Best fonts on Reddit
189 reviews from r/vscode, r/typography, r/Wordpress and 28 more subreddits
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#1
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"
"Very readable and versatile"
"Very readable and versatile"
#2
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."
#3
4.0
(7)
"Open source fonts, such as any hosted on Google fonts, are free to use."
"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."
#4
Cascadia Code
5.0
(5)
"I'm using Cascadia Code"
"I use Cascadia Code for all my stuff."
"Cascadia Code, its free"
"Cascadia Code is my preferred"
"Cascadia Code"
#5
JetBrains
5.0
(5)
"I go with `JetBrains Mono`."
"I’ve used a bunch over the years and like a lot of them. Jetbrains."
"Jetbrains mono nerd font."
"I use jetbrains mono nerd font."
"Personally I use JetBrains Mono which is available for free as well and also comes with ligatures."
#6
Fira Code
4.8
(5)
"I'm a big fira code font fan, with the ligatures on."
"JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono (or Lilex if you’re a fan of ligatures), Fira Code, MonoLisa are all great coding fonts."
"My go to is FiraCode in any version you prefer"
"Fira Code is my preferred font for Lean (in VSCode, incidentally)."
"Ive tried Dank Mono, Fira Code, and Jetbrains mono, but keep coming back to Jetbrains."
#7
Microsoft
4.4
(5)
"I really liked using Microsoft's new default typeface this year (Aptos)."
"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."
#8
JetBrains Mono
4.8
(4)
"I’m team jetbrains mono for vscode."
"Jetbrains Mono"
"JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono (or Lilex if you’re a fan of ligatures), Fira Code, MonoLisa are all great coding fonts."
"Ive tried Dank Mono, Fira Code, and Jetbrains mono, but keep coming back to Jetbrains."
#9
Hack
5.0
(3)
"I’ve used a bunch over the years and like a lot of them. Hack."
"Hack"
"I suggest the hack font"
#10
IBM Plex Mono
5.0
(3)
"I used to use FiraCode a lot but now my favorite is IBM Plex Mono"
"IBM Plex Mono"
"JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono (or Lilex if you’re a fan of ligatures), Fira Code, MonoLisa are all great coding fonts."
#11
Iosevka
5.0
(3)
"In the terminal i use iosevka"
"In surprised no one mentioned iosevka yet"
"Iosevka"
#12
GitHub
5.0
(3)
"I use github monaspace."
"GitHub’s own Monaspace is pretty great."
"I use monaspace from Github."
#13
Apple
5.0
(3)
"I like SF Mono from apple."
"I'm using SF Pro, similar to iPhone font."
"I use the app ifont on iPad to install new fonts for my iPad."
#14
Lilex
5.0
(2)
"Lilex"
"JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono (or Lilex if you’re a fan of ligatures), Fira Code, MonoLisa are all great coding fonts."
#15
MonoLisa
5.0
(2)
"MonoLisa is the best looking one, and keeps code tidy and neat"
"JetBrains Mono, IBM Plex Mono (or Lilex if you’re a fan of ligatures), Fira Code, MonoLisa are all great coding fonts."
#16
Atkinson Hyperlegible
5.0
(2)
"Atkinson Hyperlegible"
"Atkinson hyperlegible and EB Garamond are my favorites"
#17
Vercel
5.0
(2)
"Geist Mono by Vercel."
"Geist Mono [https://vercel.com/font](https://vercel.com/font)."
#18
Recursive
5.0
(2)
"I use a font called "Recursive"."
"Recursive is a newer font that includes ligatures."
#19
Open Sans
5.0
(2)
"Open Sans is widely used in web design due to its readability and versatility."
"Open Sans is widely used in web design due to its readability and versatility."
#20
Oswald
5.0
(2)
"Oswald is a great choice for readability and design."
"Oswald is a great choice for readability and design."
#21
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."
"I scan my handwriting, import and trace in Inkscape, then copy the glyphs from Inkscape on to Fontlab to create a .ttf/.otf file."
#22
Us
5.0
(2)
"Shields"
"Shields"
#23
Dank Mono
4.5
(2)
"Dank Mono"
"Ive tried Dank Mono, Fira Code, and Jetbrains mono, but keep coming back to Jetbrains."
#24
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."
#25
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."
#26
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."
#27
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."
#28
Hasklig
5.0
(1)
"Hasklig"
#29
Caffeine Mono
5.0
(1)
"Caffeine Mono"
#30
Feature Mono
5.0
(1)
"Feature Mono"
#31
Maple Mono
5.0
(1)
"Maple Mono"
#32
Kode Mono
5.0
(1)
"Kode Mono"
#33
Punk Mono
5.0
(1)
"Punk Mono"
#34
Twilio Sans Mono
5.0
(1)
"Twilio Sans Mono"
#35
Photonico Code
5.0
(1)
"Photonico Code"
#36
Ellograph CF
5.0
(1)
"Ellograph CF"
#37
Cousins Hug
5.0
(1)
"Cousins hug"
#38
DejaVu Sans Code
5.0
(1)
"DejaVu Sans Code"
#39
Monaspace
5.0
(1)
"Monaspace (multiple variants available)"
#40
Commit Mono
5.0
(1)
"CommitMono"
#41
Space Mono
5.0
(1)
"Space Mono"
#42
Source Code Pro
5.0
(1)
"I was skeptical about this font at first, but now can't live without this"
#43
Ubuntu Mono Nerd
5.0
(1)
"I really enjoy Ubuntu Mono Nerd font."
#44
SF Mono Nerd Font
5.0
(1)
"I use SF Mono Nerd Font and Jetbrains"
#45
Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font Mono
5.0
(1)
"Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font Mono (a spin-off of Microsoft’s Cascadia Code, with a bunch of symbols added)"
#46
Nerd Font
5.0
(1)
"And the nerd font variant for CLI so that my oh-my-posh prompts have decent icons."
#47
Monocraft
5.0
(1)
"Monocraft. It's the Minecraft font. It's just really neat :) I've used it for about two years now."
#48
Roboto Mono
5.0
(1)
"Roboto mono"
#49
Fira Mono
5.0
(1)
"Some of my favorites: - **Fira Mono** (designed by Erik Spiekermann, based on FF Meta)"
#50
Source Code
5.0
(1)
"Some of my favorites: - **Source Code** (Plain but good workhorse)"
#51
Literata Book
5.0
(1)
"Literata Book, Scriptoria (Literata 3 with Scriptoria line spacing)."
#52
Literata
5.0
(1)
"[Literata](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Literata) and [Source Serif Pro](https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/source-serif-pro) are very good fonts."
#53
Bitter HT
5.0
(1)
"Try Bitter HT. Its free."
#54
Tiempo
5.0
(1)
"Another one I currently use is Tiempo."
#55
Intel
5.0
(1)
"IntelOne Mono has my vote."
#56
Randall Fonts
5.0
(1)
"Personally, for handwritten looking SFX, I tend to mix and match fronts from https://randallfonts.carrd.co/#fonts and Mango from https://fuckedsilly.eu/fonts."
#57
mono_ FlipFont
5.0
(1)
"You can use any font you like"
#58
IBM
5.0
(1)
"I like both IBM Plex Mono and Input for monospaced fonts."
#59
Input
5.0
(1)
"Input has a load of different options for disambiguation like a slashed zero."
#60
Julia Mono
5.0
(1)
"JuliaMono has one of if not the most math Unicode coverage out there."
#61
Canva
5.0
(1)
"Tell them to use Canva for Educators for free. Numerous free fonts."
#62
Graphite
5.0
(1)
"'GAME' is a striking typeface that stands out."
#63
Vigilante Typeface Corporation
5.0
(1)
"'Jam' is a well-designed typeface with adjustments that enhance its appeal."
#64
zfont
5.0
(1)
"You can customize the lock screen font without changing the system font using zfont."
#65
Caviar
5.0
(1)
"My favorite font tbh."
#66
Nerd Fonts
5.0
(1)
"Ligatures are included in many fonts now, and Nerd Fonts offers a great range of examples."
#67
JMH
5.0
(1)
"I'm loving the JMH Typewriter font."
#68
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!"
#69
Rooney
5.0
(1)
"I like a serif for body copy, and right now Rooney is doing a lovely job for me."
#70
Avenir
5.0
(1)
"I'm a big Avenir fan for sans serif."
#71
Poiret
5.0
(1)
"This is Poiret One Bold."
#72
RStudio
5.0
(1)
"That and the Oceanic80 theme for RStudio."
#73
Monospace
5.0
(1)
"Monospace is another newer font that includes ligatures."
#74
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."
#75
Samsung
5.0
(1)
"You can customize the lockscreen font without changing the system font using zfont."
#76
Identifont
5.0
(1)
"This site has a lot of useful features including finding similar fonts, showing the differences between 2 fonts, etc."
#77
Fontworks
5.0
(1)
"The text boxes and UI use FOT-Skip, which is a great choice for design."
#78
Chrome
5.0
(1)
"There are chrome extensions that allow you to apply opendyslexic font."
#79
Atkinson Hyper-Legible
5.0
(1)
"Atkinson Hyper-Legible was made for low visibility!"
#80
Fabian Desmet
5.0
(1)
"Butler is perfect for headers."
#81
Bookerly
5.0
(1)
"I personally love Bookerly!"
#82
Cinzel
5.0
(1)
"I bet Cinzel would look good"
#83
Nota.md
5.0
(1)
"I write Markdown files in Nota.md, that works great for me."
#84
Obsidian
5.0
(1)
"A more popular option would be I Obsidian."
#85
Brill
5.0
(1)
"Of the default Windows fonts, Cambria seems best."
#86
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."
#87
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."
#88
Gill Sans
5.0
(1)
"Gill Sans has always been there for me."
#89
Erehwon
5.0
(1)
"Erehwon (my favourite)"
#90
Euro
5.0
(1)
"Ones :)"
#91
Scribus
5.0
(1)
"Scribus will use the fonts installed on your computer."
#92
FontStruct
5.0
(1)
"Compatible with fontstruct"
#93
Mac
5.0
(1)
"Super easy to use"
#94
Dalton Maag
5.0
(1)
"Different weights of Dalton Maag's Aktiv Grotesk Black and SemiBold"
#95
Wilcom
5.0
(1)
"High end Wilcom ES"
#96
Adobe Fonts
5.0
(1)
"Very readable and versatile"
#97
White
5.0
(1)
"Cleaniest"
#98
zFont
4.0
(1)
"Best app to my knowledge is zFont which can add Fonts to the system."
#99
Comic Code Ligatures
4.0
(1)
"I use Comic Code Ligatures. Before it I was using FiraCode"
#100
OpenDyslexic
4.0
(1)
"If you feeling a bit adventurous I would recommend trying out the fonts created for dyslexic people"
#101
Dyslexie Font
4.0
(1)
"If you feeling a bit adventurous I would recommend trying out the fonts created for dyslexic people"
#102
Idrees Inc
4.0
(1)
"Monocraft isn't the best for everyone but I love it."
#103
Good Lock
4.0
(1)
"Download the good lock app and then clock face it has many more fonts for the clock faces"
#104
Acre
4.0
(1)
"Acre is close, but not quite there..."
#105
Brighton SBTrade
4.0
(1)
"I think the font for “Comforting Chamomile” is Brighton SBTrade."
#106
DIN Regular Next Arabic
4.0
(1)
"The “SOOTHES MILD TENSION*” might be DINRegular Next Arabic."
#107
Minerva Modern
4.0
(1)
"The fonts for the text boxes is Minerva Modern."
#108
Fontke
4.0
(1)
"Have you tried out the website Fontke? They have tons of fonts from many different languages/writing systems."
#109
Future Fonts
4.0
(1)
"Https://www.futurefonts.xyz/"
#110
Albertan
4.0
(1)
"Albertan is a nice serif face."
#111
deviantART
4.0
(1)
"You should check out loosy on deviantART, they have a lot of good Frutiger Metro artwork."
#112
League Spartan
4.0
(1)
"Perfect for body text!"
#113
Silhouette
4.0
(1)
"The Silhouette label cutter software includes the Palace Script font."
#114
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."
#115
Misans
4.0
(1)
"A bit thicker than the original."
#116
Embroidery
4.0
(1)
"Next level would probably be Embird"
#117
EB Garamond
4.0
(1)
"EBGaramond (old-style antiqua and sience seem an odd combination to be)"
#118
XCharter
4.0
(1)
"XCharter (also nice, more techy)"
#119
FTCU
4.0
(1)
"FTCU"
#120
Hatch
4.0
(1)
"Next level would probably be Hatch"
#121
Embird
4.0
(1)
"Next level would probably be Embird"
#122
Dime
4.0
(1)
"DIME PEP"
#123
Embrilliance
4.0
(1)
"Next level would probably be Embrillance Stitch Artist"
#124
Neue Montreal
3.0
(1)
"Less sophisticated but fits the monoline and rounder look."
#125
Sohne
3.0
(1)
"Also fits the monoline and rounder look."
#126
Stix2
3.0
(1)
"Stix2 (very neutral and for some too similar to Times New Roman)"
#127
Univers
2.0
(1)
"The design looks childish and clumsy."
#128
Latin Modern
2.0
(1)
"Latin Modern (a bit ubiquitous in science, screams LaTex, and too light)"
#129
Firefox
2.0
(1)
"Tired of the effort of reading"
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