{"id":16750,"date":"2014-08-26T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2024-03-28T06:05:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T13:05:02","slug":"20-fantastic-fonts-for-20-or-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/20-fantastic-fonts-for-20-or-less","title":{"rendered":"20 Fantastic Fonts for $20 or Less"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great typography makes for great design, but quality fonts can be expensive. For those looking to boost their typographical toolkit without breaking the bank, we’ve put together a collection of twenty top notch, professional fonts, each of which will run you $20 or less.\nThe numbers shown below reflect the prices of the items at the time of writing, which are subject to change. Many of the fonts shown are on sale temporarily, so you should consider grabbing them before they return to their normal prices.<\/em>\n

<\/span>Lickety Split: $19<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis font has a personal, casual air to it. It looks as if someone hand-lettered<\/a> it quickly, and it’s especially effective as a chalkboard font.\n

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<\/span>Native + Instapress: $12<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis typeface, reminiscent of whiskey labels<\/a>, comes with a Photoshop action known as “instapress.†This extra functionality allows you to resize the lettering in various ways to fit your project.\n

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<\/span>Herschel: $15<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis hand-drawn font with serif shows a human touch with its slight wobble. Herschel<\/a> is excellent for children’s books and labels.\n

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<\/span>Charlie’s Font: $20<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis strong all-capital boldface font conveys clarity and power on any sign where you use it. Charlie’s Font<\/a> is an italic font and its forward slant adds to its ability to convey important information.\n

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<\/span>Ale Regular: $10<\/span><\/h2>

\nA soft, clean all-capitals font with some hand-drawn irregularities, Ale Regular<\/a> is an italic font that is perfect for T-shirts or other textured surfaces.\n

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<\/span>HandSlab: $12<\/span><\/h2>HandSlab<\/a>

has an exaggerated serif and comes with its own drop-shadow. You can choose to use the letters with or without the drop-shadow added, so the font remains flexible for print or web purposes.\n

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<\/span>Gentleman’s Poison: $15<\/span><\/h2>

\nReminiscent of Victorian haunted houses, this spooky all-capital font<\/a> comes in solid and outlined formats.\n

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<\/span>Stringfellows Typeface: $20<\/span><\/h2>

\nOne of many absolutely beautiful creations from Nicky Laatz, Stringfellows<\/a> is a handwritten script that manages to look elegant while maintaining a personal feel. It looks great on invitations, posters, website headlines, and everything in between.\n

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<\/span>Sobek (Webfont): $5<\/span><\/h2>

\nBased on an art-deco sensibility, this webfont<\/a> has a cutting edge artistic sensibility that will make for eye-catching digital typography.\n

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<\/span>Eighty One Typeface: $12<\/span><\/h2>

\nJust look at this vintage beauty of a typeface. Eighty One Typeface<\/a> is the perfect homage to talented hand-lettering artists of the 20th century. At $12, it’s firmly in must-download territory.\n

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<\/span>Haus Sans: $15<\/span><\/h2>

\nFor a weightless, Bauhaus-inspired sans-serif font, check out Haus Sans<\/a>. Elegant as a dancer, these letters will convey an impression of grace wherever they are used.\n

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<\/span>Hipsteria: $15<\/span><\/h2>

\nCan you resist a typeface called Hipsteria<\/a>? This swooping script is equal parts fun and formality. It is perfect for casual wedding invitations or greeting cards.\n

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<\/span>Thirsty Soft Fonts: $9<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis bold, retro style script<\/a> is the perfect alternative to overused fonts like Lobster and Wisdom Script. It comes in a whopping six different weights and is dramatically reduced in price until the end of August 2014.\n

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<\/span>Farmer Font: $3<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis irregular mix of caps and small letters<\/a> is great for headings on a casual restaurant menu or blackboard.\n

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<\/span>Lulo 3D Font Family: $9<\/span><\/h2>Lulo<\/a>

is a gorgeous, stackable 3D font that comes with five different layers to mix and match. It’s currently on sale for $9, but it’s going to shoot up to its normal price of $49, so be sure to grab it soon!\n

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<\/span>Splandor Typeface: $15<\/span><\/h2>Splandor<\/a>

is a gorgeous, old style display typeface that’s perfect for creating vintage type treatments. As a bonus, it comes with an ornament pack that allows you to add in all those nice, extra lines that you see in the preview below.\n

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<\/span>Science Noire: $10<\/span><\/h2>

\nInspired by the lettering of a lab notebook, with maybe a pinch of Da Vinci mixed in, Science Noire<\/a> is an eye-catching font choice for signage or website header.\n

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<\/span>Sleeping Forest: $19<\/span><\/h2>

\nHave any fairy tales you need titles for? This fanciful, delicate<\/a> all-capitals font would be ideal.\n

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<\/span>Metros Pro: $12<\/span><\/h2>

\nMetros is a well designed geometric sans-serif font that comes in six different weights. You can even download two of these for free to try them out before you purchase the full set!\n

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<\/span>Nabila: $20<\/span><\/h2>Nabila<\/a>

is a gorgeous fat script that goes way beyond what you would expect to see in a $20 font. Contextual alternates, ligatures, stylistic alternates, all these and more give you an amazing range of possibilities that will keep this font feeling fresh for ages.\n

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<\/span>What Did We Miss?<\/span><\/h2>

\nThis collection merely scratches the surface. Creative Market has tons of typefaces for every budget. If you know of any other fantastic fonts for less than $20, leave a comment below so others can check them out.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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