The 100 Best Free Fonts for Designers
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, 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: Serif Fonts, Sans Serif Fonts, Slab Serif Fonts and Monospaced 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
Bitter HT includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. Designed by Sol Matas.
Download here: Bitter HT Serif.
PT Serif
PT Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic variants. Created by ParaType.
Download here: PT Serif.
Ayres Serif
Ayres Serif includes ligatures and alternate glyphs. Created by Mariel Gornati.
Download here: Ayres Serif.
Calendas Plus Serif Font Family
Calendas Plus Regular includes both desktop and webfonts variants. Designed by Altipo Fonts.
Download here: Calendas Plus Serif Font Family.
SilverLeaf Handwritten Serif
SilverLeaf is a handwritten Serif font that includes both desktop and webfont variants. Created by Nathan Brown.
Download here: SilverLeaf Handwritten Serif.
YoungSerif Medium Typeface
YoungSerif Medium includes both webfont and desktop versions. Created by Uplaod.
Download here: YoungSerif Medium Serif Typeface.
Droid Serif
Droid Serif includes Regular, Bold, Bold Italic and Italic variants. Created by Steve Matteson.
Download here: Droid Serif.
Jura Serif Typeface
Jura Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold and, Bold Italic variants. Created by Ten by Twenty.
Download here: Jura Serif Typeface.
Merriweather Serif
Merriweather includes Regular, Light, Bold, Itlalic and Black variants. Designed by Eben Sorkin.
Download here: Merriweather Serif.
Vollkorn Serif
Vollkorn Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Semibold, Semibold Italic, Medium, Medium Italic variants. Designed by Friedrich Althausen.
Download here: Vollkorn Serif.
The Crimson Text Typeface
The Crimson Text typeface includes Bold, Bold Italic, Italic, Roman, Semibold and Semibold itlaic variants. Designed by Sebastian Kosch.
Download here: The Crimson Text typeface.
Calluna Serif
Calluna includes Light, Regular, Italic, Semibold Italic,Bold Italic and Black. Designed by exljbris Font Foundry.
Download here: Calluna.
Didactic Regular Serif
Didactic only includes a regular version. Designed by Tyler Finck.
Download here: Didactic Regular Serif.
Brela Serif
Brela Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Makarska Estudio.
Download here: Brela Serif.
Bree Serif
Bree Serif only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Designed by Veronika Burian and José Scaglione.
Download here: Bree Serif.
Afta Serif Font
Afta Serif includes both Regular and Italic versions. Created by Oriol Esparraguera.
Download here: Afta Serif Font.
Badhead Typeface
The unique Badhead Typeface includes both desktop and webfont variants. Created by ianmikraz studio.
Download here: Badhead Typeface.
Sant’Elia Font Family
Sant’Elia includes Rough Line (3 weights), Script Bold & Rough Alt Bold variants. Created by Yellow Design Studio .
Download here: Sant’Elia Font Family.
Exodus Free Typeface
Exodux includes Regular, Sharpen and Striped variants. Designed by Andrew Herndon.
Download here: Exodus Free Typeface.
Butler Regular and Stencil Typeface
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.
Tryst Regular Typeface
Tryst only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Designed by Philatype.
Download here: Tryst Regular Typeface.
Born Serif Typeface
Born Serif only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Created by Carlos de Toro.
Download here: Born Serif Typeface.
Fénix Regular Serif Typeface
Fénix Serif only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Created by Fernando Díaz.
Download here: Fénix Regular Typeface.
Knubi Regular Serif
Knubi only includes a Regular version of the Serif font. Created by Matt Vergotis.
Download here: Knubi Regular Serif.
Abraham Lincoln Serif
Abraham Lincoln Serif has been designed by Frances MacLeod.
Download here: Abraham Lincoln Serif.
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
Bebas Neue Sans Serif includes Thin, Light, Book and Regular variants. Designed by Dharma Type Foundry.
Download here: Bebas Neue Sans Serif.
Fira Sans Serif
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.
Norwester Condensed Geometric Sans Serif
Norwester Sans Serif includes only a Regular version. Created by Jamie Wilson.
Download here: Norwester Sans Serif.
Homizio Nova Sans Serif
Homizio Nova Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Light and Light Italic variants. Designed by Álvaro Thomáz.
Download here: Homizio Nova.
Alegreya Sans HT Serif
Alegreya Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Italic variants. Designed by Huerta Tipografica.
Download here: Alegreya Sans HT.
Nauman Modern Humanist Sans Serif
Nauman Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by The Northern Block.
Download here: Nauman Sans Serif.
Peace Sans
Peace Sans only includes a Regular version. Created by Sergey Ryadovoy and Ivan Gladkikh.
Download here: Peace Sans.
Sketchetik Fill Light Sans Serif
The free version of Sketchetik Sans Serif only includes a Light variant. Created by Ossi Gustafsson.
Download here: Sketchetik Fill Light.
Exo Geometric Sans Serif
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.
Mohave Sans Serif
Mohave Sans Serif includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Bold Italic, Semi Bold and Semi Bold Italic. Designed by Gumpita Rahayu.
Download here: Mohave Sans Serif.
Ikaros Minimal Sans Serif
The minimal Ikaros Sans Serif includes Regular and Light variants. Designed by Matt Ellis.
Download here: Ikaros Sans Serif.
Neris Display Sans Serif
Neris Sans Serif includes Thin, Light, Semi Bold, Bold and Black variants. Designed by Eimantas Paškonis.
Download here: Neris Display.
Verb Condensed Regular Sans Serif
Verb Condensed Regular Sans Serif includes Regular and Italic variants. Designed by Yellow Design Studio.
Download here: Verb Condensed Regular.
Dense Sans Serif
Dense Sans Serif includes Regular and Bold variants. Created by Charles Daoud.
Download here: Dense Sans Serif.
Canter Sans Serif
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.
Sabado Sans Serif
Inspired by modern swiss typefaces, Sabado Sans Serif includes both Regular and Italicc variants. Created by Frank Hemmekan.
Download here: Sabado Sans Serif.
Baron Geometrical Sans Serif
Baron Sans Serif includes Regular, Bold and Black variants. Designed by Frank Hemmekan.
Download here: Baron Sans Serif.
Rhyder Sans Serif
Rhyder Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Adrian Candela.
Download here: Rhyder Sans Serif.
Langdon Sans Serif
Langdon Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Steven Bonner.
Download here: Langdon Sans Serif.
Kelson Geometric Sans Serif
Kelson includes Regular, Light and Bold variants. Designed by Bruno Mello.
Download here: Kelson Sans Serif.
Myra Sans Serif
Designed in an art-deco style, Myra Sans Serif includes Regular, Light and Bold variants. Designed by Sergiy Tkachenko.
Download here: Myra Sans Serif.
Corbert Regular Sans Serif
Influenced by Bauhaus, Corbert Sans Serif only includes a Regular variant. Created by The Northern Block.
Download here: Corbert Regular.
Adam Pro Sans Serif
Aileron only includes a Regular version. Designed by Shrenik Ganatra.
Download here: Adam Pro Sans Serif.
Aileron Sans Serif
Aileron includes 16 weights. Designed by Sora Sagano.
Download here: Aileron Sans Serif.
Building Sans Serif
Building only includes a Regular version. Designed by Leonardo Gubbioni.
Download here: Building Sans Serif.
Pier Sans
Pier Sans includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic versions. Designed by Mathieu Desjardins.
Download here: Pier Sans.
Big John / Slim Joe Sans Serif
Both fonts only includes a Regular version. Designed by Ion Lucin.
Download here: Big John & Slim Joe Sans Serif.
Moon Rounded Sans
Moon Rounded Sans includes Light and Bold versions. Designed by Jack Harvatt.
Download here: Moon Rounded Sans.
Linotte Rounded Sans Serif
Linotte Rounded Sans Serif includes LIght, Bold, Semi Bold, Heavy and Regular versions. Designed by Joël Carrouché.
Download here: Linotte Rounded Sans Serif.
Nexa Sans Serif
Nexa Sans Serif includes Light and Bold versions. Created by FontFabric.
Download here: Nexa Sans Serif.
Source Sans Pro
Source Sans Pro includes Regular, Italic, Bold, Semi Bold, Light, Black and Roman variants. Created by Adobe.
Download here: Source Sans Pro.
FV Almelo Rounded Sans Serif
FV Almelo Sans Serif only includes a regular version. Created by Floris Voorveld.
Download here: FV Almelo Sans Serif.
Maven Modern Sans Serif
Maven Sans Serif includes Light 100, Light 200 and Light 300 variants. Designed by Joe Prince.
Download here: Maven Modern.
Intro Sans Serif
The free version of Intro Sans Serif includes Regular and Inline variants. Designed by Miroslav Bekyarov.
Download here: Intro Sans Serif.
Ostrich Sans
Ostrich Sans includes Regular, Italic, Black, Bold, Heavy, Light and Medium variants. Designed by The League of Moveable Type.
Download here: Ostrich Sans.
Cabin Sans Serif
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.
HK Grotesk Sans Serif
HK Grotesk Sans Serif includes Regular, Light, Bold and Medium variants. Designed by Hanken Design Co.
Download here: HK Grotesk Sans Serif.
Qanelas Soft Sans Serif
Qanelas Soft Sans Serif has been designed by Radomir Tinkov.
Download here: Qanelas Soft.
Moderne Sans
Moderne Sans includes a Regular and Light variants. Created by Marius Kempken.
Download here: Moderne Sans.
Blogger Sans
Blogger Sans includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. Created by Sergiy Tkachenko.
Download here: Blogger Sans.
Katahdin Round Sans Serif
Katahdin Round Sans Serif only includes a Regular version. Designed by Tyler Finck.
Download here: Katahdin Round.
Rubik Sans Serif
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.
Cast Iron Sans Serif
Cast Iron only includes a Regular version. Designed by Jeremy Vessey.
Download here: Cast Iron Sans Serif.
Charlevoix Geometric Sans Serif
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.
Relancer Art Deco Display Typeface
Relancer Display only includes a Regular version. Created by Ryan Molag.
Download here: Relancer Display Typeface.
Overpass Sans Serif Webfont
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.
Coves Sans Serif
Coves Sans Serif includes Light and Bold variants. Designed by Jack Harvatt.
Download here: Coves Sans Serif.
Fibon Sans
Fibon Sans only includes a Regular version. Designed by Valerio Dell’Edera.
Download here: Fibon Sans.
Raleway Sans Serif
Raleway Sans Serif only includes a Thin version. Designed by The League of Moveable Type.
Download here: Raleway Sans Serif.
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
Only includes Regular. Created by Ryan Welch.
Download here: Corduroy Slab Regular.
Promesh Athletic Font
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.
Carton Slab Serif
Carton is a slab-serif that has been inspired by letterpress printing. Designed by Nick McCosker.
Download here: Carton Slab Serif.
Weston Rounded Slab Serif
Includes Regular & Light Uppercase variants. Designed by Pavel Pavlov.
Download here: Weston Rounded Slab Serif.
Chunk Ultra-Bold Slab Serif
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.
Choplin Slab Serif
Choplin Slab Serif includes Extra Light & Medium versions. Designed by René Bieder.
Download here: Choplin Slab Serif.
Nexa Rust Slab Serif
Designed by Fontfabric.
Download here: Nexa Rust Slab Serif.
Klinic Slab Serif
Includes Bold, Bold Italic, Book, Light, Light Italic, Medium and Medium Italic. Created by Joe Prince.
Download here: Klinic Slab Serif.
Aleo Slab Serif
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.
Twentytwelve Slab
Includes Regular, Bold and Light variants. Designed by by Dom Catapano.
Download here: Twentytwelve Slab.
Airbag Uppercase Slab Serif
Airbag is a slab serif font with a modern appearance. Only includes Uppercase. Designed by Simon Stratford.
Download here: Airbag Slab Serif.
Lumberjack Free Font
Includes Regular, Rough, Inline and Shadow variants. Designed by Aleksei Kalinin.
Download here: Lumberjack Free Font.
Ansley Display
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.
Korneuburg Slab
Korneuburg Slab includes Bold, Light and Regular variants. Created by Flö Rastbichler.
Download here: Korneuburg Slab.
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
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.
Ahamono
Ahamono is a free Regular monospaced typeface. Designed by Alfredo Marco Pradil.
Download here: Ahamono.
Hapna Mono
Hapna Mono is a light, modern, free monospaced serif font with geometric features. Designed by The Northern Block.
Download here: Hapna Mono.
FiraCode
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.
Office Code Pro
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.
Hack Mono
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.
Ubuntu Mono Font
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.
DejaVu Mono
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.
Droid Sans Mono
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.
BP Mono
BP Mono is monospaced font designed for coding. Packaged with Bold, Italic, Stencil, Round and Regular variants. Created by Nikita Prokopov.
Download here: BP Mono.
Anonymous Pro
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.
Fantasque Sans Mono Font
Designed for programming, Fantasque Sans Mono Font includes Regular, Italic, Bold and Bold Italic. Designed by Belluzj.
Download here: Fantasque Sans Mono.
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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