A fantastic selection of free resources for your web design projects.
When it comes to typography, it’s usually a false economy to try to save money on fonts; you’re really better off paying for a professionally-designed font that’s going to make your site sing. Having said that, there are some free fonts out there that are as good as the paid-for ones, so discount a font just because it’s free. Here are some of the most interesting free fonts to have grabbed our attention recently...
25. Merriweather
Merriweather's a great-looking serif designed for readability (Image credit: Google Fonts)
Designed to be read comfortably on screens, Merriweather is a font family with a large x height, slightly condensed letterforms, a mild diagonal stress and sturdy serifs. Available in plenty of weights, it's an open-source project led by Massachusetts foundry, Sorkin Type; there's also a sans-serif version, Merriweather Sans.
26. Work Sans
Work Sans is inspired by early Grotesques (Image credit: Google Fonts)
Designed by Wei Huang, Work Sans is a type family that's loosely based on early Grotesque fonts, optimised for screen resolutions with simplified features and larger diacritics. It's available in all the weights you'll need from Thin through to a super-heavy Black; there's also a desktop version available at the project's Github page.
27. Cornera
A unique font for eye-catching designs
Cornera is a unique font that can be used in eye catching designs, logos and short bursts of text. Created by Gatis Vilaks of Wild One Design, it’s free for both personal and commercial use. Want more? See these free fonts.
28. Hamurz
Get the hipster look with Hamurz
Hamurz is a hipster-style retro typeface with rough edges and rounded shapes. Created by Bagus Budiyanto, it’s free for both personal and commercial use.
29. Fina
A thin, fine, modern font
Fina is a thin, fine, modern font that’s free for personal and commercial use. It was designed by Yai Salinas exclusively for DesignHooks and is free for both personal and commercial use.
30. Fibon Sans
A sans-serif that’s well suited for any display and text use
Fibon Sans is a transitional sans-serif type family in six weights. It’s a balanced, low contrast, geometric, highly legible typeface that’s very well suited for any display and text use. Created by Valerio Dell'Edera, it’s free for personal and commercial use.
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31. L-7 Stencil
Fragmented lettering makes this stencil font really stand out
This sans-serif, stencil-style font uses fragmented lettering and rounded terminals to make real impact. Created by Luis Calzadilla, L-7 Stencil is free for personal and commercial use.
32. Shkoder 1989
A 1990s-inspired font for both print and digital
Shkoder 1989 is a techy and sporty font, inspired by the 1990s. Combining two weights, it was designed by Julian Hoxhaj and Ana Hoxha and is free for both personal and commercial use.
33. Norwester
This geometric font would look great in header designs
This condensed geometric sans serif comes with uppercase and small caps, and would look great in header designs. Created by Jamie Wilson, Norwester is free for both personal and commercial use.
34. Aganè
A geometric sans that’s optimised for web use
Designed by Danilo De Marco, Aganè is a free font that’s ideal for use in the production of user interfaces. The available weights are light, regular, bold and extra bold, and it’s free for personal and commercial use.
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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.
