Adobe Tutorial

Some of these fonts can be used on your web projects, but check the terms. And if youre looking at a quick overview of web font formats, check out Jonathan Snooks post on font embedding.
So, without further ad
o, join us as we present you with 55 of the best free fonts, which you can download and try out today. Let us know how you get on!

01. Acorn

A simple sans-serif hand drawn typeface, Acorn was designed by design student William Suckling. His design ethos, is to use only what is essential, no whistles or bells, just good, clean and fresh design, allowing ideas to take form without any fuss.
Acorn does just that; its a simple, handwriting-inspired font thats perfect for any personal projects.
FORMAT: TTF

02. Benthem

Benthem is a custom font designed by Keith Hayden. It comes in both regular and bold types, making it great for headings and posters. Hailing from Kansas City, U.S.A. Keith has been working in design for a number of years and has quickly gained popularity on Behance.
FORMAT: OTF

03. Weston

The main purpose is to provide designers with font, suitable for modification in logos and headlines. Combined wisely, Weston will spice up your design adding the “not-your-usual-font-choice” effect. Inspired by the evergreen Grover & Rockwell, Weston works on a pay-what-you-want basis, so we would always recommend that you donate towards the designer!
FORMAT: OTF

04. Locksmith

This gorgeous font was created by California based designer Kenji Enos. Having worked on everything from print, web, motion graphics, animation, video editing and 3D modelling, its clear that Kenji has some serious talents when it comes to typography. You can grab the regular format of Locksmith for the mere price of a Tweet or Facebook share!
FORMAT: TTF

05. RBNo2

RBNo2 is inspired by late 19th century industrial fonts with german roots regarding straightness and geometry. Combined with other sans serifs, slab serifs and serif fonts it catches the eye when used in headlines and short copy texts.
Additonally to the regular styles the alternate versions will turn the font into a perfect partner for modern, technical and contemporary impressions as well as high quality, luxury and timeless environments. You can grab the light and light alternative formats for free!
FORMAT: TTF

06. Bariol

Designed by Spanish studio atipo, Bariol has already proved a massive hit with designers across the board. Crafted with versatily and readability in mind, the brand new, slightly rounded typeface is available in four weights.
The font is readable even at small scales and can be used as corporate typography, packaging design, infographics and even editorial design. You can download Bariol Regular & Italic for free by just paying with a Tweet or you can get the complete font family from as little as €3!
FORMAT: OTF

07. Dude

Dude is a reverse contrast cowboy font thats got true grit. Its not about weight, its about style. Twelve different serif styles inspired by country music legends. Whiskey drinking, train hopping, fist fighting, hard loving, prison breaking, men and women, who poured their hearts out in song.
Designed by typographer and regular Lost Type contributor Dan Gneiding, Dude consists of uppercase, numerals and punctuation. You can download the font for free or donate any price you wish.
FORMAT: OTF

08. Miso

Miso was designed for architect’s drawings by Mårten Nettelbladt. It’s a clean and narrow typeface thats suitable for small text but also for headlines and logos. The spacing of the font follows the logic of mono-stroke fonts as found in CAD software.
You can get the Miso font in chunky, bold, normal and light for absolutely free. If you want the chunky version youll have to fork out a mere $10.
FORMAT: OTF, TTF

09. Blanch

Another font offering from those lovely folks at the Lost Type Co-op. Blanch is a display face, designed for the Fruita Blanch brand, a family-run company.
A traditional font with a contemporary feel, The Blanch typeface family is comprised of six weights: three condensed weights and three caps weights. As always, you can download it for free but we would always encourage donating some pennies to the typographers!
FORMAT: OTF

10. Cubic Sans

This may not be the most readable font weve ever come across but we think designers could have a lot of fun experimenting with this one. Just try to ignore the whole comic sans inspired thing...
Created by Marc Vila, Cubic Sans is a new display font based on the original Comic Sans, created by modifing its strokes using a cube as a brush. It looks really geometric and gives the effect of a 3D typeface.
FORMAT: TTF