Free Fonts

Below are recommended free fonts and websites that offer free fonts for download.

Recommended fonts

There are thousands of free fonts available for download on the web. While many of these range from low to medium quality, the list below consists of a few essential fonts that are appropriate for a variety of projects, can be paired in interesting ways, and are of high quality in comparison to other free fonts.

Click on a font name to find the corresponding download link.

Sans-serif

Click here to read a blog post about sans-serif typefaces.

• Open Sans
• Bebas Neue
• Latos
• Roboto
• Ostrich Sans
• Aller

Serif

Click here to read a blog post about serif typefaces.

• Droid Serif
• Bitter
• Roboto Slab

Script

Click here to read a blog post about script typefaces.

• Porcelain
• Chopin Script
• Pacifico
• Yellowtail

Recommended font websites

Below is a list of recommended free font download websites, along with a short description of the main advantages of each. These font websites, with the exception of Google Fonts, will provide you with the TrueType and/or OpenType files for selected fonts, which can be used in print projects. Google Fonts provides you with the web-ready version of selected fonts, which can be used in web/online projects.

• Font Squirrel: free, high-quality, commercial-use, medium-sized collection
• League of Moveable Type: free, high-quality, small collection
• Dafont: very large collection of fonts
• Google Fonts: large collection of web-ready fonts.  Read this article to find out how to integrate fonts into your website.

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