With the multitude of fonts available online, it can be overwhelming trying to find a font that is project-appropriate, legible, and still has a bit of character (hehe).

While free fonts can seem like a dream, there are many typefaces out there that are a designers (or readers) nightmare. The websites below offer great selections of well-designed fonts, many of which are available for free!

Lost Type Co-Op is a pay-what-you-want type foundry that provides users the opportunity to pay whatever they like for a font, even zero dollars, but 100% of the payments go directly to the font designers.

Fontfabric is an independent type foundry based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Their goal is, “to create high-quality fonts which stand in a unique class of their own, and which will serve as a good base for any designer project…” New fonts are released weekly that can be purchased or downloaded free of charge.

Font Squirrel does the searching and sifting for you, providing a collection of “only the best commercial-use free fonts.” The website has a handy filter feature and allows browsing by format or style.

The League of Moveable type states, “We’re done with the tired old fontstacks of yesteryear. Enough with the limitations of the web, we won’t have it. It’s time to raise our standards.” In offering well-made, free fonts their hope is to raise digital typographic standards by equipping designers with high-quality resources.

Plan on using any fonts from the resources above? We’d love to see how you’ve put them to work!