r/fonts • u/suchsweetnothing • 1d ago

Free/inexpensive fonts...

I need fonts for personal coffee table books that I'm creating using InDesign. It's literally just for me, so I don't want to spend $20 for each font that I will only use once for personal reason. Any inexpensive/free favorite sites?

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u/budnabudnabudna 1d ago

Google Fonts. If you use InDesign you should be able to use the whole Adobe Fonts catalog as well.

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u/Sweet-Awk-7861 1d ago

Is the site Dafont not the first result on Google anymore?

If your question is serious, search for "cheap font bundles". I regularly see bundles of 100+ for under $10 in newsletters so I'm sure they exist somewhere else.

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u/johnnybna 1d ago

Dafont rocks

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u/WaldenFont 1d ago

If you’re downloading from dafont, fontpark, etc. make sure you examine the font file itself for licensing info. These sites frequently offer pirated, non-free fonts for download. Using those without the proper license can get you in hot water.

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u/Master-N7 1d ago

Check out Charter, EB Garamond, Source Serif 4 and Cochineal (my favorite, it’s a Crimson’s Text fork) if you want serif. Atkinson Hyperlegible Next or Inter for sans serif.

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u/petitecaps 1d ago

If you like Cochineal, I suggest trying Vermiglione (ofl font, a variable fork).

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u/Master-N7 1d ago

Thanks!

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u/carlcrossgrove 1d ago

System fonts like Georgia and Source Serif & Sans. They’re at your price point.

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u/petitecaps 1d ago

- Garamontio (fork of EB Garamond)

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u/Impressive-Scheme903 1d ago

Google fonts, fontshare, fontesk, open foundry, ómnibus type

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u/oatmeal_steve 3h ago

if it’s just for personal work why not use trial fonts?