40 Handpicked Free Professional Fonts For Designers
In series of “Sharing Best Practices”, I dug up some nice and cool fonts from my bookmarks. Hope you find them useful. I’ll be listing more of these soon.
Rockwell Extra Bold
Classification: Slab Serif | Designer: No Data Available
Source: http://www.fontemple.com/free-download/10947-Rockwell-Extra-Bold.html
Bebas
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Flat-It
Source: http://www.dafont.com/bebas.font
Delicious Heavy
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Jos Buivenga
Source: http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/delicious.html
Colaborate
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Ralph Oliver du Carrois
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Colaborate
Liberation Sans
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Red Hat
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Liberation-Sans
Blue Highway
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Ray Larabie
Source: http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Blue_Highway.htm
Steelfish
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Ray Larabie
Source: http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=1171
Hit the Road
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Matthew Welch
Source: http://www.fontspace.com/i-shot-the-serif/hit-the-road
Kenyan Coffee
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Ray Larabie
Source: http://www.dafont.com/kenyan-coffee.font
Mashburn
Classification: Info Not Available | Designer: Robert Cortez
Source: http://www.dafont.com/mashburn.font
Louisiana
Classification: Handwritten | Designer: Borges de Oliveira, Charles , Snedeker, Melanie
Source: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=4339699
Bellerose
Classification: Retro | Designer: James M. Harris
Source: http://www.dafont.com/bellerose.font
Helvetica
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann
Source: http://www.fontseek.com/fonts/helvetica.htm
Adobe Caslon
Classification: Old Style Serif | Designer: Caslon, William , Twombly, Carol
Source: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=202065
Bembo
Classification: Old Style Serif | Designer: Morison, Stanley
Source: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=201963
Clarendon
Classification: Clarendon Serif , Geometric Sans | Designer: Besley, R. , Eidenbenz, Hermann
Source: http://www.fonts.com/FindFonts/detail.htm?pid=201488
Lucida
Classification: Clarendon Serif , Grotesque Sans , Slab Serif | Designer: Bigelow, Charles , Holmes, Kris
Source: http://bit.ly/9QPKHK
Times New Roman
Classification: Old Style Serif | Designer: No Info
Source: http://www.ascenderfonts.com/font/times-new-roman-regular.aspx
Avenir
Classification: Geometric Sans | Designer: Frutiger, Adrian
Source: http://www.linotype.com/72/avenir-family.html
Franklin Gothic
Classification: Grotesque Sans | Designer: Benton, Morris Fuller , Berlow, David , Caruso, Victor , Gadeau, Bernard
Source: http://bit.ly/9BphTB
Myriad
Classification: Grotesque Sans | Designer: No Info
Source: http://www.fontseek.com/fonts/myriad.htm
Gentium
Classification: Serif | Designer: SIL International
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Gentium-Basic
Anivers
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Exljbris
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Anivers
Fontin Sans
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Exljbris
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Fontin-Sans
MGOpen Cosmetica
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: MAGENTA Ltd
Source: http://www.zvr.gr/typo/mgopen/index
Nadia Serif
Classification: Slab Serif | Designer: Nadia Knechtle
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Nadia-Serif
Sidewalk
Classification: Grunge | Designer: Last Soundtrack
Source: http://www.dafont.com/sidewalk.font
Day Roman
Classification: Serif | Designer: Apostrophic Labs
Source: http://www.dafont.com/day-roman.font
Garamond
Classification: Old Style Serif | Designer: Stan, Tony
Source: http://bit.ly/cx6IYH
BodoniXT
Classification: Slab Serif | Designer: Manfred Klein Fonteria
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/BodoniXT
Trebuchet MS
Classification: Humanist Sans Serif | Designer: Microsoft Corporation
Source: http://bit.ly/bEtbv4
Harabara
Classification: Sans serif | Designer: André Harabara
Source: http://www.dafont.com/harabara.font
Journal
Classification: Handwritten | Designer: Fontourist
Source: http://www.dafont.com/journal.font
Antipasto
Classification: Sans serif | Designer: Studio Kmzero
Source: http://www.dafont.com/antipasto.font
Gabrielle
Classification: Script, Calligraphy | Designer: Dieter Steffmann
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Gabrielle
Odstemplik
Classification: Calligraphy | Designer: Gluk
Source: http://www.dafont.com/odstemplik.font
Androgyne
Classification: Script | Designer: Dimitri Castrique
Source: http://www.dafont.com/androgyne-tb.font
Ubuntu-Title
Classification: Sans Serif | Designer: Andrew Fitzsimon
Source: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Ubuntu-Title
Arial
Classification: Grotesque Sans , Monospaced | Designer: Nicholas, Robin , Saunders, Patricia
Source: http://bit.ly/bxCeVf







































hi CSSJockey thanks for sharing
can i ask whats the font of your headers like
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On CSSJockey new design, I am using fonts from Google Web Fonts search for “Philosopher” and “Metrophobic”.
Love the side walk font! that’s such a cool font!
Cheers for the post man!
I had only previously noticed 1 web page when I googled into your web site – I didn’t recognize how in depth it’s! Brilliantly carried out! I hope you’ve got earned awards for it, they are deserved.
Great list but the one I wanted I had to pay for
these fonts are really cool, i would definitely download these fonts for my work, i would even like to share this information with others.
Great collection of professional fonts! Will be downloading as many as possible.
Thanks.
As sad as it may seem… font styles do get me excited. I love looking and finding different fonts. Thanks for this. Keep up the good work
Don’t let the haters get you down Mohit! Fantastic list with excellent choices I must say. If a few of them aren’t free, so be it. Everyone is entitled to make mistakes now and again even CSS experts! Keep up the good work!
Congratulations on your outstanding website, which I have been very helpful with this issue. Greetings from Latin America.
Great list
i like specially Louisiana
it’s very stylish
Excellent article, explained very clearly. Congratulations on the quality of your website. Greetings from Chile.
Er… since when did $121 for a font = free?
Suomi shouldn’t be on this list… or you should remove ‘free’ from your post header. Still, I guess it gets you better search results, right? Very cheeky…
Removed from the list, thanks for the info..
NIce collection CJ.. All fonts are decent and very useful
Nice post
Thanks
These are great. I love the Suomi Hand Script OT. I just wonder whether or not they are really “free” to use or whether you would get in trouble somehow..
Wow! Very impressive, thanks. Fonts are play a very important part in the design of a web site but their importance is often overlooked. Which font do you believe has the biggest positive impact for a website? And what about font size? I hate it when font sizes are too small. What is the best size to select? thanks.
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Very good Fonts and information, thank you very much by the article and the quality of your Web site. A greeting from Chile.
I’m not sure all of these fonts are free to use. For example, Helvetica and Rockwell seem to be for pay. Could you confirm this?
Hi Sam,
I agree there are paid versions available for many of these fonts, however, if you’re looking for their free versions, I found them here for
Helvetica – http://www.fontyukle.com/en/
Rockwell Extra Bold – http://www.fontyukle.com/en/Rockwell+Extra+Bold.ttf
I’m sure you can find free versions for almost everything.
My question is more as to whether it’s legal or not.
Well, its for the website’s T&C to dictate the usage terms and license info. If it doesn’t have one, it may not be.
We have used Kenyan Coffee and Bebas in a few test logos recently. Highly recommended and easy to employ…
Yes its a nice choice. I like these as well