A collection of quality open-source fonts.
| Font | Subgenre | Designer | Released | Updated | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barlow | Grotesque | Jeremy Tribby | Oct 2017 | Jun 2020 | inspired by California road signage | GitHub |
| Chivo | Grotesque | Héctor Gatti, Omnibus | Nov 2011 | Mar 2020 | GitHub | |
| DM Sans | Geometric | Colophon, MultiAdaptor, DeepMind | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 | improved version of Poppins | GitHub |
| Epilogue | Grotesque | Tyler Finck, Rosa Wagner | Jan 2020 | Jun 2020 | multi-language support | Website |
| IBM Plex Sans | Grotesque | Mike Abbink, IBM | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | multi-language support | GitHub |
| Hauora Sans | Hybrid | Wayne Shih | Jul 2018 | Sep 2020 | derivative of Manrope | GitHub |
| Inclusive Sans | Hybrid | Olivia King | Dec 2022 | Dec 2024 | legible | GitHub |
| Instrument Sans | Hybrid | Rodrigo Fuenzalida | Mar 2023 | Mar 2023 | variable font, wide glyphset | GitHub |
| Inter | Grotesque | Rasmus Andersson | Aug 2017 | Nov 2023 | multi-language support | GitHub |
| Jakarta Sans | Hybrid | Gumpita Rahayu | Feb 2020 | Feb 2020 | alternate glyphs | GitHub |
| Karrik | Grotesque | Jean-Baptiste Morizot | Jun 2020 | Jun 2020 | Website | |
| Manrope | Hybrid | Mikhail Sharanda | Jan 2020 | Dec 2021 | variable font, multi-language support | Website |
| Mattone | Humanist | Nunzio Mazzaferro | Feb 2019 | Feb 2019 | highly-readable | Website |
| Open Sauce Sans | Grotesque | Alfredo Marco Pradil | Apr 2020 | Apr 2020 | ink traps | GitHub |
| Overpass | Grotesque | Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin | Aug 2015 | Nov 2019 | inspired by Highway Gothic | GitHub |
| Reglo | Geometric | Sebastien Sanfilippo | Aug 2009 | DIN-inspired | Website | |
| Public Sans | Grotesque | Dan O. Williams, U.S. Web Standards | Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 | Franklin clone | GitHub |
| Space Grotesk | Geometric | Florian Karsten | Jan 2018 | Dec 2019 | variable font | GitHub |
| Spartan | Geometric | Matt Bailey | Feb 2018 | Feb 2020 | Google Fonts | |
| Sporting Grotesque | Grotesque | Lucas Le Bihan | Jan 2016 | Apr 2018 | Greek support | Website |
| Violet Sans | Geometric | Dec 2019 | Jan 2020 | Eurostile-inspired | GitHub |
| Font | Subgenre | Designer | Released | Updated | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gelasio | Transitional | Eben Sorkin | Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 | metrics compat w/ Georgia | GitHub |
| IBM Plex Serif | Transitional | Mike Abbink, IBM | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | multi-language support | GitHub |
| Minipax | Transitional | Raphaël Ronot | Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 | alternate glyphs | GitHub |
| Moretus | Transitional | Eli Heuer | Nov 2016 | May 2017 | Plantin revival | GitHub |
| Font | Subgenre | Designer | Released | Updated | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compagnon | Slab-serif | Chloé Lozano, Juliette Duhé, Léa Pradine, Sébastien Riollier, Valentin Papon | Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 | super family | Website |
| Courier Prime | Slab-serif | Alan Dague-Greene | Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 | Courier revival | Google Fonts |
| Fragment Mono | Grotesque | Wei Huang, URW++ | Sep 2022 | Jun 2024 | Helvetica monospace | GitHub |
| IBM Plex Mono | Grotesque | Mike Abbink, IBM | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | multi-language support | GitHub |
| JetBrains Mono | Geometric | Philipp Nurullin | Jan 2020 | Jan 2020 | code ligatures | GitHub |
| Recursive | Grotesque | Stephen Nixon | Aug 2019 | Nov 2021 | variable font, sign painter-inspired | Website |
| Font | Subgenre | Designer | Released | Updated | Notes | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDI Wiking | Heinz König, Ralf Herrmann | 2020 | 2020 | Recut of historic 1925 typeface of same name | Website | |
| Grenze Gotish | Fraktur | Omnibus Type | 2020 | 2020 | Google Fonts |
Mattone (via Fonts in Use)
The goal of this project is to showcase the best open-source typefaces on the internet (keyword: open source; not merely free) rather than trying to be a comprehensive catalog of everything. This will be dripping with my own opinions (and I’m quite picky). But hopefully it’s at least a consistent taste. If you’ve found just one typeface you loved from this project, it was worth it.
A secondary goal of this project is to give credit to the type designers. Sometimes this isn’t as prominent as it should be on other sites. Give people credit (after all, it’s usually their only form of payment here)!
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