We cannot reiterate enough the importance of typography in design. The quality, precision and balance of geometric forms can deliver each letter and character the elegance and sharpness they deserve, besides conveying the message in a more convenient way.
Professional designers use premium designer fonts. And designer fonts need not be expensive. Anyone can have them free these days. But free fonts need not be cheap looking either. There are many free fonts out there that are well-crafted and functional. And to save your time searching them online, I rounded up 15 of the most popular and professional free san serif fonts available on the web.
It’s not that I am biased against serif fonts, I also like to use serif fonts from time to time, most especially for long but easy to read text on print. But we cannot deny the more or less accepted and unwritten rule of typography on the web; sans-serif is good on screens, whereas serif is good for such type on paper. Heavy or bold serifs also work well either way on headings. Serif lovers need not fuss over san serif’s limelight today as I will try to feature some of them next time.
Download links directing you to the source site are available for each font. Just make sure that you carefully read the license agreements as some are restricted for commercial use and they can change from time to time.
Alte Haas Grotesk
Bold
Download link: Click here
Ambrosia
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Aurulent Sans
Regular
Bold
Download link: Click here
Days
Download link: Click here
Diavlo
Book
Bold
Download link: Click here
Federation Wide
Download link: Click here
Fertigo Pro
Download link: Click here
Grandezza
Medium
Heavy
Download link: Click here
Libel Suit
Download link: Click here
Often
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Perspective Sans
Regular
Black Italics
Download link: Click here
Quicksand
Book
Bold
Download link: Click here
Raspoutine
Demi Bold
Download link: Click here
Surface
Medium
Download link: Click here
Vegur
Regular
Bold
Download link: Click here
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