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Bold sans serifs or vintage scripts — the newspaper fonts are incredibly versatile, yet they always catch the eye. This eye-catching effect is exactly what designs need! In this list of newspaper fonts you will find the ones that are recognizable at the first sight and more neutral options. There is no way you will walk away with empty hands!Â
Though newspaper fonts are versatile, some of them suit better edgy, bold style while others will look great as a part of posh, elegant artwork. The wide choice of resources you get in this long list enables you to arm yourself in advance for many future creative projects!Â
The newspaper types may seem like just one category, but they actually include various styles. Different fonts are used for various purposes and it is important to know before you start searching for the one that will suit your exact case.
1. Basic Sans Serif Fonts
Sans serif fonts are the most legible types which make them perfect for headlines, as they catch the reader’s attention rapidly. They are also usually used in cases when there is not much room, however, such typography works in large sizes great, too.Â
Famous fonts: Arial, Futura, Calibri
Used by: Deutshlander, Le FigaroÂ
2. Serif Fonts
Serif fonts are mostly used for posh editions, that are looking for building brand awareness. Such types are associated with wealth and give a feeling of the established company, making them perfect for a brand identity built on authority.Â
Famous fonts: Times New Roman, Georgia, Garamond
Used by: Vogue
3. Old School Typography
Old-school typography may vary from retro to gothic fonts, but in the case of newspapers the last ones are used way more often. This kind of fonts is seen as unique and that’s what makes it outstanding. Their big advantage is that such types tap into our memories, which is great for the brand identity of the edition.Â
Famous fonts: Helvetica, Verdana
Used by: Der Spiegel, Le Monde
Our Team’s Top Pick
Redig
The main goal of the newspaper font is to get the attention of your readers and make them focused. If that’s what you are chasing while looking for a new type, Redig is destined to appear in your toolbox. Its bold, eye-catching letters will make your headline ideas, body copy, magazines, flyers and newspaper design truly outstanding and memorable, so nothing will stop you from getting a perfect result. The chamfered corners with rounded edges smooth out some harshness of the type, so don’t be afraid of being “too much”. It comes with letter and number sets, punctuation and symbols.Â
Craft Collage Bitmap Font
Clippings of the old newspapers are not always about creepy letters sent by a stalker, they can also be a versatile decoration for your design projects! The Craft Collage Bitmap font will easily prove it. With its vintage, elegant look, this easily legible typeface will become an integral part of your retro artworks: posters, flyers, book or or just illustrations. Such kind of typefaces looks amazing on screen. The newspaper font comes with uppercase characters, numbers, punctuation marks and works perfectly with Adobe Creative Cloud.Â
Spiegel Sans
Spiegel is one of the worldwide most famous German newspapers with one of the most familiar fonts. Now you can easily use it for your artworks! Here comes Spiegel Sans that combines the shapes and proportions of an American-style gothic fonts — the ultimate industrial typeface — with subtle diagonal stress and almost imperceptible traces of handwriting. The type provides you with both lower and uppercase character sets, so there is no doubt you will be able to craft the merch, posters and any other design without any hassle.Â
Mess in Keytic
Even if you haven’t been here when typewriters were the only tool to type texts, once you see the fonts inspired by them I bet you feel nostalgic. One of such fonts is Mess in Keytic. It provides upper and lowercase character sets, enabling you to use it for social media, menus, posters, magazines and any other design projects, there is nothing this type can’t pull off. Mess in Keytic comes in OTF, TTF, WOFF and WOFF2 and is compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and other apps of Creative Cloud. Such typefaces are a real treasure. as they look good on screen and paper.Â
Figaro
It is a stroke of unbelievable luck to find fonts of such quality! Moreover, this one imitated the type used in an internationally known Figaro. The type includes everything you may need for an easy and enjoyable workflow: upper and lowercase characters, numerals, symbols and a whole set of punctuation marks. No matter what are you creating at the moment, this variable font will suit your concept and style perfectly: headlines, ads, flyers, party invitations and so on. Don’t limit yourself!Â
Robinson Regular
Give your artwork a nostalgic feel by adding old newspaper fonts! In case you don’t have a suiting tool, check out this type. Robinson Regular is reminiscent of old-fashioned fonts, yet doesn’t feel outdated, so you will get a trendy result either way. There are tons of possible uses for such a versatile web font: its bold, edgy characters will look perfect written in newspaper headlines, body copy, or print projects. Let your artworks shine even brighter with Robinson Regular and be sure, you’ll grab the attention of your customers with your publication.Â
Le Monde Journal
I’m pretty sure you will recognize this font at the first glance! Yes, that’s the exact type you can see in the French magazine Le Monde. Now you can use it too! It comes in 8 styles, so you can either stick to using the classic variant or choose the one that suits your design better. Either way, the result will be mind-blowing! Add it to your digital and print media, choose any size you need and enjoy the stunning image you get.Â
Resgak Serif Family Font
Resgak is a contemporary serif type family with 20 newspaper fonts, ranging from thin strokes to extra black with matching italics. It offers many possibilities to be applied in many graphic or editorial projects: printed quotes, product packaging, product designs, labels, photography, watermark, special events and many more publications. Lighter weights of the type are can be used as a body font, and heavier ones are perfect for striking headlines. It will look great for both big headlines and a smaller text.Â
Bygonest Typewriter Font
Evoked vintage and rustic visions are not a coincidence: better bring them to life with this font, inspired by realistic old typewriter lettering. It comes in 2 styles (clean and rustic) and 3 weights (thin, regular, and bold). This font includes a set of alternates with different stamp textures, so you can combine the same 2 letters and not be boring. Bygonest may match the style of some designs to be applied such as the logotype, poster and more custom design ideas for your publication!Â
Kilograph
Kilograph is a catchy newspaper font that will pill off your style and concept easily. You can add it to any design projects that include texts: watermarks, postcards and the list goes on. Another advantage of this type is that it can look great in any size, which is especially great if you are working on a print project. The font comes with upper and lowercase characters, punctuation, symbols and ligatures.Â
Vogue
Vogue magazine took a niche in the fashion world years ago. It associates with posh outfits, expensive lifestyle and much useful information you can find on its pages. Overall, it is a brand that built the trust of the readers. The Vogue newspaper font is designed specifically so you can get the same feeling for your artworks! Use it in ads, magazines, posters, merch and any other design you are crafting. The typeface includes the whole Latin letter set and symbols.Â
Newsworthy — Classic Elegant Font
Let me present you a newspaper font with a great readability that will give you a boost of inspiration! Just like its name, Newsworthy will make your writing hit the road for a full-blown notification. The font provides you with basic Latin A-Z and a-z, numbers, and punctuation marks, so you will feel artistic freedom typing in your texts. Due to its versatility, the type will look perfect in any style of product presentations, packaging, ads, logos, titles and any other designs.Â
Reno Mono Typeface
Present you a free, regular fixed-width font designed to be used as a web font while also providing a memorable retro feel when printed on paper as newspapers. Classic and modern twists are merged together in this type! The minimal and contemporary font contains a very simple, yet sharp set of Latin characters. Symbols are stripped down singularly to keep a recognizable minimal feel. The style and composition make the font look like a typewriter’s heritage in our digital world.Â
Luck Moniec — Luxury Font
Having a couple of trustful and versatile newspaper fonts in a toolbox is a really reassuring feeling. Add Luck Moniec to your collection to be sure you will never run out of resources! It is a luxury font with great readability, visual elegance, smooth curves, and beautiful ligatures, which make your work look nice and attractive. Such newspaper fonts work perfectly for a wide variety of projects such as logos, invitations, branding, cards, titles and so many more.Â
Bebas Neue
Bebas Neue is a bold newspaper type provided by Google fonts that is a great choice for all kinds of projects. It will suit both minimalistic designs and the ones that already have many details, as its simplicity won’t steal the focus from the elements you want to be the center of attention. Bebas Neue includes a standard set of uppercase letters, numerals and symbols, allowing you to type not only the headline but also a body text.Â
The Telegraph • Font Family
The Telegraph font family was inspired by headers of British newspapers from the middle of the XX century. The typeface has a minimalist look that is provided in three widths — light, regular and bold. The Telegraph is great for headers, titles, signs or logos as it is perfectly legible. Also, it works well for text blocks, so this one will surely be one of the most versatile fonts in your collection! The type provides OpenType features and comes with multilingual support, allowing you to share the message with the whole world!Â
Widebody Sans Serif Font
Is there a sharp line between strict geometry and playful chubby forms? This sans serif typeface is a clear “no” answer to this question. The display font communicates with a sense of movement and structure without the need for additional serifs and embellishments. What is more, included upper and lowercase, multi-language support and four styles broaden your creative horizons to their full extent!Â
Oxford Font
The Oxford newspaper font will be an amazing addition to design projects that need to have a classic, minimalistic look and posh feeling. It doesn’t have any extravagant details, yet it catches the eye and won’t let your clients pass by. Plus, Oxford is a whole pack: it contains upper and lowercase letter sets, numbers and symbols, so you won’t need to look for matching elements to type the text.Â
Sanford RegionÂ
Sanford Region is a condensed slab serif typeface with a strong look and feel. This newspaper font comes in 8 weight styles so you can choose which one will look the best for your concept. It is perfectly made to be applied in logos, headlines, signages and other various formal projects such as invitations. The typeface has it all: lower and uppercase characters, numbers, punctuation marks, multilingual support and PUA encoded.Â
Staatliches
When you don’t want to use an extravagant typeface to finish your artwork as you need to keep it simple, Staatliches comes to become your helping hand! Its bold, edgy letters, numbers, symbols and punctuation marks are an excellent option for minimalist ads, flyers, cards, posters and covers, so having such a tool in your repertoire will make you more confident. However, don’t get me wrong, this newspaper font can pull off any concept, even the designs with vivid colors and many small details that need to become one wholesome image at the end.Â
Nineties Headliner | Nostalgic Sans
Say hello to Nineties Headliner — a bold, nostalgic sans inspired by text-focused magazine ads of the 80s and 90s. As the classic, text-focused design of that time is making a comeback, having the perfect sans to recreate the look will be useful! With both upper and lowercase, Nineties Headliner works beautifully for logos and allows to create a primary header text or title. It is especially readable at large scale.Â
Noto Serif
Let me show you Noto Serif — a newspaper font that will make you proud of your artwork. It has italic styles, multiple weights and widths, and 3,256 glyphs, so you should use Adobe Creative Cloud apps to get access to all the OpenType features included. Another great advantage of the type is multilingual support — you can use it for a great number of languages, including Cyrillic. The newspaper font comes with upper and lowercase characters, numbers, symbols and punctuation marks. Your artwork of any style will look like real newspapers!Â
Italiana
The sharp corners combined with the smooth curves of the letters become a real masterpiece of the newspaper font world. And now you can use it in your personal and commercial artworks! Meet Italiana — an ideal display font not only for newspapers, but also for headlines, title ideas, cards and any other design projects you want to add a chic vibe to. It will be especially useful if you are creating a design for a clothing line or for a beauty sphere.Â
Heliuk | Modern Condensed Font
Looking for some new newspaper fonts for your project? Heliuk is a condensed type that has a strong but soft character with a cheerful and fresh feel. It includes 4 font styles to give you the possibility to create a perfect combination. The Heliuk’s weight is superior in posters, headlines, magazine titles, clothing, large print formats and wherever you want to see it. What’s even more interesting you get a very cool free vector bonus.Â
Deutschlander Font
Whether you are working on a headline that needs to grab the audience’s attention at the first sight or crafting an ad poster, Deutschlander newspaper font is what you need to finish up your work. It is bold, attractive and eye-catching, so there is no a single chance your clients will stay indifferent! The type allows you to type any text in your design as it includes upper and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation marks and symbols. Get your work a feeling of real newspapers!Â
News of the World Font
The modern newspaper fonts allow you to create truly stunning works that will be both attractive and memorable, so it is important to have a couple of such tools. In case you want to add something fresh to your collection, check out the News of the World type. The display font comes in 4 different styles in order to give your works some variety: try regular in all caps for an eye-catching headline or title and wide italic version for a company logo and see how magical and hypnotizing the result will come out!
