The 100 best free fonts [FREEBIES]

The best free fonts, from vintage-inspired typefaces to slap-you-in-the-face slab serifs, for Windows and Mac, for a range of projects.

We've scoured the web to present you with a fine and varied selection of free fonts. Including scripts, serifs, and a range of ligatures, these fonts will give you greater flexibility in your designs, and add to your arsenal of design tools.

This list represents the 100 best free fonts we've found in a variety of styles.

Some of the typeface collections listed below can be used on your web projects, but please be sure to check the terms. Now join us as we present you with 100 of the best free fonts, which you can download and use today. Let us know how you get on!

01. Bellaboo

BellaBoo is an all caps font that's perfect for any kind of design project

This bold, all-caps font from Marcelo Reis Melo contains Latin and Swedish characters. Guaranteed to add a quirky, handmade flavour to your designs, it's free to download – both for commercial and personal use – and comes in both TTF and OTF formats.

FORMATS: TTF and OTF

02. Pier

Add a touch of class with Pier, a geometric font with a modern feel

Pier is a clean sans-serif font that's perfect for any-sized design, big or small. Created by Montreal-based senior art directorMathieu 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."

FORMAT: OTF

03. Manifesto

Manifesto is an angular headline font with style

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.

FORMAT: TTF

04. Delicate

Need a minimal serif stencil? Look no further than Delicate...

For a minimal option, French studio FAAK&PAAT's Delicate is an elegant serif stencil with a contemporary geometric twist. The classy design is available in three versions; rounded, bold and strict, and is free for both personal and commercial use. 

FORMAT: TTF

05: Timber

"Timber is very versatile," says designer Mehmet Reha Tugcu on Behance

Istanbul-based designer Mehmet Reha Tugcu's trendy inline font Timber has a retro-futuristic vibe. Free for both personal and commercial use, it's perfect for logos, posters, headlines and any design situation where you have a bold typographic message to convey.

FORMATS: TTF and OTF

Zodiaclaw by Zaher Almajed

Today's typeface of choice, Zodiaclaw, was created by art director Zaher Almajed. Inspired by lions claws, Almajed designed the font for 'those who want to be different'.

Almajed comments on Behance: "With some old classic European touches, Zodiaclaw is a humanist typeface that's based on traditional calligraphic forms, but with some new features in its shapes and strokes that provide a more open, elegant look."

Zodiaclaw is available to download for free over on Behance.

Words: Kerrie Hughes

Kerrie Hughes is content manager at Creative Bloq.

Typeface Memory Game

Typeface Memory Game


Brazilian studio PS2 designed a typeface memory game called "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over The Lazy Dog," which offers 25 variations of the letter "a." Great practice for children and adults alike, the game is one of those rare products that succeeds in a trifecta of aesthetics, education and entertainment.

After playing the game, which asks players to match corresponding letterforms, players will increasingly recognize the subtle differences between the letters. Some of the letter types included in the game: Akzidenz Grotesk, Baskerville, Centaur, Garamond, Helvetica, Rockwell, Times New Roman, and Univers. A classy bunch, to be sure.

It is currently being printed and distributed by BIS Publishers and can be yours for just € 19,90 ($27.00 US) Buy it now from BIS or Amazon.