2016 was a difficult year for typography, and 2017 does not promise to be much easier. The entire previous year, this integral element of UI underwent changes. It was a constant subject to trends. At first, there were designs with the huge bold almost overwhelming fonts, hand-written scripts, regular types used in shared spaces. Then, the retro typefaces, vertical lettering used in primary navigation, hollow symbols, masking applied to the titles came in the stead. This year is also going to be pretty busy since experiments with the typefaces are carrying on.
With all this hype around the typography, it is always a good thing to have one or two good-looking fonts at your fingertips. The more so, regardless of the situation, it still plays a vital role in conveying the message to the user and reflecting the general atmosphere of the interface. It will always be in the designer’s arsenal of essential instruments. It is one of those tiny details that can easily upset all the harmony and destroy the first impression up to the hilt as well as save the day and separate your project from the others. So, it should be treated with the respect.
Today we want to remind you about a hundred of beautiful, carefully-optimized and vigilantly–crafted typefaces that were popular in 2016. Although all of them are free; not all of them can be used in commercial projects. Please, be careful when applying them in your future works.
Oldways
Creator: Artimasa Studio
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
La Viola Typeface
Creator: Font & Graphic Land
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Cataleya
Creator: Font & Graphic Land
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Beyno Typeface
Creator: Fabian Korn
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Boba – Free Font
Creator: Fabian Korn
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Canyons Vintage Script
Creator: Pavel Korzhenko
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Little Brushy Font
Creator: Junik Studio
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Little Mandy – Free font
Creator: Junik Studio
License: Attribution-NonCommercial.
Hentges Typeface
Creator: Paula Hentges
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Rising Star – Monoline Script
Creator: Hindia Studio
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Streetwear Font
Creator: Artimasa Studio
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Klasik Free Typefamily
Creator: Artimasa Studio, Free Design Resources
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Octanis Font Family
Creator: Pavel Korzhenko
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Nomah Light
Creator: Nicolas Fredrickson
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Zeyk Brush Typeface
Creator: Juan Pablo Bello
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Diamor Script
Creator: Deadlock Studio
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Awesawez Script
Creator: Gabriela Christine
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Arkana Script Vintage Font
Creator: Maulana Creative
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Goldin
Creator: Fabian Korn
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
L-7 Stencil Typeface
Creator: Luis Calzadilla
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Fakedes
Creator: The Hungry JPEG.com
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Nature Alphabet
Creator: Tomáš Kellich
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Alayna Font
Creator: Syed Faraz Ahmad
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Blowbrush Font
Creator: The Hungry JPEG.com
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Crumbold
Creator: Vallée Marc-Antoine
License: Attribution-ShareAlike.
Shkoder
Creator: Julian Hoxhaj, Ana Hoxha
License: Attribution-NonCommercial.
Tuna Typeface
Creator: Floodfonts type foundry
License: Attribution.
Fea Font
Creator: Víctor Guerrero Vila
License: Attribution.
Automata Free Font
Creator: Martin Amitrano
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Play-Doh Alphabet
Creator: BeLight Software
License: Attribution.
Christmas Alphabet
Creator: BeLight Software
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Diotima
Creator: Nathan Dawdy
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
FS ABC
Creator: Martin Fredskov
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Hole Free Font
Creator: Stefanus Kurniawan
License: Attribution.
Form Free Font
Creator: Wassim Awadallah
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Synthesia
Creator: Binh NT
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Logawa Script
Creator: WNPRH Collective
License: Royalty free for use in both personal and commercial projects.
Arabella
Creator: MySunday Type Foundry
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Elrotex Brush Font
Creator: Maulana Creative
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Om Telolet Om
Creator: Arwan Sutanto
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Artypa – Free font family
Creator: Philip Trautmann
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Ossem – Free Font
Creator: Typedepot
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
LRC Type – Stamp CO Sans
Creator: Carl Seal
License: Attribution.
LRC Type – DryTransfer Haphazard
Creator: Carl Seal
License: Attribution.
Viper Fangs
Creator: Matt Smith
License: Attribution.
Qubo – Free Font
Creator: Mohammed Faris
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
The Free Joli Font
Creator: The Hungry JPEG.com
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Avenue X – Free Font
Creator: Simo Herold
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.
Clubber – Free Font
Creator: Jango Tango
License: For personal use.
Hamish Free Font
Creator: Get Studio
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Space Oddity
Creator: Gustavo Vitulo
License: Attribution.
Traveler
Creator: Gleb Guralnyk, Pixel Surplus
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Denzel Font Free
Creator: Oleg Urazovsky
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Serve – Free font
Creator: Dima Lokamp
License: Attribution.
AYOR
Creator: Duah Francis Boafo
License: Free for personal use.
Velodroma Typeface
Creator: Jan Charvát
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Geom Display Typeface
Creator: Danilo Gusmão Silveira.
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Alcubierre Typeface
Creator: Matt Ellis,
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Janji Free Font
Creator: Nur Solikh
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Ernst Haeckel Font
Creator: aleph corporation
License: Attribution-NonCommercial.
Strike One – Free Font
Creator: Jroh Creative
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Basic Font
Creator: Mitch Stomner
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Free Candy Shop 3D Lettering Set
Creator: deeezy
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.
Smile – Free Font
Creator: Abdullah Ghatasheh
License: Attribution-ShareAlike.
Das Gitter
Creator: Cinthya Noviana
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Scamper and Scamper Snowy
Creator: Missy Meyer
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Katona
Creator: Tamara Vukich
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Speck Display
Creator: Luiz Felipe Souza
License: Free for personal & commercial use.
Napo Free Font
Creator: Isabella Ahmadzadeh, Zetafonts Type Foundry
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Ridge
Creator: Erika Noel Mackley
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Origram
Creator: Nuno Dias
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
KIdzonia
Creator: Shradha Katiyar
License: Attribution.
Remus – Free Display Font
Creator: Stephen Delgado
License: Attribution-NonCommercial.
CornerOne
Creator: Vlad Derkach
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Punc – Free Font
Creator: The Kinetic
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Bubu – Free Font
Creator: Kamil Piatkowski
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Rocket Shadow Font
Creator: deeezy
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.
Skellyman
Creator: Missy Meyer
License: Attribution-NoDerivatives.
Repens
Creator: iordanis passas
License: It’s free for any use except police,goverment and political parties commercial.
Formia Script
Creator: Stefan D
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Locke Typeface
Creator: Charles Daoud
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Caleb – Free Font
Creator: Pixel Surplus, Justin Greene
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Saros
Creator: Brenan Stetzer
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Stampbor Typeface
Creator: Free Design Data
License: Attribution.
Bohem Free Font
Creator: Andika Setiawan
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Minaxi Line Font
Creator: Shrenik Ganatra
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Hebrew Free Font
Creator: Neta Manor
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
Soroka Free Font
Creator: Dmytro Dutka
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Double – Free font
Creator: Jorge E
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Spacer Font
Creator: Mariano Diez
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Rimbo
Creator: FREE GOODIES FOR DESIGNERS
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Visionair
Creator: pedro nekoi
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Fish and Chips
Creator: Philip Trautmann
License: For personal use.
Quantify v2
Creator: Saidi Alfianor
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Sunn Serif
Creator: Gatis Vilaks
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
MU-TH-UR Free font
Creator: simon stratford
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives.
Badhead
Creator: Ian Mikraz
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Signatura
Creator: Ian Mikraz
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Sitka Brush Font
Creator: Hustle Supply Co.
License: Declared as Free, no proper license given.
Flow Brush Font
Creator: The Hungry JPEG.com
License: Free for personal and commercial use.
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