82 best free fonts for designers

Free fonts may not always be the most brilliant fonts, but there are some truly great ones around – it's just a case of finding them. We know that the search process takes time and effort that you could be spending on other things, so we've done the hard work for you and collated this extensive list.

The best free fonts offer plenty of options for your designs without costing anything. Whether you're looking for a classy serif, a clean sans-serif, vintage fonts, or something completely different, there's no shortage of choice. In fact there, are so many free fonts out there that it can be hard to know where to start looking. Some font libraries offer free fonts and many individual type designers also offer their own creations for free on their websites or portfolios. To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, we've gathered together the best free fonts that we've found in our regular searches of the web – a massive 89 of them.

All these are fonts that are available free for personal use, and some can be used freely for commercial use too (always check, because in some cases you will need to buy a license for commercial use – we've stated the conditions at the time of writing, but these can change).