Font Profiles: Free Google Fonts, Explained
Each profile covers one free Google Font: where it came from, what it looks like, the weights it offers and the fonts it pairs with. Every profile page shows the font in a live preview, with a button to see it on a full page.
Font Profiles by Typeface
Open any profile to see the font at reading length, in light or dark, with the CSS to use it.
- Abril Fatface FontA free fat face display serif made for big, high-contrast headlines, with the fonts that pair with it.
- Inter FontA free sans serif built for screens, with weights from 100 to 900 and the closest free match to Helvetica.
- Albert Sans FontA crisp geometric sans by Andreas Rasmussen, inspired by Scandinavian design, in nine weights.
- Archivo FontA free grotesque from Omnibus-Type with nine weights and a wide width axis, built for bold headlines.
- Arimo FontA free sans serif by Steve Matteson that matches Arial's widths exactly, for documents and clean web text.
- Figtree FontA clean, friendly geometric sans by Erik Kennedy, with weights 300 to 900 and true italics.
- Montserrat FontJulieta Ulanovsky's wide geometric sans, inspired by Buenos Aires signs, in nine weights with italics.
- Mulish FontA clean, minimalist sans by Vernon Adams, once called Muli, with weights 200 to 1000 and italics.
- Newsreader FontAn editorial serif from Production Type, made for reading news and long articles on screen.
- Nunito Sans FontThe square-ended sibling of Nunito, a friendly sans with weight, width and optical size axes.
- PT Serif FontParaType's warm transitional serif with full Latin and Cyrillic, made for reading on screen.
- Public Sans FontThe U.S. government's free, neutral sans serif, based on Libre Franklin, for clear interfaces and text.
- Roboto FontGoogle's free neo-grotesque, made for Android in 2011, with nine weights and a width axis for clear screen text.
- Source Serif 4 FontAdobe's open source text serif, with weights 200 to 900 and optical sizes for long reading.
- STIX Two Text FontA sturdy Times-style serif made for scientific publishers, with four weights and italics.
- Tinos FontA free serif built to the exact widths of Times New Roman, so documents keep their layout.
How to Read a Font Profile
Each profile starts with an At a Glance panel: designer, release year, style, weights and licence. A type specimen shows the alphabet and numbers, and the article explains where the font works best and what to pair it with.
Display fonts like Abril Fatface are made for large headlines, so their profiles use Inter for the body text to keep it comfortable to read.
Frequently Asked Questions
Quick answers about the fonts on these pages.
Are These Fonts Free for Commercial Use?
Yes. Every font profiled here is on Google Fonts under an open license, usually the SIL Open Font License, so you can use it on commercial websites, in apps and in print.
How Do I Add One of These Fonts to My Site?
Open the profile and use the Use This Font button. It gives you the CSS to load the font from Google Fonts and apply it to your headings and text.