The best free fonts: Vintage and retro fonts
58. Nimitz
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Nimitz from Behance (opens in new tab)
Designed by Bart Wesolek, Nimitz is a simple yet original, all-capitals font that comes in three styles: rough, clean and textured. Beautifully readable and effortlessly stylish, this is one of the best free fonts for giving your design project a retro or vintage look.
For more retro fonts, see our roundup of the best free retro fonts.
59. Rousseau Deco
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Rousseau Deco from Behance (opens in new tab)
Looking to summon the spirit of Art Deco with your typography, but subtly? Rousseau Deco is one of the best free fonts for your purposes. Taking inspiration from that classic style and giving it a modern sans-serif twist, it was designed by Mariano Diez.
60. Lazer 84
- Free for personal use (make a donation for commercial use)
- Get Lazer 84 from Sunrise Digital (opens in new tab)
Here's one of those free fonts that defies categorisation: it's clearly retro, but it's a brush font too. However you describe it, though, we love its super-1980s vibe, and can imagine it used as the opening titles of a old-school sitcom. This font was created by Juan Hodgson.
61. Nature Sans
- Free for personal and desktop commercial use
- Get Nature Sans from Behance (opens in new tab)
Nature Spirit is a vintage font by Alex Joganic of 1871 Project. The retro styling recalls hippy communes and an adventurous spirit, making it well suited for a vintage project. There are two styles – rough and regular – depending on whether you like your lines straight or a little rough round the edges.
62. Cheque
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Cheque from Font Fabric (opens in new tab)
Based on geometric shapes and with a classic, vintage look, Cheque started off as a student project by Fontfabric's Mirela Belova, then grew into a full display font. At its best when used in headlines or compositions, it comes in Regular and Black versions that are free for both personal and commercial use.
63. LOT
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get LOT from Font Fabric (opens in new tab)
Reminiscent of the stylised block lettering of 1970s and 1980s advertising, posters and magazine design, LOT nonetheless provides a sleek new take on a vintage style with its collection of fat, geometric letterforms. Designed by FontFabric, this free font would work well in posters, logos and headlines.
64. Jocker
- Free for personal use
- Get Jocker from Pixelify (opens in new tab)
Jocker is a vintage font design with a fun, circus feel, and would be a great choice for posters, logo designs and packaging. The work of Craft Supply Co, this font was drawn from scratch and has since had more layers of detail added to it.
65. Paralines
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Paralines from Behance (opens in new tab)
Featuring idiosyncratic use of parallel lines, Paralines takes inspiration from both decades-old design and modern-day typography. Designed by Lewis Latham, this free font would suit any project aiming to evoke the graphic design of the 1970s and early 1980s.
66. Hamurz
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Hamurz from Behance (opens in new tab)
Hamurz is a hipster-style retro typeface with rough edges and rounded shapes. Created by Bagus Budiyanto, it offers a multitude of potential uses, such as logos, headings, or designs for T-shirts, badges or letterpress printing.
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