Often students ask me about where to find good fonts. There are countless places, but you can start building your font library at some free or not-too-expensive places. You can use your friends’ and co-workers’ type libraries for print because, technically, one can’t Copywrite shapes (or colors), but programs —like web fonts– are protected. 

Basics & Inspiration

Adobe Typekit
If you subscribe to Adobe cloud apps, you will already have access to this huge font library, web fonts explained here
Typewolf
good inspiration”>here
WhattheFont
This also exists as an app for on-the-go, and has webfont generator
DIA
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Fonts in Use
my personal favorite of all sites used for moodboards, by Stephen Coles: https://vimeo.com/187591619
WakamaiFondue
(what can my font do) Many of the free fonts will not include all the glyphs (numbers, currency symbols, accents…). With this tool, you can check what the font can do

Sites With Free Options

Type Foundry Directory
a vert very large list of Foundries
velvetyne.fr

kind of funky options, but fun and free to play with
Fontesk
lots of free fonts, not too shabby
Paratype

has many free options for web and print, a great filtering system and suggestions, and the other fonts are also not over-priced. Thanks to Oliver Schöndorfer who wrote about this in his newsletter
from awwwards 2021
Free 2021 from awwwards
Pangram Pangram
some are free for personal projects aka your portfolio
Pimp My Type
Oliver Schöndorf has a nice youtube channel and newsletter too, kudos
Typelab France
many free trials
Free Faces
and hugs — kinda cute
BB fonts
large selection of somewhat average quality
List on Smashing Mag
this artcile has a few good free options
Google Fonts
expanding list of fonts, at least they are technically pretty dependable
daFont
yeah, not a good choice, but it exists
Fontsquirrel
also a webfont generator
Planet Web
this very nice guy contacted me with a link to his list of free, and also royalty-free fonts
FontFabric
some are free
Dev Fonts
for us nerds

Paid or Rent

Typodermic
cool fonts from Nagoya, Japan
Fontstand
beautiful fonts
Fontstand
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Future Fonts
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
ABCDinamo
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Commercial Type
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
DStype
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
ecal
From Lausanne
Emigre
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Extraset
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Feliciano
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
FontShop
Erik Spiekerman’s project
Frere Jones
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Grilli type
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Hoeffler
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
House Industry
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
klim
New Zealand sin’t particularily knows fro great fonts, but here they are.
Lineto
No Words, just awesomeness
OhNo
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Linotype
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Morisawa
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Optimo
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
P22
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Process
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
Sharp
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
T26
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
typeNetwork
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
TypeTogether
clever move to register www.typography.com. Also, you can see a very good netflix special “Abstract” about Jonathan Hoeffler
vllg
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
WFoundry
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
XYZ Type
if you know that the project is only for a short time you can rent fonts
and many more…, i.e. here