25 graphic design freebies to make your life easier

We all love free fonts but there are so many around on the web these days, it’s hard to keep up. Here are 10 cool new fonts that have come to our attention in recent months, all of which are free to download for your design projects at the time of writing.

09. Olivia Script Font

A unique and stylish calligraphy typeface

A unique and stylish calligraphy typeface

Complement your design work with this unique and stylish calligraphy typeface. Including 351 glyphs, you can use this font for wedding Invitations, greeting cards, posters, wall hangings, gifts and more. It’s free to download if you log in to the Font Bundles site via Facebook and give them a ‘Like’.

10. Miller Salt Font Duo

Miller and Salt Script scripts can be used together or separately

Miller and Salt Script scripts can be used together or separately

Designed by Mellow Design Lab, Miller Salt is a set of two hand-written, dry brush scripts that can be used together or separately. They're ideal for branding, wedding invitations, logos, book covers, stationery, marketing, magazines and more.

11. Brownhill Script Font

A handwritten font set to download for free

A handwritten font set to download for free

This hand-written font set created by Faisal Tanjung contains a full set of lower and uppercase letters, a large range of punctuation, numerals, and multilingual support. To access the alternate glyphs, you need a program that supports OpenType features such as Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe Indesign or CorelDRAW.

12. Podriq

Check out this fantastic free typeface

Check out this fantastic free typeface

Graphic designer Matt Cole Wilson has created this modern typeface featuring A-Z in caps and lowercase, 0-9, punctuation and common glyphs, and three weights. It’s available as a free download via Google Drive.

13. Quantify V2

A free display typeface for personal use only

A free display typeface for personal use only

Indonesian designer Saidi Alfianor is the creator of this display sans serif typeface. It’s free to download for personal use only.

14. Peenu

A hand-knitted typeface for use in your design projects

A hand-knitted typeface for use in your design projects

The creation of designer Nitish Kumar of India's Webkul HQ, Peenu is a 'hand-knitted' typeface inspired by Sharp Paper Cuts. It’s free to use in your design projects without the need for formal attribution.

15. Umhlanga Sans

This font is free to download in exchange for your email address

This font is free to download in exchange for your email address

Based on Interstate Regular Compressed, designed by Tobias Frere-Jones, Umhlanga Sans is Graham Paterson’s first foray into type design and is free for personal use. At present the typeface contains the regular font weight, all uppercase and lowercase characters and numerals. It’s free to download in exchange for your email address.

16. Akrobat

This free font is perfect for headlines, logos and typographic compositions

This free font is perfect for headlines, logos and typographic compositions

Designed by Plamen Motev, Akrobat is a modern sans serif font with condensed proportions. The typeface comes in eight weights with a geometric aesthetic. Its narrow proportions make it perfect for headlines, logos, typographic compositions and short paragraphs of text, and it contains more than 500 glyphs with a wide range of languages. It’s free for both personal and commercial use.

17. Monti Sans Serif

This minimal font is ideal for logos and branding

This minimal font is ideal for logos and branding

Monti is a new sans-serif, minimal font that’s useful for creating minimal logos, branding, street signs, posters and more. Currently limited to lowercase letters (although there are plans to upgrade with uppercase alphabets soon), it’s free to download for both personal and commercial use as long as you register for free membership of the site.

18. Pole Numerals

A numeric font designed for use in your poster projects

A numeric font designed for use in your poster projects

This numerals-only font has been created to give maximum impact to your poster designs. The work of Portuguese designer Pedro Azedo, the shadow version of this font is free to download.

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Tom May

Tom May is an award-winning journalist and editor specialising in design, photography and technology. Author of the Amazon #1 bestseller Great TED Talks: Creativity, published by Pavilion Books, Tom was previously editor of Professional Photography magazine, associate editor at Creative Bloq, and deputy editor at net magazine. Today, he is a regular contributor to Creative Bloq and its sister sites Digital Camera World, T3.com and Tech Radar. He also writes for Creative Boom and works on content marketing projects.