100 Free Fonts You Should Be Using In 2015. The perfect font is hard to find.
Here at Canva, we know how difficult and time-consuming it can be to search for the perfect fonts every time you need one for a design project. So we’ve done the hard work for you, compiling a showcase of the best typefaces from 2015 and recent years. You’ll find them organized by category (sans serif, serif, script, and display/decorative) with links to where you can download them for your own use (Did you know you can now upload your own fonts to Canva?) Sans Serif 01. Features: humanist design (more organic, calligraphy-inspired, horizontal movement for easy reading); seven weights plus matching italics and small caps.
Great for: advanced typesetting; books and articles. Find it at: Huerta Tipográfica; download the companion serif version at Font Squirrel. 02. Features: contemporary yet classic design inspired by early 20th-century signage in the Montserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires; recently updated with extra weights (but no italics). 03. 04. 05. Streetwear (Free Font) on Behance. The 100 Greatest Free Fonts for 2014. Here we are, once again, with our now-famous selection of the top 100 free fonts for 2014.
This year we have only selected fonts published or updated in late 2013 and 2014, giving you one of the most up-to-date lists around. The majority are completely free with licenses for commercial use; the odd few available for personal use only have extended license options at a very reasonable price. The free font list comprises both entire font families and single weight downloads; either way, there is something for everyone and we think you'll love the ones we have picked out for you. Font Selection We have selected all kinds of typefaces which can be seamlessly integrated into any design: Sans Serif, Slab Serif, Rounded, Decorative, Display, Art Deco, Geometric, Futuristic, and many more besides. We have categorized the typefaces to help you browse more efficiently.
Sans-Serif Typefaces Display and Decorative typefaces Serif Typefaces Script, Calligraphic and Hand-drawn. 20 Amazing Examples of Typography Sketches for Your Inspiration. Often we’re critical about the end design, but behind the scenes a lot of process go to work, and one of which is sketching.
Sketching is the skeleton of the idea that was came to be originally as a thought. Sometimes a client needs a unique brand new logo or typeface that is more convenient to draw on the paper and after that scan it into Photoshop or Illustrator. Sketching means a lot for graphic designers, even if the final design is supposed to be placed on the web. Most of creatives prefer to spend hours with pencil before translating the design into reality with editing software.
Even a typeface starts with a tiny sketch, in fact, every great type starts with a single line. Today I’d like to show the beauty of typography and lettering through the creation process. 1. 2. Victorian Free Ornaments Two. Coneria Script font by Måns Grebäck. Free Font Great Vibes by TypeSETit. This license can also be found at this permalink: Copyright (c) 2012, TypeSETit, LLC (typesetit@att.net), with Reserved Font Name "Great Vibes" This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: —————————————————————————————- SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007—————————————————————————————- PREAMBLE The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others. The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. DEFINITIONS “Font Software” refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such.
Free Font QumpellkaNo12 by GLUK fonts. This license can also be found at this permalink: Copyright (c) 2010, gluk (gluksza@wp.pl), with Reserved Font Name Qumpellka and QumpellkaNo12.
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is copied below, and is also available with a FAQ at: —————————————————————————————- SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007—————————————————————————————- PREAMBLE The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership with others. The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves.
DEFINITIONS “Font Software” refers to the set of files released by the Copyright Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such.