30 Free Fonts Perfect For Typographical Introductions
Posted on 26. Jan, 2010 by Shawn Ramsey in Design
The use of large typographical introductions has begun to increase in use among many web designs. A short clever phrase or introduction can be much more effective than a long drawn out paragraph. Other than the wording, the key to these introductions lies in the font choice, color and placement of the intro.
In this article, we will look at 30 Free Fonts Perfect For Large Typographical Introductions and some examples of where these fonts could come in handy in your designs. All of the fonts are free of charge and the source can be found by clicking on the title link or accompanying image.
Note: These fonts may or may not be used for commercial use. Please read any info attached to the source page of the font and respect the author’s wishes.
Let’s first take a look at the fonts…
Bergamo Std
Available in the open type format and comes in 4 styles.
Nilland Black
Available in the true type format and comes in 6 different styles.
CartoGothic Std
Comes in the open type format with 4 styles and is Windows and Mac compatible.
Apparatus SIL
The Apparatus SIL fonts are the Unicode version of their predecessor, SIL Apparatus. The design is the same, only the encoding is different. The Apparatus SIL fonts were designed to provide most of the symbols needed to reproduce the textual apparatus found in major editions of Greek & Hebrew biblical texts.
Chunk
Chunk is an ultra-bold slab serif typeface that is reminiscent of old American Western woodcuts, broadsides, and newspaper headlines. Used mainly for display, the fat block lettering is unreserved yet refined for contemporary use.
Titillium
FF Celeste Sans Offc Black Set
Available in the open type format.
Gnuolane
Gnuolane is a serious headline font in five weights. While it borrows from 19th Century grotesque models, it possesses a super-elliptical sixties sneer. The OpenType format includes old-style numerals, ordinals, superiors, inferiors, f-ligatures and class-based kerning.
Kenyan Coffee
Four different styles in the true type format.
Engebrechtre
Eight different styles in the true type format.
Imperator
A serif font available in the true type format.
Sling
Comes in three styles in the true type format.
Coolvetica
Almost like a bold Helvetica but with a few surprises such as the uppercase G and Q.
Hit The Road
One style available in the true type format.
Boris Black Box
A sans-serif available in the true type format.
Phrixus
Phrixus may appear a little light, but it’s stylish lettering would work great in a large size.
Arial Black
There are a lot of Arial haters out there, but the black version works great for headlines and introductions.
Walkway Black
An endless supply of styles available in the true type format.
Romeral
Romeral is designed to produce a noticeable visual impact that invites the audience to the reading due to its sizable thickness.
Bebas
One strong style and no lowercase.
Fontin Sans
Fontin was re-released in open type format as Fontin Semi (with a Bold Italic) to match new metrics an kerning.
Chùcara
Qlassik
Comes in two styles in the open type format.
Diavlo Bold
Diavlo is a free font that contains 5 weights.
Delicious Bold
Every character has a unique shape. Consistency in spacing, not in the character shape.
Contra
Available in normal and italic.
Alte Haas Grotesk
Two styles available in true type format.
Headline
Designed for use in headlines, it comes in two styles in the true type format.
Old Sans Black
Available in the format below and in an underlined version.
River Avenue
A serif font available in the true type format.
Now, some examples of use…
Big Cartel
Solid Shops
Christine Galvin Design
Basecamp
Digital Mash
Level9 Design
Vimeo
Donor Tools
Elysium Burns
Giant Creative
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Stacy Roche
27. Jan, 2010
Nice collection of fonts, several of these I wasn’t aware of. Showing the examples was helpful too.
Shawn Ramsey
27. Jan, 2010
I’m glad that you found it to be helpful
Benjy Eder
27. Jan, 2010
I love the look of the Sling font! Thanks for putting this together. Bookmarked it.
Shawn Ramsey
27. Jan, 2010
The Sling font is very attractive and one of my favorites of the list as well. Thanks Benjy!
designi1
27. Jan, 2010
Really nice round up m8… imperator, colvetica and some more are pretty new for me! thanks! going to try it…
Shawn Ramsey
27. Jan, 2010
I’m happy to introduce you to a couple of new fonts. Imperator is pretty sharp and Coolvetica has come in handy on several occasions. Thanks for the feedback!
Design Informer
27. Jan, 2010
Lots of fonts I’ve never heard before. Will definitely be downloading. Thanks Shawn!
Shawn Ramsey
27. Jan, 2010
You’ve got to love free fonts. Glad you found something you like. Thanks Jad!
Kimcool
28. Jan, 2010
I love all the fonts!:)
apsorks!
28. Jan, 2010
Thanks for this post! I have, since reading it, adopted Nilland for use in my up-coming website. Which, coincidentally, uses a typographical introduction, as per the examples above. I had spent about a week searching for a font I liked, and Nilland fits perfectly!
I do fully support typographical introductions, for the following reasons..
1. It gives the author of the site a method of getting stuck straight in with a a sweet, short, sharp sentence that gets straight to the point.
2. It adds semanticity (is that a word?)… In other words.. a search engine can read type, as opposed to an image.
3. Its clean.. simple.. fast to load…
I’m sure I could come up with many more good reasons, but those will do for now!
Good post!
Shawn Ramsey
29. Jan, 2010
Thanks for the feedback apsorks! You make some strong points for supporting typographical intros, all of which i agree with.
The Nilland font is a nice looking one and I can’t wait to see it on your new blog. Be sure and let me know when you get it up and going.
ugur
29. Jan, 2010
thanks for sharing mate! more helpfull.
Silvia
30. Jan, 2010
I love delicious font type.. often use it for my corporate design, it’s very simple, clean yet smart.
Especially for the numbers
Thanks for sharing!
trgy
30. Jan, 2010
oldukça güzeller design yaparken kullanırız artık.
neville
26. Feb, 2010
nice fonts