We want different fonts for different purposes in our design works. A good choice of fonts and typography will ensure effective communication by a graphic and web designer. There is an interaction between typography and other forms in our design to create a relevant design. In order to explore the limitless possibilities that can be achieved by varying our choice of fonts during design projects, I will provide a list of free fonts download websites
Note: Most of the fonts are free for personal uses and licensed against commercial uses unless you purchase it legitimately. The personal use limits the use of the fonts for financial income or business manner. The permission allows for personal scrapbooking for yourself, recreational websites and blogs for friends and family, prints such as flyers, posters, t-shirts for churches, charities, and non-profit organizations
Commercial use of the fonts includes anything that will generate direct or indirect income, use for the design of business cards, logos, advertising, websites for companies, -shirts, books, apparel that will be sold for money, flyers, posters for events that charge admission, freelance graphic design work
Free Fonts for Commercial Uses: Some fonts are free for any use (both personal and commercial). These fonts include Avro, Good Times, Source Sans Pro, Audrey, Cornerstone etc. All the fonts in Google fonts are free for use for your web design projects
DaFonts
DaFonts offers a whole large category of free fonts. The major categories are Fancy, Foreign look, Techno, Bitmap, Gothic, Basic, Script, Dingbats and Holiday. Most of the commonly used serif and sans serif fonts are under the Basic category. These fonts are free for personal uses but you have to buy them for commercial purposes. The full versions and options of some fonts are also limited to only buyers. You can create fonts and submit in the website
1001fonts
Just as Dafonts, the website offers free fonts for personal use (full version require buying). They have varieties of font category like General (Serif, Sans-serif, Italics), Modern, Holiday, Handwriting, Mood, Special, Dingbats, Styles, Theme etc. Member of the website can post their fonts for free download and purchase.
Fontsquirrel
In addition to offering free fonts for personal uses, font squirrel also have an exciting feature such as font identifier (a technology that matches font from an image and gives you closely matched fonts). Some of the font classifications are serif, grunge, programming, sans-serif, calligraphic, monospaced, hand-drawn, pixel etc. They also have free commercial fonts you can download and use freely for commercial purposes
FontSpace
FontSpace offers both free fonts for personal uses and also for commercial uses. The categories are very relevant and helpful for any designer to choose. They grouped fonts under key terms like branding, calligraphy, Modern, Fancy, Fashion, Elegant, Logo and Wedding etc.
Urbanfonts
Urbanfonts have latest free fonts for personal downloads and some premium fonts for purchase. You can browse through the category such as 3d, Retro, Serif, Sans-serif, Gothic, Handwritten, Headline, Foreign, Modern in alphabetical order.
1001freefont
They have up to 42,000 fonts in more than 21,000 font families. The font family includes 3D, Retro, Western, Square, Fancy, Decorative, Sci-fi, Serif, Script, Sans-serif.
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