Best fonts on Reddit

105 reviews from r/Wordpress, r/typography, r/identifythisfont and 23 more subreddits

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Google Fonts

5.0

(7)

"Open Sans is known for its clean readability in body text."

"Montserrat is perfect for big headings, making them stand out."

"Lora adds a classic touch for sub-headings."

"If you are a Google district, you can just direct them to Google fonts....there are literally *1500 families of fonts* they can use."

"Very readable and versatile"

Font

5.0

(6)

"Sleek and elegant, pairs well with Montserrat for a nice contrast."

"Clean and readable, perfect for body text."

"Bold and modern, great for making headings stand out."

"Sleek and elegant, pairs well with Montserrat for a nice contrast."

"Clean and readable, perfect for body text."

"Bold and modern, great for making headings stand out."

Google

3.8

(6)

"Roboto is my go-to."

"I really like the cinzel fonts Google has."

"Comprehensive type families that are free and easy for anyone to navigate"

"Elementor has access to Google Fonts. You choose fonts depending on the style and branding of the business."

"You cannot use custom fonts on Google Docs to my knowledge."

"There’s no real free high quality version of this style, it’s a lot of work to design a full set of swashes like this."

Microsoft

4.3

(4)

"Arial is my go-to font!"

"I use mine in Microsoft programs on my computer, sometimes LibreOffice, and on my Miraheze wiki."

"Calibri is my second choice."

"Palace Script is a good font for engraving, but may not be available in the free version of Word."

Apple

5.0

(2)

"I'm using SF Pro, similar to iPhone font."

"I use the app ifont on iPad to install new fonts for my iPad."

Open Sans

5.0

(2)

"Open Sans is widely used in web design due to its readability and versatility."

Oswald

5.0

(2)

"Oswald is a great choice for readability and design."

Inkscape

5.0

(2)

"I scan my handwriting, import and trace in Inkscape, then copy the glyphs from Inkscape on to Fontlab to create a .ttf/.otf file."

Us

5.0

(2)

"Shields"

#10

Dafont

4.5

(2)

"Loosydings Expert is available on Dafont, it's one of my favorites!"

"[https://www.dafont.com/](https://www.dafont.com/) are probably what you're looking for."

#11

System Fonts

4.0

(2)

"Use system fonts. Seriously. They look fine, your pages will load slightly faster."

"I recommend system fonts unless your corporate/marketing mandates specific web fonts."

#12

Verdana

4.0

(2)

"Verdana is my favorite font, but I didn't know I could use it for my resume and cover letter."

"I like Verdana for all of my writing."

#13

Adobe

4.0

(2)

"There are several Swiss fonts available in Adobe Creative Cloud that closely resemble Helvetica. For example, Neue Haas Grotesk and Aktiv Grotesk are great alternatives."

"Not exact but close if you have Adobe."

#14

Canva

5.0

(1)

"Tell them to use Canva for Educators for free. Numerous free fonts."

#15

Graphite

5.0

(1)

"'GAME' is a striking typeface that stands out."

#16

Vigilante Typeface Corporation

5.0

(1)

"'Jam' is a well-designed typeface with adjustments that enhance its appeal."

#17

zfont

5.0

(1)

"You can customize the lock screen font without changing the system font using zfont."

#18

Caviar

5.0

(1)

"My favorite font tbh."

#19

Nerd Fonts

5.0

(1)

"Ligatures are included in many fonts now, and Nerd Fonts offers a great range of examples."

#20

JMH

5.0

(1)

"I'm loving the JMH Typewriter font."

#21

James Meek

5.0

(1)

"Engraving is the easy part - design is the hard part, and you can’t engrave what you can’t draw!"

#22

Rooney

5.0

(1)

"I like a serif for body copy, and right now Rooney is doing a lovely job for me."

#23

Avenir

5.0

(1)

"I'm a big Avenir fan for sans serif."

#24

Recursive

5.0

(1)

"Recursive is a newer font that includes ligatures."

#25

Poiret

5.0

(1)

"This is Poiret One Bold."

#26

RStudio

5.0

(1)

"That and the Oceanic80 theme for RStudio."

#27

Monospace

5.0

(1)

"Monospace is another newer font that includes ligatures."

#28

LetterBlend

5.0

(1)

"LetterBlend has a great library of monoline fonts designed for this. The blend mode is a game changer for engraving without any weird connection gaps."

#29

JetBrains

5.0

(1)

"Personally I use JetBrains Mono which is available for free as well and also comes with ligatures."

#30

Samsung

5.0

(1)

"You can customize the lockscreen font without changing the system font using zfont."

#31

Identifont

5.0

(1)

"This site has a lot of useful features including finding similar fonts, showing the differences between 2 fonts, etc."

#32

Fontworks

5.0

(1)

"The text boxes and UI use FOT-Skip, which is a great choice for design."

#33

Chrome

5.0

(1)

"There are chrome extensions that allow you to apply opendyslexic font."

#34

Atkinson Hyper-Legible

5.0

(1)

"Atkinson Hyper-Legible was made for low visibility!"

#35

Fabian Desmet

5.0

(1)

"Butler is perfect for headers."

#36

Bookerly

5.0

(1)

"I personally love Bookerly!"

#37

Cinzel

5.0

(1)

"I bet Cinzel would look good"

#38

Nota.md

5.0

(1)

"I write Markdown files in Nota.md, that works great for me."

#39

Obsidian

5.0

(1)

"A more popular option would be I Obsidian."

#40

Brill

5.0

(1)

"Of the default Windows fonts, Cambria seems best."

#41

Tahoma

5.0

(1)

"I've made Tahoma my standard, including not just for IPA & PIE but also the Greek, Cyrillic, Arabic, and Hebrew alphabets."

#42

Linux Libertine

5.0

(1)

"I like Linux Libertine, which I have found to be reliable in both word processors and typesetters, and has not only IPA, but also small caps."

#43

Gill Sans

5.0

(1)

"Gill Sans has always been there for me."

#44

Erehwon

5.0

(1)

"Erehwon (my favourite)"

#45

Euro

5.0

(1)

"Ones :)"

#46

Scribus

5.0

(1)

"Scribus will use the fonts installed on your computer."

#47

FontStruct

5.0

(1)

"Compatible with fontstruct"

#48

Mac

5.0

(1)

"Super easy to use"

#49

Dalton Maag

5.0

(1)

"Different weights of Dalton Maag's Aktiv Grotesk Black and SemiBold"

#50

Wilcom

5.0

(1)

"High end Wilcom ES"

#51

Adobe Fonts

5.0

(1)

"Very readable and versatile"

#52

White

5.0

(1)

"Cleaniest"

#53

Brighton SBTrade

4.0

(1)

"I think the font for “Comforting Chamomile” is Brighton SBTrade."

#54

DIN Regular Next Arabic

4.0

(1)

"The “SOOTHES MILD TENSION*” might be DINRegular Next Arabic."

#55

Minerva Modern

4.0

(1)

"The fonts for the text boxes is Minerva Modern."

#56

Fontke

4.0

(1)

"Have you tried out the website Fontke? They have tons of fonts from many different languages/writing systems."

#57

Future Fonts

4.0

(1)

"Https://www.futurefonts.xyz/"

#58

Albertan

4.0

(1)

"Albertan is a nice serif face."

#59

deviantART

4.0

(1)

"You should check out loosy on deviantART, they have a lot of good Frutiger Metro artwork."

#60

League Spartan

4.0

(1)

"Perfect for body text!"

#61

Silhouette

4.0

(1)

"The Silhouette label cutter software includes the Palace Script font."

#62

SIL

4.0

(1)

"Doulos SIL is a good free font similar to Times New Roman which can handle just about anything I throw at it."

#63

Misans

4.0

(1)

"A bit thicker than the original."

#64

Embroidery

4.0

(1)

"Next level would probably be Embird"

#65

EB Garamond

4.0

(1)

"EBGaramond (old-style antiqua and sience seem an odd combination to be)"

#66

XCharter

4.0

(1)

"XCharter (also nice, more techy)"

#67

FTCU

4.0

(1)

"FTCU"

#68

Hatch

4.0

(1)

"Next level would probably be Hatch"

#69

Embird

4.0

(1)

"Next level would probably be Embird"

#70

Dime

4.0

(1)

"DIME PEP"

#71

Embrilliance

4.0

(1)

"Next level would probably be Embrillance Stitch Artist"

#72

Neue Montreal

3.0

(1)

"Less sophisticated but fits the monoline and rounder look."

#73

Sohne

3.0

(1)

"Also fits the monoline and rounder look."

#74

Stix2

3.0

(1)

"Stix2 (very neutral and for some too similar to Times New Roman)"

#75

Univers

2.0

(1)

"The design looks childish and clumsy."

#76

Latin Modern

2.0

(1)

"Latin Modern (a bit ubiquitous in science, screams LaTex, and too light)"

#77

Firefox

2.0

(1)

"Tired of the effort of reading"

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