziamimi is a gorgeous font that comes in capitals – making it perfect for headers and eye-catching statements. Its sleek finish allows it to really stand out as one of the best free typefaces we’ve come across. It also comes with numbers and a few punctuation marks.

Zwodrei

Perfect for personal headline use, Zwodrei was designed by 27-year-old German based graphic designer Lukas Bischoff. After graduating from his studies of communication design at the University of Applied Science, Lukas has gone on the create some beautiful typefaces – including this one!

Anders

Geometric design Anders was an experimental project by creative advertising student Tom Anders Watkins. “Using influences from modern font design, I wanted something very minimal and a little unique, here’s the result,” Watkins comments on Behance.

Cassannet

Released earlier this year, Cassannet is a gorgeous addition to our best 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.

Farray

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