Bebas Neue
Ryoichi TsunekawaSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Free condensed fonts
Drawn narrow, so more words fit across a line without shrinking the type.
About condensed typefaces
How to recognise it
- Letters narrower than they are tall, with the curves flattened at the sides.
- Counters that are slots rather than circles.
- More words per line at the same size than a normal width.
- Often a tall lowercase, because the height has to compensate for the width.
Condensed or grotesque?
Condensed is a width, not a style: there are condensed grotesques, condensed slabs and condensed geometrics. The tag says how narrow it is, not how it is drawn.
Grotesque fonts →Where it works
Headlines that have to fit, tables with many columns, signage, sports and transport graphics.
Where it does not
Paragraphs. Narrow letters look more alike, and the eye slows down.
Anton
Vernon AdamsSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Oswald
Vernon Adams, Kalapi Gajjar, CyrealSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · Variable · 6 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Rajdhani
Satya Rajpurohit, Jyotish Sonowal, Shiva NalleperumalSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 5 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Bangers
Vernon AdamsSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Pirata One
Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Nicolas MassiSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Big Shoulders Stencil Display
Patric KingSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · Variable · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Khand
Indian Type FoundrySphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 5 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Instrument Serif
Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Jordan EgstadSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Serif · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Lobster
Impallari TypeSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Amatic SC
Vernon Adams, Ben Nathan, Thomas JockinSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 2 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Archivo Narrow
Omnibus-TypeSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · Variable · 4 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Staatliches
Brian LaRossa, Erica CarrasSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Just Another Hand
AstigmaticSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Handwriting · 1 weight · Apache · Türkçe
Roboto Condensed
Christian RobertsonSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · Variable · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Barlow Condensed
Jeremy TribbySphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
PT Sans Narrow
ParaTypeSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 2 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Lobster Two
Impallari TypeSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · 2 weights · OFL
Teko
Manushi ParikhSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · Variable · 5 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Fjalla One
Irina SmirnovaSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Sans-serif · 1 weight · OFL · Türkçe
Big Shoulders Display
Patric KingSphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Display · Variable · 9 weights · OFL · Türkçe
Questions
- What is a condensed font?
- Drawn narrow, so more words fit across a line without shrinking the type. Letters narrower than they are tall, with the curves flattened at the sides.
- When should I use a condensed typeface?
- Headlines that have to fit, tables with many columns, signage, sports and transport graphics. Where it does not work: paragraphs. Narrow letters look more alike, and the eye slows down.
- What is the difference between condensed and grotesque fonts?
- Condensed is a width, not a style: there are condensed grotesques, condensed slabs and condensed geometrics. The tag says how narrow it is, not how it is drawn.
- Are these condensed fonts free for commercial use?
- Yes. All 21 of them are published under licences that permit commercial use — the SIL Open Font License, the Apache License 2.0, the Ubuntu Font Licence or a release into the public domain — with no fee and no credit required. Every download on this site includes the licence file inside the zip.