Free Fonts to Download Here

• Aurulent Sans is a sans serif font I'm developing for use as the primary interface font on X Windows on GNU/Linux. I am developing it using MetaType1 and FontForge. The following is an initial release of the primary Latin alphabet, digits, and punctuation, as well as some accents. A monospace version is also included. (The download is a gzip'ed tar file (.tgz) since GeoCities does not allow arbitrary file types.) Here is a pdf sample that shows the four basic styles: regular, italic, bold, and bold italic. This is a Typophile thread critiquing Aurulent Sans.
  
  
  
• Verily Serif Mono is derived from Bitstream Vera Serif with the same proportions as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono. Only the primary ASCII characters have been modified; I have no plans at the moment to modify the extended character set or to do a bold version.
  Verily Serif Mono is released under the Vera license, with the exception that the name does not need to be changed from "Verily." Verily is so named since I have seen many posts asking whether a Bitstream Vera Serif Mono font exists; verily, it does now. Download Verily Serif Mono in OpenType format, along with the FontForge source file and auxiliary files. (The download is a gzip'ed tar file (.tgz) since GeoCities does not allow arbitrary file types.)
  
  
  
• txtt is the typewriter font of the txfonts collection by Young Ryu. Besides being a very nice typewriter font for TeX, it also works well for viewing on-screen. I have modified txtt so that it is suitable for use by any program. Specifically, I removed the "visible space" character from the space, removed the slash from zero, and enlarged and vertically centered the tilde. The resulting font is similar to Luxi Mono, which I also like a lot. Both the original and modified versions are released under the GPL, with the font linking exception. Download the Postscript pfb and afm and the FontForge source file. (The download is a gzip'ed tar file (.tgz) since GeoCities does not allow arbitrary file types.)
  
  
  

Software

• FontForge font editor by George Williams.
• MetaType1 (MetaPost for fonts) by Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz M. Nowacki, and Piotr Strzelczyk.
• LCDF Type software, including the Type 1 Utilities, by Eddie Kohler.
• TrueType/OpenType Tools by Rogier van Dalen.
• Xgridfit by Peter Baker: a scripting language for TrueType instructions; used with FontForge.
• FreeType font rasterizer, used by X.org and many other programs.
  

Other Free Fonts

These are scalable outline fonts in TrueType, Postscript Type 1, or OpenType format. These fonts are all really free, in the sense that they can be used (including commercially), modified, and redistributed. There might be other restrictions, however.
The last column lists whether or not the font has support for TeX. The article A Survey of Free Math Fonts contains a more detailed survey on which free fonts for TeX/LaTeX also have math support.
I'm also working on a script to produce samples of each font in PDF format and in PNGs on an HTML page. The main tools are bash scripts, AbiWord, Ghostscript, and ImageMagick.

Disclaimer: I've tried to keep this list accurate and current, but I make no guarantees. Please make sure that you verify the license information before you use any of these fonts.

font	author	license	glyphs	styles	TeX
Ghostscript fonts; extended to include Cyrillic by Valek Fillipov	URW++	GPL with font embedding exception	Latin, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	yes
TeX Gyre fonts; extensions of URW++/Ghostscript GPL fonts	GUST e-foundry: Boguslaw Jackowski and Janusz M. Nowacki	GUST Font License	Latin, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	yes
GhostPCL fonts	URW++	AFPL: comm, mod, no$	Latin, Greek?, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	Garamond
Free UCS Outline Fonts; based on URW++/Ghostscript GPL fonts; FreeSerif Greek from OmegaSerif	several contributors	GPL	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	no
Liberation	Steve Matteson of Ascender Corp and Red Hat	GPL+font exception	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	no
CM Unicode; there are other free conversions of TeX fonts such as CM-Super and cm-lgc; these can probably be found on CTAN	converted by Andrey V. Panov	X11	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	of course!
STIX fonts	STI Pub Companies	comm, mod	Latin, Greek, math	serif; r,i,b,bi	yes, text and math
Antykwa Torunska, Antykwa Poltawskiego, Kurier, and Iwona	Boguslaw Jackowski	GUST Font License	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	yes
Bitstream Vera	Jim Lyles of Bitstream and the Gnome Foundation	Bitstream Vera license: comm, mod	Latin	serif, sans, mono; r,o,b,bo	bera
Deja Vu: an extension of Bitstream Vera	several contributors	Bitstream Vera license: comm, mod	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	no
Arev Sans: an extension of Bitstream Vera Sans	Tavmjong Bah	Bitstream Vera license: comm, mod	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	sans; r,o,b,bo	arev
Utopia	Adobe	comm, mod; license	Latin	serif; r,i,b,bi	yes, text and math
Bitstream Charter, distributed with X.org and on CTAN	Bitstream	comm, mod; license	Latin	serif; r,i,b,bi	yes
Bitstream Courier 10 Pitch, distributed with X.org	Bitstream	comm, mod; license	Latin	serif, mono; r,i,b,bi	no
MgOpen fonts: Canonica, Cosmetica, Modata, Moderna	Magenta Ltd.	Bitstream Vera license: comm, mod	Latin, Greek	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	no
Epigrafica: derived from MgOpen Cosmetica; harmonizes with Optima	Antonis Tsolomitis	Bitstream Vera license: comm, mod	Latin, Greek	sans; r,i,b,bi	yes
Kerkis; harmonizes with Bookman	Antonis Tsolomitis	LaTeX Project Public License	Latin, Greek	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	yes
GFS Artemisia, GFS Baskerville, GFS Bodoni, GFS Bodoni Classic, GFS Complutum, GFS Didot, GFS Didot Classic, GFS Neohellenic, GFS Olga, GFS Porson, GFS Solomos, GFS Theokritos	Greek Font Society	Open Font License	Latin, Greek	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	yes
Gentium, Gentium Basic (includes bold)	Victor Gaultney, SIL	Open Font License	Latin, Greek	serif; r,i,b,bi	in progress
Charis SIL; derived from Bitstream Charter	SIL	Open Font License	Latin, Cyrillic	serif; r,i,b,bi	no
Doulos SIL; harmonizes with Times	SIL	Open Font License	Latin, Cyrillic	serif; r	no
Andika	SIL	Open Font License	Latin	sans serif; r	no
Inconsolata	Raph Levien	Open Font License	Latin	mono; r	in progress
Linux Libertine	Philipp H. Poll	GPL and OFL	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif; r,i,b	yes
Junicode	Peter Baker	GPL	Latin, IPA	serif; r,i,b,bi	no
Old Standard	Alexey Kryukov	OFL	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif; r,i	no
efont-serif	Electronic Font Open Laboratory	GPL	Latin	serif; r,i,b,bi	yes
Garava, Guru, Hattha, Kabala, Carita, Odana, Talapanna, Veluvana, Akkhara, Verajja	Bhikkhu Pesala	GPL? (Vera license for Verajja, OFL for Akkhara)	Latin, Greek	serif; r,i,b,bi	no
Thryomanes	Herman Miller	GPL	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, IPA	serif; r,i,b,bi	no
Caslon and other free fonts	George Williams	comm, mod	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif; r,i,b,bi	no
Century Catalogue	Raph Levien	Open Font License	Latin	serif; r	no
Legendum and Garogier	Rogier van Dalen	GPL	Latin, Greek	serif, sans; r	no
Tiresias fonts	RNIB SRU	GPLv3	Latin	sans; r,i,b	no
Beteckna; inspired by Futura	Johan Mattsson	GPL	Latin	sans; r,i,b	no
Tuffy	Thatcher Ulrich	public domain	Latin	sans; r,o,b,bo	no
TuffyMH4; download	Joe Waco?	public domain	Latin	sans; r	no
Dustismo Roman and Sans; other fonts	Dustin Norlander	comm, mod	Latin, Greek	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	no
Teams	Top Team Co	comm, mod	Latin, Cyrillic	sans; r,i,b,bi	no
Radis Sans	RadisNoir	OFL	Latin	sans; r,b	no
Hindsight Unicode	Darren Rigby	comm, mod	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif; r,i	no
Summersby; download	Sergej Malinovski	GPL	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	sans; r	no
FixedSys	Lars Naber	GPL	Latin	mono; r	no
Terminus Font (bitmap); TrueType version	Dimitar Zhekov	GPL	Latin	mono; r	no
Ubuntu-Title	Andy Fitzsimon	LGPL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Dark Garden	Michał Kosmulski	GPL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Old Slavic	Valek Filippov	GPL	Latin, Cyrillic	ornamental; r	no
Isaballe Breviary, Essays 1743, and Stay-Puft Marshmallow	John Stracke	GPL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Mattt's free fonts	Matt Chisholm and others	GPL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Some Juicy Fonts: SteveHand and Delphine	Steve Jordi	GPL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
LEBENangst, Oblok, Schmutzy Degraded	Paul Hanley	GPL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Copacetix, Pixelish, I.M. Slack, Steal This Font	James Kendall	Creative Commons Attr-ShareAlike	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Breip	Alan Hussey and Adam Breipohl	OFL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
VAG Unicode Greek Opentype Fonts SET1	VAG	GPL	Latin, Greek	ornamental; r	no
Arkandis Digital Foundry; primarily other free fonts reworked in Type 1 format for use in Scribus	Harendal Hirwen	AFPL, Utopia license, Bitstream Vera license	Latin	sans, serif; r,i,b,bi	no
Crud Factor fonts: BonvenoCF and ProcionoCF	Barry Schwartz	GPL	Latin	sans, serif; r	no
James Kilfiger fonts, mainly handwriting	James Kilfiger	OFL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
FreqMod Clear and Artistic	Frederik Vestre	OFL	Latin	ornamental; r	no
Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts	George Douros	comm, mod	Latin, Greek	r	no

Key: comm: commercial use permitted; mod: modifications permitted, possibly with some naming or acknowledgement restriction; no$: may not be sold or charged for redistribution
styles: roman, italic, oblique, bold, bold italic, bold oblique.

Notable Free-as-in-Beer Fonts

These are scalable outline fonts in TrueType, Postscript Type 1, or OpenType format. These fonts are free to use and distribute, but not free to modify.
The last column lists whether or not the font has support for TeX.

font	author	glyphs	styles	TeX
Luxi	Bigelow and Holmes	Latin	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	yes, text
IBM Courier, distributed with X.org; Debian view on license	IBM	Latin	mono; r,i,b,bi	no
Core web fonts: Andale Mono, Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Verdana, Webdings, and Tahoma	Microsoft	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	serif, sans, mono; r,i,b,bi	yes, text
OpenSymbol, distributed with OpenOffice.org; contains Lucida italic Greek letters	???	Greek	serif; i	no
GFS Elpis	Greek Font Society	Latin, Greek	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	yes
jGaramond	Jan Thor	Latin, Greek, Cyrillic	sans; r,i,b	no
Larabie fonts; my favorites: Cretino and Blue Highway	Ray Larabie	Latin	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	no
typOasis featuring several designers, including Manfred Klein		Latin	serif, sans; r,i,b,bi	no
exljbris fonts: Delicious, Fontin, Fontin Sans, Tallys, Fertigo, and Diavlo	Jos Buivenga	Latin	sans, serif; r,i,b,bi	no
ProFontWindows (license)	Andrew Welch, Carl Osterwald, Steve Gilardi, Tobias Jung	Latin	mono; r	no
Envy Code R	Damien Guard	Latin	mono; r,b,i	no
Anonymous: TTF version of Mac bitmap font, often used for coding	Mark Simonson	Latin	mono; r	no

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