Best of 2015: 100 Free Fonts for Designers

When it comes to adding visual variety to the design, there is no simpler way than to use a couple of typefaces, which on the one hand, should match each other and, on the other hand, should have some distinguishing traits. Whether you need to craft a print design or create a website interface, there is always a typeface that meets the requirements of the project as well as strengthens the theme and enriches the aesthetics. With a ton of third-party font markets, online galleries, regularly updated Google Web Font directory, you can yield the greatest result in short order and without the hustle and bustle.

Best of 2015: 100 Free Fonts

If you were keeping up with the community during the last year, then you have already replenished your toolkit with a bunch of outstanding typefaces. If not, then we are here to fix this up. We have gathered a small list that comprises one hundred typefaces, ranging from sharp and ultra-narrow representatives with grotesque appeal and retro-futuristic vibe to polished, delicate and elegant calligraphy scripts. Tell us, which one is your favorite?

Moon – Free Font

moon font

Creator: Jack Harvatt
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

Coves – Free Font

coves typeface

Creator: Jack Harvatt
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

Exodus – Free Typeface

exodus typeface

Creator: Andrew Herndon
License: Personal use.

One Day – Free Font

slim typeface

Creator: Nawras Moneer
License: CC BY-ND 4.0.

Fester

semi-condensend typeface

Creator: Nawras Moneer
License: CC BY-ND 4.0.

Elixia

elexia typeface

Creator: Kimmy Lee
License: Personal use.

Cornerstone – Free Font

cornerstone - font

Creator: Zac Freeland
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

Pacha

pacha

Creator: sumotype foundry
License: use for any purpose for Free.

Rissa Typeface

bold typeface

Creator: The Hungry JPEG
License: use it in unlimited personal and commercial projects.

Maxwell Font Family

maxwell typeface

Creator: The Hungry JPEG
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.

Waterlily

waterlily font

Creator: The Hungry JPEG
License: Available for both personal and commercial projects.

Caja

caja font

Creator: Geovanny Gavilanes
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

September

september - display font

Creator: Borja Fernández
License: Creative Commons.

Balans

balans - typeface

Creator: Thomas Breure
License: Attribution-ShareAlike.

Len’ Typeface

len'

Creator: Ilya Vydysh
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

Pactim Font

pactim - font

Creator: Marco Invernizzi
License: available for any purpose.

Tubed Font Family

tubed family

Creator: Marco Invernizzi
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Ruffle Beauty Free Font

ruffle beauty font

Creator: Agga Swist’blnk
License: Free for Personal and Commercial use.

Monthoers Free Font

vintage font

Creator: Agga Swist’blnk
License: Free for Personal and Commercial use.

Neament Free Font

neaments - font

Creator: Agga Swist’blnk
License: Free for Personal and Commercial use.

Stoked

stoked - font

Creator: Marie-Michelle Dupuis
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Edirne

edirne font

Creator: iordanis passas
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

Baston

baston font

Creator: iordanis passas
License: Free for any use, except police commercials.

Parabola

brush script

Creator: Marcelo Reis Melo
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

BRUX BOLD BRUSH FONT

brux font

Creator: Marcelo Reis Melo
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

HIPSTER FREE FONT BELLABOO

bellaboo font

Creator: Marcelo Reis Melo
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

BAVRO FREE FRESH FONT

bavro font

Creator: Marcelo Reis Melo
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

GEOM Display Typeface

geom typeface

Creator: Danilo Gusmão Silveira
License: Feel free to use (personal and commercial work).

Intro Rust: Vintage Font Family

intro rust font

Creator: Fontfabric
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

REEF

rounded font

Creator: Gatis Vilaks and Evita Vilaka
License: Free for commercial and personal use.

Fantaisie

retro bold font

Creator: lev berry
License: Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.

Besom – FREE Brush font

besom font

Creator: KRISIJANIS MEZULIS and Gatis Vilaks
License: Attribution.

ETNA

etna font

Creator: KRISIJANIS MEZULIS
License: Personal use.

Hallo Sans Free font

hallo sans

Creator: Fredrik Staurland
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Sant’Elia font

santelia font

Creator: fontfabric
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Tresdias – Free Font

tresdias font

Creator: Asclê de Oliveira
License: Attribution-NonCommercial.

Blogger Sans (Free Typeface)

blogger typeface

Creator: Sergiy Tkachenko
License: Creative Commons 4.0 No Derivatives, Commercial use for Print and Web allowed.

Blackentina (Free Typeface)

blackentina font

Creator: Sergiy Tkachenko
License: Free for commercial and personal use.

Marske

marske font

Creator: Sergiy Tkachenko and Kash Singh
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

Enila

enila font

Creator: Asclê de Oliveira
License: Attribution-NonCommercial.

Perfograma Free Font

perfograma font

Creator: Asen Petrov and Fontfabric
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

Comok

comok font

Creator: Oleg Tischenkov
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Balqis Font

balqis font

Creator: heydesign
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Silici Font

silici font

Creator: Ferdie Balderas
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

One Day

one day font

Creator: Nawras Moneer
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.

Asfalto Font

asfalto typeface

Creator: Fernando Forero
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Anders Font

anders font

Creator: Tom Anders Watkins
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Handletter Typeface

handletter typeface

Creator: Sasha Koggio
License: Personal use.

Gogoia Typeface

gogoia typeface

Creator: Alan de Sousa
License: For personal and commercial use.

Tostada Font

tostada font

Creator: Iván Nuñez
License: For personal and commercial use.

Break Fill | Free Font

break fill type

Creator: Rajesh Kumar
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Numb3rs – Free Font

numbers font

Creator: Tommi Jäkkö
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

Break

break typeface

Creator: Rajesh Rajput
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Chemin

chemin font

Creator: Rajesh Rajput and Raina Agarwal
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Morracle Font

morracle font

Creator: Maulana Creative
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Carosello Font

carosello typeface

Creator: Unio | Creative Solutions
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Devious Typeface

devious type

Creator: Graptail
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Bellico Typeface + Bonus Vectors

bellico typeface

Creator: Seventh Imperium
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Gardenia Script

gardenia font

Creator: Emily Spadoni
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

El Capitan: Hand-Drawn Font

elcapitan font

Creator: Petr Knoll
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Slash: Bad Ass Display Font

slash typeface

Creator: Ronald Vermeijs
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Serendipity Script Free Font

hand-darwn font

Creator: TheHungryJPEG
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Badhead Typeface

badhead typeface

Creator: ianmikraz studio
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Metrica Font Typeface

metrica font

Creator: Oliver James
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Nickainley Script

elegant font

Creator: Seniors Studio
License: For personal and commercial use.

Arka – Free Set

arka font

Creator: Bruno
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Metro 2.0

metro 2

Creator: Filipa Amado
License: The font is available for personal and commercial use.

Cast Iron (Free Font)

massive typeface

Creator: Jeremy Vessey
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Mecha 08 – Free Font

futuristic font

Creator: Mehmet Reha Tugcu
License: Free to use for all commercial purposes.

Phage – Free Font

phage font

Creator: Mehmet Reha Tugcu
License: Free for personal or commercial purposes.

Nexa Script

nexa script

Creator: fontfabric
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Michelle – Free Handmade Script Font

michelle font

Creator: Noe Araujo and Mats-Peter Forss
License: Free for personal and commercial use..

Mightype Script – Free Handlettered Font

mighttype font

Creator: Mats-Peter Forss and Adam Fathony
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Airpena Free Font 

airpen font

Creator: Ardian Radityo
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Free – Stellar Typeface

stellar typeface

Creator: Mathieu Desjardins
License: Personal use only.

Secca Soft Free Fonts

funny fonts

Creator:  Andreas Seide
License: Free for commercial and personal use.

Marquette Signature Font

Creator: Letteralle Studio
License: OTF format can only be added to personal projects.

Arte

arte font

Creator: saptarshi nath
License: Free commercial license included.

Block Letters

block letters

Creator: Chris Fernandez
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Melo

melo font

Creator: Free goodies for designers
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Julep

julep font

Creator: Jeremy Ross
License: Completely free for personal and commercial use.

Hidden Cinema – Free Font

hidden cinema font

Creator: Edwin Servaas
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

Sun – Free Automated Text Effect Vintage (Illustrator)

sun font

Creator: PiDiEffE
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Free Font – Phelix Boomgartner

distorted font

Creator: Michal Slovák
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.

Meedori Sans

medori sans font

Creator: Meedori Studio and Danilo De Marco
License: CC BY-NC 4.0.

Curely

curely typeface

Creator: Konstantine Studio
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Free Font: Rollerblade

rellorblade font

Creator: Nathan Metzler
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Royals Font

royals font

Creator: Paul Reis
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Material Design Image Font

material design font

Creator: Dimitrios Pantazis
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Ovalo Display Free Font 

ovalo font

Creator: BUONO
License: Personal use only.

Gone Typeface

gone typeface

Creator: Nathan Metzler
License: Attribution.

Freebie Handwrite Font

handwritten font

Creator: Eight Black Dots
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

Barry Typeface

barry typeface

Creator: TheHungryJPEG
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Ailerons Typeface

ultrathin font

Creator: Adilson Gonzales de Oliveira Junior
License: Personal use only.

Slim

slim typeface 2

Creator: sophie rousseau
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

One

bold geometric font

Creator: sophie rousseau
License: Free for personal and commercial use.

Brush

brush font

Creator: sophie rousseau
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.

Aroly Font

aroly typeface

Creator: Arvind Kumar
License: Personal use only.

Marziona Free Font

brush script 2

Creator: Tharique Azeez
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.

Phantasm – Free Typeface

phantasm font

Creator: Adil Siddiqui
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.

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This article is originally published on Feb 11, 2016, and updated on Dec 19, 2022.
AUTHOR
Nataly is an internet entrepreneur and an amateur web designer and developer from Sevastopol, Ukraine. She is running a blog for web designers and developers where you can find some inspirational and useful stuff. In her spare time she reads books, unveils the secrets of the world and plays volleyball.

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