Free Fonts To Use In Your Presentation Designs
The fonts you use in your presentation design help set the mood and also impact the overall style for your entire presentation. If you’re uninspired by the fonts provided by your presentation software, download some additional fonts to give your presentation design a personal, creative touch that will set your presentation apart from the pack.
There are many lovely fonts available for download, however here are some of the best options available:
1. Font Squirrel
About Font Squirrel: Free fonts have met their match. We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We’ve done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format.
Fine Print: Are all these fonts really free for commercial use? As far as we know, yes. Please read the license on each font before you use them to be sure. And if you happen to find one that you think is not commercial, then please tell us. Also, some licenses may allow more uses than others. We have tried our best to mark fonts for different common uses.
2. DaFont
About DaFont: DaFont is an archive of freely downloadable fonts.
Fine Print: The fonts presented on this website are their authors’ property, and are either freeware, shareware, demo versions or public domain. The licence mentioned above the download button is just an indication. Please look at the readme-files in the archives or check the indicated author’s website for details, and contact him if in doubt.
3. 1001 Fonts
About 1001 Fonts: Download over 2000 free TrueType and PostScript fonts for Windows and Macintosh.
Fine Print: For commercial use of a font, please check the font zip-file for a readme.txt, license.pdf or an equivalent file for licensing information. If no information is given, commercial use is not allowed without prior written permission from the respective author. Please contact the author to ask for commercial licensing in such a case. Fonts in the public domain may be used free for commercial use.
4. The 100 best free fonts (Creative Bloq)
About Creative Bloq’s curated list: The best free fonts, from vintage-inspired typefaces to slap-you-in-the-face slab serifs, for Windows and Mac, for a range of projects.
Fine Print: Some of the typeface collections listed here can be used on your web projects, but please be sure to check the terms.
5. Urban Fonts
About Urban Fonts: UrbanFonts features an amazing collection of free fonts, premium fonts and free dingbats.
Fine Print: Most fonts on this site are freeware, some are shareware or linkware. Some fonts provided are trial versions of full versions and may not allow embedding unless a commercial license is purchased or may contain a limited character set. Please review any files included with your download, which will usually include information on the usage and licenses of the fonts. If no information is provided, please use at your own discretion or contact the author directly.
6. Fonts.com
About Fonts.com: Fonts.com provides a variety of free fonts from our foundry partners.
Fine Print: Read the legal terms here.
7. Chank Fonts
About Chank Fonts: Alphabetician. Builder of Fonts. Chank Diesel. That’s me. And I create everything from custom fonts for corporations and ready-to-buy fonts for professional designers to the occasional free font for the masses.
Fine Print: Chank’s Free Font Archive is a world-class collection of fun original free fonts by different designers from all over the world. These fonts are all exclusive to Chank.com and should not be redistributed under any circumstances. They are free for you to use for your own personal, recreational uses, but you must purchase a license if you wish to use them commercially. To purchase a Commercial Use license for any of these fonts, send us an email letting us know how many people will be using the font and what kind of project it will be used for, so we can determine the upgrade fee that is right for you.
8. 100 Greatest Free Fonts Collection for 2015 (Awwwards)
About Awwwards’s curated list: The ultimate collection of the top 100 free typefaces for 2015.
Fine Print: Regarding their licenses, you should pay attention to each one individually as, while the majority are completely free, some are for personal use only and others are not full families – this means that you’ll only be able to download regular or medium weights or condensed styles for free.
9. Friday Fresh Free Fonts (Abduzeedo)
About Friday Fresh Free Fonts: Friday fresh free fonts is a series of free fonts posted every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work.
Fine Print: Learn more about these fonts here.
10. FreebiesBug
About FreebiesBug: Freebiesbug is a web design blog showcasing free high-quality design resources like PSD files, HTML website templates, fonts and other cool stuff.
Fine Print: Learn more about these fonts here.
Conclusion
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Additional Resources:
How To Choose Fonts For Presentation Design
Presentation Design Tutorial: Integrate Type Into Photos