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    My favourite Google fonts

    February 7, 2026

    Google fonts is a free to use font library that's generally already embedded in lots of products like figma & canva, is easy to work with in code, is downloadable, and is fully legally safe for commercial purposes.

    While there's lots of other free font websites with prettier fonts, I never really know if it's really risk free, so as a rule of thumb I tend to stick to Google fonts.

    btw to access any of these, just look them up on google or go to fonts.google.com. Google updates the library regularly too.

    Serif

    • Newsreader
    • here it's paired with inter.
    • Spectral
      • A little thicker than newsreader and feels a bit heavier, but a good option overall

    Sans

    • Inter
      • great readability, web standard, a bit overused, but I still like it
    • Source Sans Pro
      • it's kinda cute hahaha has a petite vibe
    • similar to inter but a bit more rounded imo
    • but need to account for the different height, somehow it feels smaller so need to bump up the pt on this
    • Droid sans
      • a narrower sans, which also maintains serifs on the I's

    Artistic

    • Space Grotesk
      • Very futuristic font. I use this sparingly but useful for certain posters
    • Instrument Serif
      • harder to read, narrow serif, with no weight options, but pretty
    • also very futuristic and AI-ish
    • Syne
      • This is a mix of sans and superfuturistic wide fat fonts. it's a very interesting variable width fonts which according to Cleve gives "super artsy / gallery vibe". I really like how flexible it is.

    Other useful font information:

    • pt vs rem vs px - know what you need
    • variable weight fonts are really convenient. google fonts has a bunch of them. makes the brand very flexible.
    • when doing branding I tend to prioritise fonts that have multiple weight options for future-proofing. Best if it is 2 axis variable fonts too.
    • bigger companies design their own typefaces. weird right
    • serif is good for headlines but not great for lots of text in paragraphs. sans is nice for both, but when used for headlines it gives more of a comfortable, approachable feel rather than a polished, sophisticated feel.