Web fonts have revolutionized web design, allowing designers to add personality and uniqueness to websites. They are custom fonts served from remote servers, making them accessible to all users regardless of whether the font is installed on their device or not. Web fonts provide flexibility and can be used across different devices, ensuring consistency and improving user experience. They also contribute to website performance by optimizing load times and enhancing legibility for users with visual impairments or reading difficulties. With the abundance of web fonts available, designers have the opportunity to create a unique and memorable online presence, standing out in a crowded marketplace. Below is a list of fonts used by popular websites.
Some services like Canva make adding fonts to your designs simple with built-in font libraries. The most popular way to get free fonts is by heading over to www.fonts.google.com. There you will be able to find some of the most popular fonts used by so many websites. For fonts that you amy not able to download for free, we like to get our fonts from the Envato Elements. Not only is a logo important for your website, but it’s good to have a font that best matches your brand.
Website | Font |
|---|---|
Google Search | Roboto |
YouTube | Roboto |
Facebook | Feed: “Facebook” |
Twitter | “Twitter Chirp” |
Instagram | “Instagram Sans” |
Wikipedia | “Charter”, “Helvetica Neue” |
Yahoo | “Yahoo Sans” |
Whatsapp | “WhatsApp Sans” |
Amazon | “Amazon Ember” |
TikTok | “TT Norms” |
LinkedIn | “Segoe UI” |
Reddit | “Reddit Sans” |
OpenAI | “Open Sans” |
Netflix | “Netflix Sans” |
Discord | “Ginto” |
Twitch | “Roobert” |
Pinterest | “Proxima Nova” |
Quora | “Avenir” |
Roblox | “Gotham” |
eBay | “Univers” |
binaryBlackboard | “Open Sans”, “Roboto” |
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Web fonts have transformed web design by providing greater flexibility, customization, and creativity, while enhancing the overall user experience, website performance, and accessibility.
I will continue to add more websites, and their fonts. I will also be adding alternatives for those fonts that are proprietary and cannot be downloaded or purchased.
