Font Collection: 10 Free Bold Sans Serif Fonts

1. Bebas Neue

Created by Japan-based type/font foundry Flat it type foundry (a part of the Dharma Type group), Bebas Neue is a clear and modern font.

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2. League Gothic

Made by the open source type movement group The League of Moveable Type, this font is a remake of Alternate Gothic No.1 by Morris Fuller Benton.

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3. Mentone Semi Bold

Mentone, inspired by celebrated fonts like Myriad and Frutiger, is a multi-purpose font released under Jan Schmoeger’s foundry, Paragraph.

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4. Designation

Craftily produced by the "mad scientists" at Haiku Monkey, Designation is an open source font that’s sleek and has an air of modernity.

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5. Resonance Bold

Resonance Bold has remarkable curves inspired by the 70′s era. Designed by Jim Ford and based on type designs by Phil Martin, the font is fun and light-spirited.

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6. Patagonia

Designed by Canadian type designer Jaley Fiege, Patagonia is a 19th-century-inspired display face that works well when used in smaller-sized headline copy.

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7. Oblik Bold

Oblik is a large, modern and sophisticated font by Tour de Force Font Foundry. Striking curves denote the unique characteristic of this sans serif font.

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8. Aerohop

Aerohop is a sans serif font also produced by Alec Julien’s font foundry, Haiku Monkey. This font is contemporary, powerful, and works well in headline copy.

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9. Capricorn OSF Black Ltd

Update: This font is no longer free.

Capricorn is a compact and strong font designed by California-based German designer Jens Gehlhaar. The font works well in magazine headlines.

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10. Orbitron

Crafted by graphic designer Matt McInerney for The League of Moveable Type, this sci-fi inspired font is an excellent alternative to Eurostile or Bank Gothic.

Orbitron

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16 Comments (Add yours)

Jack Rugile

Aug 08 2010

Contributor

I don’t know what I would do without League Gothic. It is such a perfect font for headlines. I used to use Bebas for similar uses, but since League Gothic has lowercase characters and seems a little more refined in general, I switched over.

I am also a big fan of Orbitron. I haven’t had a real project that called for its use yet, but I love experimenting with it. It has such a futuristic, sci-fi, warfare feel.

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Jacob Gube

Aug 09 2010

Editorial Team

League Gothic is very beautiful (and in general, the fonts that The League of Moveable Type releases are great).

Oblik’s another one of my favorites, but I find that I need to reduce the tracking to make it more compact.

Joshua

Great collection of Fonts. I’m going to give Aerohop a try on a few projects.

Richie

BEBAS is my favorite and I am so much in love with it… It is the perfect Title font ever :) It is audacious and strong.. and defines a true gentleman typeface :D

League Gothic is also great…

Yes, I love Bebas too, clean, letter-spacing, and very powerful. It really defines what a “bold font” is, so I decided to lead off with it in this collection.

Ghostmiro

Nice collection, Will certainly try League Gothic!
Thx for sharing

Aldrin

Aug 14 2010

I really love the sexyness of Bebas Neue, but it’s not available in typekit. that’s the bad thing.

Aug 18 2010

All these are free for commercial use too?

Aug 19 2010

I would double-check each licensing agreement and limitations of use, but I *think* most — if not all — of them are available for use in commercial works. But to make sure that you are respecting the creators of these fonts, please do read the license.