20 Free Fonts Ideal For Logos And Headings

In this collection of fonts, I wanted to focus on a few that generally work well for use with logos and headings alike. Easy to read fonts that carry a nice strong appearance with just a hint of class. Whether you’re working on a clean design or something a little more decorative, one of these fonts will surely do the trick. To help you better visualize the use of these typefaces, I used each one in its own custom design.

GreatLakes

great lakes font

Bauer

bauer font

Gaps

gaps font

Gnuolane

gnuolane font

Bebas

bebas font

Soolidium

soolidium font

Mentone

mentone font

Days

Old Sans Black

old sans black font

Kimberly

kimberly font

Molot

molot font

Harabara

harabara font

Franchise

franchise font

Hit the Road

hit the road font

Suede

suede font

Savings Bond

savings bond font

Sertig

Headthinker

headthinker font

Lobster

lobster font

League Gothic

league gothic font


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52 Comments

  1. AEXT.NET MAGAZINE July 14, 2010 at 10:54 am #

    Awesome icon list! The Gnuolane looks genius!!!

    • Shawn Ramsey July 15, 2010 at 9:28 am #

      One of my favorite from the list :)

  2. Olivia July 14, 2010 at 11:14 am #

    Thanks for the fonts. I love the way they are displayed.

    • Shawn Ramsey July 15, 2010 at 9:29 am #

      Thank you! I wanted to approach the list from a different direction.

  3. Lisa July 14, 2010 at 12:05 pm #

    Thank you for the fonts!

  4. Ericka Heister July 14, 2010 at 12:10 pm #

    They are all great. Really liking the Bauer font. You really showed some creativity by placing them in their own designs. Awesome!

    • Shawn Ramsey July 15, 2010 at 9:30 am #

      I was amazed at the Bauer font. I was also surprised that I had not seen it before. A must have for font collectors.

  5. Eko July 14, 2010 at 7:57 pm #

    Great font design, thanks for share the roundup of free fonts

  6. Thomas Sinfield July 15, 2010 at 2:28 am #

    These are fantastic! Now I have to find somewhere to use ‘Bauer’, cause I love it.

    • Shawn Ramsey July 15, 2010 at 9:31 am #

      Hard not to like the Bauer font :)

    • Derek Gabriel July 17, 2010 at 12:24 am #

      That looks damn close to their actual font, I wonder if that’s where it comes from. bauer.com

  7. Amanda July 15, 2010 at 4:06 am #

    Thanks for these! Just what I was looking for. :)

  8. Krishna July 15, 2010 at 4:55 am #

    Just what I was looking for!!
    thanks! great list! :)

  9. squareart July 15, 2010 at 8:29 am #

    Cool! nice list, thanks.
    Is GAPS the same font as what the visual is showing?

    • Shawn Ramsey July 15, 2010 at 9:28 am #

      I added the textured shadow to it.

  10. Multyshades July 15, 2010 at 8:57 am #

    Thanks for sharing these useful fonts showing excellent listing

  11. Ted Thompson July 15, 2010 at 10:02 am #

    Nice collection of fonts, thanks for sharing!

  12. Idea Theorem July 15, 2010 at 10:26 am #

    Great collection!!! Harabara fonts looks good!

  13. Jamie Allen July 15, 2010 at 11:36 am #

    Nice collection! I’m partial to League Gothic! Great job on displaying them!

  14. inspirationfeed July 16, 2010 at 8:56 am #

    Beautiful fonts!

    • Cheyanna December 10, 2011 at 1:55 am #

      Most help articles on the web are ianccrtuae or incoherent. Not this!

  15. Richie July 17, 2010 at 10:00 am #

    Excellent.. I am loving Bebas lately.. it has such an exquisite look….

  16. Hillary July 19, 2010 at 6:18 am #

    Beautiful list!
    Love the Lobster font. :)

  17. Dinesh July 26, 2010 at 4:19 am #

    I’ve downloaded some of them. good list.

  18. Mark August 5, 2010 at 5:48 am #

    Very beautiful fonts. I used some of these & loved it.

  19. ingilizce kursu August 13, 2010 at 2:26 pm #

    Bebas is the best.

  20. JamAndiRhymsBee August 15, 2010 at 8:13 pm #

    when i saw display above i got an influence, thanks for sharing….

  21. Cleibo August 20, 2010 at 8:47 am #

    Thank you for these. I have a feeling Mentone and I will be best friends forever.

  22. Jake September 13, 2010 at 9:31 pm #

    I knew Harabara would be in this list. We just did a quick logotype using it at sovoho.com.

    Although the tracking/spacing for each letter was almost random. Kerning adjustments were done manually with each letter on it’s own layer. pain in the a.

  23. Antonio Capuozzo October 17, 2010 at 5:31 pm #

    what is the name of the effect u used on the great Franchise font???

  24. Boost Inspiration November 8, 2010 at 11:08 am #

    Was looking for LeagueGothic font. Thanks for this list.

  25. Wood Carving Macedonia November 9, 2010 at 5:23 pm #

    WOW, great list!
    Favorite – Savings Bond.

  26. jana November 22, 2010 at 1:28 am #

    tnx author:))

  27. Matt November 23, 2010 at 4:45 pm #

    Great list, thanks!

  28. vanghoff November 25, 2010 at 5:27 am #

    tnx a lot…

  29. gugusf April 20, 2011 at 10:20 am #

    kereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenn!!

  30. fajas colombianas May 3, 2011 at 8:50 am #

    I love the lobster font, thank you very much for this.

  31. Ostheimer Webdesign June 28, 2011 at 4:18 am #

    Love this list and how the fonts are being presented!

  32. vahid July 2, 2011 at 4:19 am #

    thanx for shearing

  33. Eric Bieller July 2, 2011 at 9:48 pm #

    Wow really love these fonts. Some have a great vintage look. It’s hard to good fonts to start with when designing a logo so this’ll help out a lot. Thanks for sharing!

  34. Nonloser July 22, 2011 at 2:15 pm #

    they r very beautfl, tnx a lot…

  35. radyo dinle August 26, 2011 at 2:48 am #

    good share:)

  36. Nurul Imam September 16, 2011 at 4:22 pm #

    I like Kimberly…

  37. Joseph October 13, 2011 at 12:35 am #

    The Gaps font doesn’t look the same when I click the link. I know you added the shadow yourself, but the actual letter forms are different. Is anyone else having this problem? or know where to get the one shown here.

    Also, great list, thanks.

  38. Zephyr49 October 21, 2011 at 8:24 am #

    The “Gaps” font’s link is displaying a different font. Does anybody know the name of the original font that’s on display in the picture? Thanks! Great list btw!

  39. Chris Moncus December 23, 2011 at 2:30 pm #

    Hey. Gaps links to the wrong font.

  40. karthikeyan January 14, 2012 at 1:21 am #

    great collection of unique fonts… thanks for the share

  41. tom February 5, 2012 at 9:55 am #

    molot font is wrong aswel

  42. Tyler March 6, 2012 at 11:41 pm #

    I love the fonts but where can I get the backgrounds that you use with them?

  43. nada April 3, 2012 at 12:56 am #

    GreatLakes, reminds me of GTA

  44. Jagotka April 19, 2012 at 4:55 am #

    Pretty nice logo list.
    I’m in process of creating logo for my new website, so think that Kimberly or Harabara fonts will fit my needs.
    Thanks!

  45. Bharat Chowdary May 3, 2012 at 10:10 am #

    Soolidium is really great, thanks for the collection…

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