The best free fonts: Unusual fonts
83. The Quick South St Font
- Free for personal and non-profit use
- Get The Quick South St Font from Cufon Fonts (opens in new tab)
Free for personal and non-profit use, this tech decorative font has unusual detailing and would be perfect or brining an individual edge to a range of projects. Donations to the creator are welcome.
84. Miratrix
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Miratrix from Behance (opens in new tab)
Strongly influenced by Brutalism, Miratrix is a geometric grotesque that’s very far from standard and boring; in fact, it’s one of the most original free fonts we’ve seen in ages. Designed by Andrey Karter, this eye-catching multi-functional font is intended for use in a variety of projects, including web design, logos, brand identity, packaging, posters and headlines.
85. Soulcraft
- Free for personal and commercial use.
- Get Soulcraft from Behance (opens in new tab)
Soulcraft typeface is a free variable font designed to emulate vernacular lettering. Its creators at Massimo Studio intend creative people to make use in varied ways, so they can “express themselves in a bold, raw and unafraid voice”.
86. Stanley
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Stanley from Behance (opens in new tab)
For a truly stylish font, download Stanley. Created by Jérémie Gauthier, this font combines rounded and more geometric forms and the results are striking. In our view, Stanley would work well for luxury branding or packaging.
87. Gilbert
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Gilbert from typewithpride.com (opens in new tab)
Gilbert Baker, who died in 2017, was a LGBTQ activist and artist who's best known for creating the iconic rainbow flag, and he's been commemorated by this striking free display font. A good option for headlines and banner slogans.
88. Le Super Serif
- Free for personal and commercial use
- Get Le Super Serif from Behance (opens in new tab)
Le Super Serif is that rare thing: a typographical experiment that actually works. It’s described by its creator, Dutch designer Thijs Janssen, as “a fashionable uppercase typeface with a little modern Western flavour to it”.
89. Borsok
- Free for personal & commercial use
- Get Borsok from pixelsurplus.com (opens in new tab)
Borsok, from Dastan Miraj (opens in new tab), is a bold but smooth display font with multilingual support. Its attention-grabbing rounded shape makes it perfect for branding, apparel design, product packaging, stylish text, quotes, greeting cards, posters and much more. It includes uppercase & lowercase characters, numerals, punctuation and symbols.
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