Sites like and usually have nice free fonts.
You’ll also find other websites offering free fonts. A good place to start is Google fonts because all the fonts are open source, free to download, and free to use for personal and commercial projects. There’s no shortage of places to find new and unique fonts in TTF and OTF formats. The bottom line is that whether you are an established or budding creative doing personal or commercial projects, you’ll need to expand your stock of fonts constantly. There are also a ton of artisanal fonts out there, as many creatives have gotten into making and selling their own fonts. And for something interesting, you might be on the lookout for a cool handwritten or script font that’s got an ornamental yet classic look. For body text, you’ll probably want a neat sans serif or serif font that doesn’t come off as too ordinary and is still quite legible when zoomed in or out. For a headline or title, you may want a unique serif, display, or slab serif font. WHY YOU MAY NEED NEW FONTSĭifferent creative projects require different fonts, and sometimes, what you need isn’t preinstalled on your PC. But before we get into that, let’s take a look at why you may need to install new fonts and where you can get them. This tutorial will show you how to download a cool font from Google fonts, install it on your system, and access it within GIMP.
