Free Fonts for Web Designers

WEB DESIGNERS do not have much choice in selecting fonts for body text (paragraphs of html text) in WEB DESIGN. You are limited to the venerable typefaces common to all computer platforms: Times Roman, Verdana, Helvetica and Arial (SEE OUR ARTICLE ON TEXT LEGIBILITY FOR MORE INFO). However, when selecting fonts that are to be used graphically as titles, logos, etc, we are not as limited. There is a rich supply of fonts available.

Not all fonts work well on the Web. Especially at smaller point sizes, many italic and serif fonts cannot be rendered clearly by computer screens. Given that limitation, there is still much to choose from.

We found a great resource for high quality free fonts. FONTSQUIRREL.COM has done the hard work of collecting the best free fonts available for commercial use on the planet! These are not poorly rendered amateur typefaces but high quality fonts that will work beautifully in all sorts of web design and graphic design applications. The web site is well designed and offers a deep selection of tasteful fonts. And best of all, they are free, free, free!

Donald Peterson