Typography is one of the crucial design elements of web and graphic design, but finding the right font can often be a challenge. If you’re looking for a quality thin or light font, this post should be an excellent resource for you. Here you’ll find 40 free thin fonts from the design community.
These fonts can help you to create elegant, high-quality designs that feature beautiful typography and bold colors. When you’re using them to design something for yourself or for a client, they can prove to be extremely useful. If you find yourself looking for fonts frequently, bookmark this page so you can reference it the next time you need to find a thin font.
Most of these fonts allow for commercial use, but as always when dealing with freebies, but the details vary from one to the next. We’ve included some information about the license for each font, but be sure to check the license before using it in your own work, especially if it is for a commercial project.
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Bebas Neue is a popular font (all caps) that comes in five different weights. Three of them are thin or light, one is regular, and one is bold. Bebas Neue looks amazing at larger sizes. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Lato is a highly versatile font that can be used for a lot of different purposes. There are nine different weights available for free, ranging from hairline to black. Three of the weights could be considered thin. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Cooper Hewitt is a stylish sans serif font that comes in seven different weights from thin to black. The thin, light, and book variations would be relevant for the purposes of this article. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Znikomit only comes in one weight, but this single font file is a nice and light serif that’s not quite like any of the other fonts listed here. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Ostrich Sans (all caps) comes in eight different weights and variations, with five of them falling under the classification as a thin font. One of the options, the dashed font, is unique and stands out from others listed here. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Champagne and Limousines comes in regular and bold variations. (Free for personal use. Requires a donation for commercial use.)
Existence Light comes in three variations (light, unicase light, and stencil light). The regular light version is the most versatile and likely to the be most useful, but the stencil light is pretty interesting as well. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Cicle comes in several different variations with both the fina and semi weights being useful options if you’re looking for thin fonts. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Fulgate is a thin luxury font with a unique style. It comes with OpenType features, including Capital Swash, which replaces the first capital letters with stylized versions. The download also includes stylistic alternates for some lowercase letters and multi-language support.
Raleway comes in nine different weights from thin to black. When you need a light font, the thin, light, and extra light weights will all meet your needs. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Lane comes in narrow regular (shown above), upper regular, and posh regular. Narrow regular is likely to be used the most frequently with the other two options being more novelty options. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Sinkin Sans comes in nine different weights from thin to black. Thin, x light, and light give you three excellent options for a thin font. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Roboto is a popular, versatile font that comes in six different weights, including thin and light. There are also three different weights of Roboto Condensed, including a light weight that might meet your needs. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Glamour (Envato Elements)
Glamour is a thin, luxurious sans serif font. It’s perfect for use with fashion brands and other projects that need an elegant, luxurious look. The download comes with uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, multi-lingual characters, and a web font.
Print clearly comes in regular and bold, but the regular weight is quite thin (shown above). There is also a dashed version of the regular weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Quicksand comes in light, book, and bold, as well as a dashed version of book. Bold is the only variation that would not fit the criteria of this article. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Walkway comes in four different weights, as well as five weights of an oblique version. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Sansumi comes in four different variations, including regular (shown above) and ultra light. (Free for personal use. Requirements for commercial use are unspecified.)
Oliver (Envato Elements)
Oliver is a beautiful minimal typeface. It comes in several different formats, including OTF, TTF, and a web font. You’ll love using Oliver in a wide range of products like brochures, posters, advertisements, merchandise, product packaging, and more.
This thin sans serif font comes in six different weights. (Free for personal use. Requirements for commercial use are unspecified.)
Aaargh is a sans serif font that only comes in one weight, but the normal weight is rather light. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Spirequal is an elegant serif font. It comes in just one weight but is different than the other fonts listed on this page. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Colaborate comes in five different weights from thin to bold. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Mavis (Envato Elements)
Mavis is a fun futuristic typeface. With a unique touch, it’s sure to stand out.
Asenine is a rounded sans serif font with four different variations. (Free for personal use. Requirements for commercial use are unspecified.)
BenvenoCF comes only in one weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Caviar Dreams is a contemporary font that is somewhat unique (especially the lowercase “e”). It comes in regular and bold. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
TC Sans offers four different weights. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Laguna7 (Envato Elements)
Laguna7 is a monospaced sans serif font. It’s thin, simple, and beautiful. Use it for body copy, branding, advertising, apparel, and more. The download includes letters, numbers, punctuation, glyphs, and a web font.
If you’re looking for a slab serif font, this could be an excellent choice. It comes in just one weight. (Free for personal use. Requirements for commercial use are unspecified.)
The light version of Sofia Pro is an excellent choice. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Foro is a slab serif font with one weight that could be a great choice if you need a slab serif font for a commercial project. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Josefin Slab is another excellent, and with five different weights it offers more versatility. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Venge (Envato Elements)
Venge is a display font that comes in four variations. It’s an all-caps font with alternates provided for some letters. Numbers, punctuation, and a web font are also included.
Nixie One is a beautiful slab serif font that comes in just one weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Daniels is a rounded font that comes in regular and bold. (Free for personal use only.)
Riesling is one of the more unique fonts on this list. It’s an art deco font that works well in large type but becomes difficult to read at smaller sizes. For that reason, it’s best for headlines or aspects of your design that involve large type. (Free for personal or commercial projects.)
Neou Thin is an all caps sans serif font that also comes in bold. (Free for personal use. Requirements for commercial use are unspecified.)
Sprout (Envato Elements)
Sprout is a unique condensed font that is sure to be a valuable addition to your arsenal. It’s perfect for wedding invitations and albums, product packaging, labels, social media images, blog images, and more. It comes in OTF format and includes lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as multi-lingual support.
Geo Sans is a rounded font that comes in just one weight. (Free for personal use. Requirements for commercial use are unspecified.)
Flex Display is a somewhat unique font that comes in one weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Gravity is a sans serif font that comes in five different weights. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Afta Sans comes in just one weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Camilie (Envato Elements)
Camilie comes in five weights, including ultralight and light. It’s ideal for advertising, packaging, branding, headlines, and more. Uppercase and lowercase letters are included, plus multi-language support.
Arsenal comes in both regular and bold, with the regular version being fairly thin. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Ashbury is a beautiful serif font with just one weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Disco is a very wide font with just one weight. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Open Sans Condensed offers both light and bold weights. (Free for personal or commercial use.)
Conclusion
If you’re looking for a free thin font, you’re in luck. The 40 options showcased in this article should give you plenty of choices to find the right fit for just about any project, whether you’re designing something for yourself or for a client. When you’re looking for the right font pairings and need a thin font to go along with a bold or heavyweight font, these 40 options are all excellent choices for your elegant designs.
And remember to always double-check the license and copyright details whenever you’re downloading a free resource as some are only for non-commercial designs. Users are responsible for following the terms of the license. If you have questions about the license, reach out to the font designer for answers.
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