San serif fonts are one of my favorite go-to fonts when designing because of its clean lines and simplicity. This in turn allows the design it accompanies to shine through instead of overpowering it. Here are a few new san serif fonts that are worth looking into and adding to your font vault. What’s more, these are FREE fonts, and we know nothing beats FREE!
nb: One solid font family – Nanami – on sale too
Absolut Pro | Download from Source
Antonio | Download from Source
Antonio is a reworking of a traditional advertising sans serif typeface. The letter forms have been digitized and then reshaped for use as a webfont, the counters have been opened up a little and the stems optimized for use as bold display font in modern web browsers.
Archivo Black | Download from Source
Archivo Black is a grotesque font. This family is reminiscent of late nineteenth century American typefaces.
Free and open source font.
Archivo Narrow | Download from Source
Archivo Narrow was designed to be used simultaneously in print and digital platforms. The technical and aesthetic characteristics of this typeface are both crafted for high performance typography.
Free and open source font.
Baron | Download from Source
Baron is an free uppercase display typeface inspired by the classic sans serif font families. It is free for personal and commercial projects.
Canter | Download from Source
Canter is an all caps, condensed typeface available in six different weights. It was designed as a display type for titles, headlines, and posters.
Chivo | Download from Source
Chivo is a grotesque typeface. The strength of Chivo makes it ideal for highlights and headlines.
Free and open source font.
Dense Regular | Download from Source
Font is free for personal and commercial
Fairview | Download from Source
Fairview is a condensed sans serif, with small cap alternates, inspired by the industrial lettering of the 20th century.
Under $30 allows for Personal, Student or Non-Profit use. Over $30 covers a commercial license for 1-5 CPUs.
Fjalla | Download from Source
Fjalla is a medium contrast display sans serif. Fjalla has been carefully adjusted to the restrictions of the screen.
Fontatigo | Download from Source
Fontatigo is a caps only typeface with only one weight.
Go Bold | Download from Source
Grey | Download from Source
I shot the serif | Download from Source
I Shot the Serif is a contemporary, sans serif display font perfect for headlines. Available in both TTF and OTF formats, it’s yours to download absolutely free and use on your marketing collateral, web site or projects.
Kelson Sans | Download from Source
Kelson Sans is remake of the original Kelson type family
Kenzo | Download from Source
Kenzo is an uppercase display typeface. It is free for personal and commercial projects.
Kronen | Download from Source
KRONEN FONT is a free font. Monospaced and well balanced throughout the font family, it is free for personal and commercial use.
Nexa | Download from Source
Noto Sans | Download from Source
Noto helps to make the web more beautiful across platforms for all languages. This is the Sans Latin, Greek and Cyrillic family. It has Regular, Bold, Italic and Bold Italic styles and is hinted. It is derived from Droid, and like Droid it has a serif sister family, Noto Serif.
Open Sans | Download from Source
Open Sans is a clean and modern sans-serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson and commissioned by Google. It is especially designed for legibility across print, web, and mobile interfaces. You are free to use and download it for your next design project.
Ostrich Sans Inline | Download from Source
Passion One | Download from Source
Rhyder | Download from Source
Rhyder is a sans serif, geometrical, heavy weighted font suitable both for text and display. It’s free for personal and commercial use.
Sabado | Download from Source
San serif/display type inspired by modern swiss typefaces. Font is free for personal and commercial projects.
VDS | Download from Source
Not free for the taking, but good to know is available and on temporary sale:
Nanami
Nanami is a brand new Japanese inspired type family. Originally influenced by early swiss geometric-style sans serif faces that were popular in use throughout Japan during the 1970s. Nanami consists of 18 individual weights ranging from Thin through to Black. It also has extensive support for over 27 languages, and as a font family that works well both in headlines and bodycopy, Nanami is the perfect choice for a whole variety of creative briefs. All 18 fonts are offered at 90% OFF until Nov. 30, 2013!
Nanami-Rounded
Nanami Rounded is a heavily engineered follow up to the hugely successful Nanami. Nanami Rounded is a carefully engineered take on the original Nanami family. Nanami Rounded consists of 18 weights ranging from Thin through to Black. It has also extensive support for over 50 languages, and as a font family that works well both in headlines and bodycopy, Nanami Rounded is the perfect choice for a whole variety of creative briefs. Pick up this brand new font family (18 weights) on introductory offer with an unheard of 90% OFF until Oct. 15, 2013!
All credits to the font designers and their willingness to share their artistry with the rest of the world!
