This is a LONG list of web fonts. It’s meant to be used as a resource that you can come to when trying to find the right fonts for your web sites.
Fonts with multiple weights
These fonts have at least six weights including normal and italic versions
Sans-Serif
- Alegreya Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Alegreya+Sans
- Cabin: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cabin http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cabin
- Dosis: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Dosis (no italic)
- Exo 2: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Exo+2
- Fira Sans: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Fira+Sans
- IBM Plex Sans: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans
- IBM Plex Sans Condensed: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans+Condensed
- Josefin Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Josefin+Sans
- Lato: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lato
- Libre Franklin: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libre+Franklin
- Livvic: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Livvic
- Merriweather Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Merriweather+Sans
- Muli:https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Muli
- Nunito: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Nunito
- Open Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans
- Open Sans Condensed: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans+Condensed
- Raleway: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Raleway
- Roboto: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto
- Rubik: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rubik
- Source Sans Pro: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Source+Sans+Pro
- Titillium Web: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Titillium+Web
- Ubuntu: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Ubuntu
Serif
- Alegreya: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Alegreya
- Alegreya SC: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Alegreya+SC small caps version of Alegreya
- Crimson Text: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Crimson+Text
- Cormorant Garamond: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant+Garamond
- Merriweather: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Merriweather
- Neutron: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Neuton Only the 400 Normal weight has italic
- Playfair Display: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/playfair-display
- Spectral: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Spectral
Slab Serif
- Josefin Slab: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Josefin+Slab
- Hepta Slab: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Hepta+Slab
Systems
These fonts systems have different fonts designed to work together
Alegreya
- Sans : http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Alegreya+Sans
- Serif : http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Alegreya
- Small Caps : http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Alegreya+SC
Averia
This one was created by writing an algorithm to average a bunch of fonts, more here: http://iotic.com/averia/
- Serif: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Averia+Serif+Libre
- Serif 2: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Averia+Libre
- Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Averia+Sans+Libre
Cabin
- Cabin: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cabinhttp://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/cabin
- Cabin Condensed: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cabin%20Condensed
Droid
- Sans: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans
- Serif: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Serif
- Mono: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono
Museo
This system you have to pay for if you want the full version but you can get one weight of each for free. It’s on MyFonts and you have to add the free versions to your cart I believe.
- Sans:(2 weights free: 500, 500 italic) http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/museo-sans/buy.html
- Serif: (3 weights free: 300, 500, 700) http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/museo/buy.html
- Slab: (2 weights free: 500, 500 italic) http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/exljbris/museo-slab/buy.html
Museo on Typekit
You can also get it if you use Typekit
- Sans: https://typekit.com/fonts/museo-sans
- Serif: https://typekit.com/fonts/museo
- Slab: https://typekit.com/fonts/museo-slab
Just enough for basic text
If your project doesn’t require many different styles of text these fonts will work. These fonts mostly have four weights, Normal(400) and Bold(700) with italic versions of both (Some have less, some have more).
Sans-Serif
- Anonymous Pro: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Anonymous+Pro has a kind of typewriter feel but sans-serif could be good for displaying code if don’t need mono 0O Il1 are differentiated http://www.typewolf.com/site-of-the-day/fonts/anonymous-pro
- Asap: http://omnibus-type.com/fonts/asap.php on fontsquirrel http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/asap
- Montserrat: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Montserrathttp://www.typewolf.com/site-of-the-day/fonts/montserrat
- Nobile: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Nobile
- Oxygen: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Oxygen
- Roboto Condensed: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Condensed
- PT Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Sans
- Questrial (only 1 weight): http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Questrial
- Quicksand:(3 weights) https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Quicksand
- Rosario: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Rosario
Serif
- Cardo (3 no bold or italic): http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Cardo
- Caudex: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Caudex
- DejaVu Serif: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/DejaVu-Serif
- Droid Serif: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Serif
- Gentium Basic: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Gentium+Basic
- Gentium Book Basic: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Gentium+Book+Basic slightly heavier overall than Basic
- Lora: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lora Has 4 normal and bold with italic in each
- Noto Serif: (4 weights) https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Noto%20Serif
- Old Standard TT (3, no bold italic): http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Old+Standard+TT
- PT Serif: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Serif
- Vollkorn: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Vollkorn
Display Fonts (Headings)
While some of these might be usable for paragraphs of text, most are more suited to headings and larger font sizes
Fancy
(not suitable at all for small text or large amounts of text)
- Bellota: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/bellota
- Fredericka the Great: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Fredericka%20the%20Great
- Gorditas: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Gorditas
- Londrina: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/londrina
- Londrina Sketch: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Londrina%20Sketch
- Luckiest Guy: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Luckiest+Guy
- Righteous: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Righteous
Serif
- Averia Serif Libre: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Averia+Serif+Libre
- Playfair Display SC: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Playfair+Display+SC small caps version of Playfair Display
- Nixie One: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Nixie%20One
- Rosvario: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Rosarivo
Slab Serif
- Arvo: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Arvo
- Bitter: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Bitter
- Crete Round: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Crete%20Round
- Roboto Slab: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Roboto+Slab
- Kreon (no italics): http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Kreon
Sans Serif
- Amaranth: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Amaranth
- Archivo black: http://omnibus-type.com/fonts/archivo-black.php
- Archivo narrow: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/archivo-narrowChivo: http://omnibus-type.com/fonts/chivo.php
- Expletus Sans: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Expletus+Sans
- Jura: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Jura
- Laconic: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/laconic
- League Gothic: https://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/league-gothic, https://github.com/theleagueof/league-gothic
- Nova Round: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Nova%20Round
- Nunito: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Nunito
- Orbitron: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Orbitron
- Ostrich Sans: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/ostrich-sans
- Oswald: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Oswald
- Overlock: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Overlock
- PT Sans Narrow: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Sans+Narrow
- Rajdhani: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Rajdhani
- Santana: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Santana
- Signika (no italic): http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Signika
- Signika negative: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Signika+Negative
Display Fonts with 1 weight By style
Most of these font’s just have one weight (some have two). Most of them are probably appropriate for headings only.
Script Fonts
formal, Informal, hand writing, in place of things like Comic Sans
- Allura: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Allura
- Boogaloo: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Boogaloo
- Dancing Script: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Dancing+Script
- Dynalight: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Dynalight
- Handlee: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Handlee
- Kalam: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kalam
- Marck Script: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Marck%20Script
- McLaren: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/McLaren
- Pacifico: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Pacifico
- Parisienne: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Parisienne
- Permanent Marker: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Permanent+Marker
- Sail: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Sail
- Shadows into Light: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Shadows+Into+Light
- Tangerine: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Tangerine
- Tiliana: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tillana
- Yesteryear: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Yesteryear
Sans
- Abel: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Abel
- Candal: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Candal
- Changa One : http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Changa+One
- Francois One: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Francois+One
- Iconsolata: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Inconsolata Can be good for showing Code when don’t want monospaced (no italic) http://www.typewolf.com/site-of-the-day/fonts/inconsolata
- Mako: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Mako
- Metrophobic: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Metrophobic
- Pathway Gothic One: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Pathway%20Gothic%20One
- Paytone One: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Paytone+One
Slab Serif
- Bree Serif: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Bree+Serif
- Holtwood One SC: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Holtwood+One+SC
- Kelly Slab: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Kelly%20Slab
- Rokkit: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Rokkitt
Serif
- Abril Fatface: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Abril+Fatface
- EB Garamond: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/EB+Garamond
- Fjord One: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Fjord%20One
- Gravitas One: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Gravitas+One
- Goudy Bookletter 1911: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Goudy+Bookletter+1911
- Kameron: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Kameron
- Mate SC: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Mate%20SC
Mono
MonoSpace fonts are useful in places like when you are showing code or have a list of numbers that need to line up
- Anonymous Pro: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Anonymous+Pro
- Droid Sans Mono: https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Droid+Sans+Mono
- PT Mono: http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/PT+Mono
- Roboto Mono: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Mono
- Space Mono: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Space+Mono
Typekit subscription
If you pay for Adobe Creative Cloud then you can use fonts through Typekit which is a font host like Google Fonts but has only high quality fonts, full families and fonts that you can not get easily elsewhere.These are all high quality fonts
Sans
- Brandon Grotesque: https://typekit.com/fonts/brandon-grotesque
- FF Enzo: https://typekit.com/fonts/ff-enzo-web
- FF Meta: https://typekit.com/fonts/ff-meta-web-pro
- Futura PT: https://typekit.com/fonts/futura-pt
- JAF Bernina Sans Compressed: https://typekit.com/fonts/jaf-bernina-sans-compressedJ
- AF Facit: https://typekit.com/fonts/jaf-facitweb
- Junction: https://typekit.com/fonts/junction
- League Gothic: https://typekit.com/fonts/league-gothic
- Museo Sans: https://typekit.com/fonts/museo-sans
- Myriad Pro: https://typekit.com/fonts/myriad-pro
- Proxima Nova: https://typekit.com/fonts/proxima-nova
Serif
- Adobe Garamond Pro: https://typekit.com/fonts/adobe-garamond-pro
- Adonis: https://typekit.com/fonts/adonis-web
- Chaparral Pro: https://typekit.com/fonts/chaparral-pro
- FF Meta Serif: https://typekit.com/fonts/ff-meta-serif-web-pro
- FF Tisa Pro: https://typekit.com/fonts/ff-tisa-web-pro
- Minion Pro: https://typekit.com/fonts/minion-pro
- Museo: https://typekit.com/fonts/museo
- PT Serif: https://typekit.com/fonts/pt-serif
- Schoolbook Web: https://typekit.com/fonts/schoolbook-web
- Sorts Mill Goudy: https://typekit.com/fonts/sorts-mill-goudy
Slab
- Adelle: https://typekit.com/fonts/adelle-web
- Chunk: https://typekit.com/fonts/chunk
- Jubilat: https://typekit.com/fonts/jubilat
- Museo Slab: https://typekit.com/fonts/museo-slab
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