Almost Free Fonts

Fonts in the $1–5 or so range

Noah Nazir

Last edited September 08, 2018

Some foundries offer single weights of their typefaces for free, and this is relatively well known. But less well known are the fonts that remain on permanent discount at some totally nominal price. $1, or $5. Here’s a list of the best of the almost free fonts.

Similar to ITC Juice above, ITC Handel Gothic Bold versions are available at $1/€1 a piece.

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as... Read More

FF Good’s News variants (drawn a bit sturdier for newsprint) go for $5/€5 per weight.

FF Good is a straight-sided sans serif in the American Gothic tradition, designed by Warsaw-based Łukasz Dziedzic. Despite having... Read More

The Thin weight in desktop and web versions, (including small caps) go for $5/€3.90 apiece. Also, you’ll notice that Regular and Italic weights are free.

License individual weights at $5/€4.

Get any of the shadow layers of Trend for $5/€4.

Trend is a typeface made of layers, taking as a basis a sans and a slab version. It is the result of observation, search and study of the... Read More