How to download free fonts

There's a range of high-quality TrueType fonts available here, ready for use on Windows and Mac. The site's easy to navigate and the best fonts are picked for the FontStruct gallery. Misnomer alert! All of them are handily organised across 64 categories, along with the option to browse by designer. Abstract Fonts has one of the cleaner interfaces in this arena, and it's very easy to navigate.

There's a custom font preview option, the terms are outlined clearly, and it's updated regularly, with a huge array of fonts for you to choose from. Neogrey is the portfolio of Ivan Filipov. Working as a graphic and web designer, he's created some stunning fonts that he's very generously made available for free download. We particularly love his multi-coloured vector fonts. Created by Lukas Bischoff, a designer based in Germany, Artill is a nice little website that's aimed purely at people wishing to download free fonts.

It's minimalism at its best, and there's some great typography to be sampled. Glukfonts is the site of Polish designer Gluksza, which offers some nicely designed typography. You can download free type and other design resources too. An independent type foundry launched by Bulgarian designer Svetoslav Simov, Fontfabric includes a lot of paid fonts but its freebie section is also a great place to download some freebies.

Want to download free fonts for commercial use? Then Font Squirrel is the place to head. The quality of the fonts is high, they're mostly font-face compatible, plus it's got fun features like the Font Identifier, where you can upload an image with type and it'll tell you the fonts that match.

Google Web Fonts makes it quick and easy for everyone to use web fonts on its site. All of the fonts are open source, so you're free to share and customise them for your own use, or collaborate with the original designer to improve them. And you can use them in every way you want, privately or commercially: in print, on your computer, or in your websites. Mac computers use Truetype and Opentype only. When you find a type that you want to download, look for an indication of whether it is free or not.

Some will say "free for personal use," while others say "shareware" or "donate to the author," which indicates that you may choose to pay a small fee of your choice to use it. Click the Download button next to the font and in most cases the font downloads immediately to your computer. Some fonts you download from the internet are ready for installation, but they usually arrive in compressed files that you'll have to expand.

When you click the Download button, your computer saves the compressed file. It most likely has a. Both Windows and Mac operating systems include a file-expansion capability.

Having the font file on your hard drive is only part of the installation process. Making the font available to your software programs requires a few extra steps. If you use a font manager, it may have an installation option you can use. Otherwise, follow these instructions:. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile.

Select your operating system Windows 7, 8 or 10 Mac. Double-click the font file to open it in the Font Previewer If you're satisfied that this is the font you want, click Install at the top left. Need more help? Expand your skills. Get new features first. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback?

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