10 Websites to Visit for Free Font Downloads

Most web designers will tell you that they can never have enough free fonts. Having a surplus of fonts loaded onto your machine can really come in handy, whether you’re saving them up for a future project or if you just like to play around with them to see how many cool logos or typography effects you can come up with in your down time. If you need some inspiration on where to look to get some free, beautiful font faces, take a look at this list of 10 websites that host free fonts available for download and use in both personal and commercial contexts.

1. DaFont

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DaFont is a really popular website for downloading fonts. With dozens of categories to choose from, you could literally spend hours browsing the different styles and themes for the perfect font that’s right for your project. With so many fonts available, you’re almost guaranteed to find the right one among their collection.

2. FontSpace

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FontSpace is another great site for downloading fonts. A cool feature this site has is the “random” button, which will pull up a random assortment of 10 fonts for you — a perfect feature for if you’re seeking inspiration. Click the random button as many times as you like to keep generating lists of ten random fonts to help get the creative juices flowing.

3. 1001 Fonts

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1001 fonts is a collection of over 1000 free fonts to choose from. For a fee, you can download their Ultimate Font pack, which contains over 10,000 fonts. You can never have too many, right?

4. Font Squirrel

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What makes Font Squirrel unique is that 100% of the fonts available for download on the site are free and cleared for commercial use. Most sites that host font downloads have fonts that are for personal use only, as well as fonts that are free for commercial use, so you have to pay close attention to the fine print. When you use Font Squirrel, you can rest easy knowing that any font you find on the site is totally okay to use in commercial projects.

5. Font Fabric

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Font Fabric is a site that offers an array of high quality and often exclusive fonts, most of which are available for free download. All free fonts on the site, with the exception of “Baron” and “Muller Narrow”, are available for both personal and commercial use.

6. Freebies Bug

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Freebies Bug is a great resource site for developers and designers looking for freebies. They offer a beautiful collection of free fonts, but they’ve also got a decent selection of other free resources, including graphics, templates, and stock photos.

7. Free Typography

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Free Typography hosts a small but beautiful collection of exclusive fonts that any designer would be proud to have featured in their mockups, projects, and designs.

8. Identifont

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Identifont is a fun font site that has a lot of unique ways for you to search for the font you’re looking for. You can search by name, by designer, and by style of font (the site asks you many detailed questions about the design of the font you’re looking for to help filter the results so the output isn’t overwhelming).

9. Urban Fonts

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Urban Fonts hosts an extensive collection of free and premium fonts available for download. A cool feature of the site that also exists on some other font sites is that you can input any desired text to preview the how a particular word, phrase, title, etc would appear using every font that you browse.

10. BeFonts

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BeFonts hosts a beautiful collection of designer-submitted fonts that would be perfect for so many of your upcoming projects. Using a smaller site like BeFonts to download your fonts from is a great way to ensure that not everyone on the internet will be using the same fonts as you.

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Author: Rishabh

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