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A matching solid font is vitally important for any design project, and outline style can be exactly what you need to polish your artwork. Usually outline fonts are simple, but as the great man used to say “there’s beauty in simplicity”. Scrolling through this outline font selection, you will find tonnes of different styles for any project you have in mind. I’m sure you will find something you’ve been trying to find for a long time or, vice versa, something you didn’t exactly look for, but really liked.
Here we have the best outline fonts all around the web for personal and commercial use. We present you almost every style from the humanity timeline (from renaissance-themed outline fonts to futuristic and sci-fi variations). By the way, here you will see not only outline typefaces but many many other different styles, so be sure to check every spot in this Godlike font selection.
Our Team’s Top Pick
Robinson Outline
Starting our outline font selection with Robinson font. Cyber-punky neon typeface with a thin and tall look. It’s a perfect choice for any sci-fi design project. But beware, it’s an all caps font, so you won’t find lowercase letters in the kit, but it’s still a fantastic outline font which you definitely should add to your toolbox.
Kollate – Line Display Serif
Let’s get back to the past with Kollate. It’s an elegant outline font inspired by vintage newspaper titles. This typeface will add a clean and graceful look to your designs. The kit includes uppercase letters as well as lowercase ones, a set of ligatures, punctuation, numerals and multilingual support for more than 60 latin-based alphabets.
Taruno Wide Black
Taruno Wide Black is an expanded display font that effortlessly evokes an aggressive yet elegant vibe with a modern twist. Choosing this font is a stellar solution for classy design projects that demand to leave a strong and professional impression. This typeface comes in 2 styles — normal and outlined version, both in regular and italic.
RADWAVE FONT Sans Serif Font
This wide, contemporary, sans-serif font is ideal for digital retro artwork with an attitude and will help you bring back the taste of 80s typography to your creative projects. The commercial versions include the complete character set for a total of 115 characters, special variations of ones, numbers and glyphs. You will find the regular and outlined versions, which are interesting to combine on your radical projects.
Spectron – Techno Scifi Neon Outline Sans
Spectron is a clean and stylish font inspired by ’80s wave style. If you are looking for something with neon look and a vintage wibe you will definitely enjoy this one. Spectron kit includes multilingual support, uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals and punctuation symbols, literally everything you need to make your work comfortable and easy.
Neutro Display
Here we have Neutro, a bold sans-serif display font. It brings a strong yet elegant atmosphere with a modern style. This typeface is great for any lettering that require a strong but subtle identity. This type is divided into three weights — regular, bold, extra bold and an outline versions.
Prospec Outline font
Prospec is a modern and elegant sans serif font. This type would be ideal for creating web designs, business cards, beauty design projects or just about anything else that requires a unique touch. With a sophisticated concept and a neat shape that will look suitable with futuristic designs, don’t hesitate to have this font.
Minya Outline Font
Retro serif aesthetics is making a great comeback. This outline font comes in 4 (!!!) styles — regular, regular italic, outline and outline italic. Very soft, elegant and cute. Both uppercase and lowercase letters are here and it’s available for personal and commercial use.
Baurems – Outline Bubble Graffiti Fonts
Baurems is inspired by the trends of the graffiti era back in the 90s and the y2k era. The glory of spray paint and mixed media visuals in the art and graphic design industry. So, grab Baumers outline font and breath some street art into your designs.
MADE Soulmaze
Made Soulmaze is a font collection that includes 3 typefaces — normal, outline and wide. All styles are available in both regular and italic weights. Made Soulmaze is an extremely versatile drippy and creative font, which you can use in various designs from streetwear and street art, to movie posters, logos and branding projects. This typeface will help you add a bolder look to your work. Enjoy ^_^
Murays – Retro Display Font
This one is loaded up to the top. In the set you will find regular as well as outlined version of the type, character alternates & ligatures, punctuation & numerals. Murays features complete multilingual support and is available in OTF, TTF and WOFF which makes it easy-to-use across every platform.
Outer
Outer is a clean sans serif type with a unique design. It’s a simple outline font but simplicity is the beauty. Besides the outline option, Outer is available in “stuffed” style in thin, light, regular, medium and bold weights. Both uppercase and lowercase letters are here, with all punctuation symbols, numerals, and, of course, multilingual support for Latin-based alphabets.
Brexter
Brexter is kinda heavy, if you feel me. It’s wide and badass. This bold outline typeface is as versatile in design as black color in fashion. With this kit you’ll get 4 styles of this type — regular and outline both with oblique variant. Its versatility will become a nice addition to various design projects (like logos, movie titles, magazine covers, etc). The å is also here (if you’ve seen my previous posts, you get this local meme).
Reach Outline Font
Reach is an all caps outline font inspired by sports jerseys. College sports vibes, blood, sweat tears and blah blah blah. All designers know where to use jersey fonts. Again, only uppercase letters here, but besides them you’ll recieve all punctuation and numerals. Reach outline font is created for personal use only, but I’m sure you can make something really cool using this type.
Geakosa Outline Font
Geakosa letters resemble old good vintage postcards (this outline font selection is Godly various as you can see). This type is ideal for any classic designs and even designs with retro futuristic vibe. Everything is included in the kit — uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation and the å.
Gibsons Outline
Oh, I LOVE this one. I’m a huge fan of Renaissance epoch, and Gibsons is a perfect representative of those times. Clean, with geometric outlines, it’s extraordinary stylish. This outline font comes an various weights — regular, bold, and semi bold. I’m begging you, pay attention to this one.
Stoneburg – Free Condensed Font
FREEBIE! Completely free typeface with tonnes of styles. Block, outline, hatch and a rounder serif font with alternates for prepositions and linking words (for, and, or, by, etc) . What can be more attractive? This font includes uppercase letters only with every punctuation symbol and numerals.
Bittods Handwritten Signature Font Free Sans Serif
Bittods comes in 2 different styles — sans serif and hand drawn, and you can change a sans serif variation into an outline weight. Combing these 2 fonts you can make really cool stuff, it’s only up to you and your imagination. Bittos is available in OTF and TTF, it’s easy-to-use everywhere.
Neon Font
Neon is a glowing display typeface crafted with modern straight lines which make it perfect to be used on a sign or a logo. Might also look cool on tv, websites, apps and gif banners. This outline font with neon effect comes in 2 styles, so you are free to experiment and utilize every inch of this neon font in your projects.
Amerton Outline Font
Simple yet elegant, serif Amerton outline font comes in 2 weights — regular and italic. It can be used basically everywhere (in any logo, movie title and so on). Amerton is a modern and creative font and its text lines stand for versatility. It’s a complete set, so here you’ll find multilingual uppercase letters as well as lowercase ones with full punctuation and numerals.
DAMNURSE CHRONICAL
Damnsure Chronical (still surprised by the creativity of some designers) is a strong and bold typeface. It also comes in outline version (so that’s why we have it here). Damnsure Сhronical is another versatile font, so you can use it anywhere you want. As usual, full set of everything — uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals, and the å.
Bourton Basic Pack
Bourton basic pack is a part of a big font family and in this pack you gonna find more than enough styles. So here are they: thin hand drawn, outline light, simple lines style, base wide and bold, and a variations that consists of tiny dots. This font offers a layered typeface system, so feel free to combine all the styles of the type. It’s an all caps font (except hand-script style) with full punctuation and multilingual support.
Holy Stain Font
Holy Stain is an vintage-inspired outline font and I clearly see it on a liquor bottle. They are made for each other, I swear. It will also suit well with signages, wedding invitations and branding projects. Holy stain is a premium outline font but it has a free version. Both upper and lowercase characters are available, but no å for you.
Divert
This one is extremely interesting. One of the best outline fonts around the web, definitely. Clean and elegant, but not simple. This outline font is perfect for a “cute” project, if you know what I mean. The kit includes lower and uppercase letters, numerals and punctuation, literally everything you need for comfortable work.
QUIRKY SPRING Playful Font Family
And about “cute” projects. Here we have Quirky, it will suit well with any child design from toys and kidswear to shop store advertising. The kit includes ligatures and funny symbols to enjoy every kid and their parents. Lower and uppercase letters are here, so go ahead. Ideal outline font for its purposes.
Chalga Outline Demo Font
I would say an elite outline font. Chalga is ideal for fashion designers and branding projects. It’s an elegant solution for making you project stand out and satisfy your clients with shining like a diamond designs. In the kit you will find only uppercase letters with some numbers and punctuations symbols.
7even SVG – Urban Neon Font Pack
Let’s get back to cyber-punky fonts with a neon look. With this pack you will get 5 outline fonts, 2 of them are SVG fonts that have the true and fully realistic neon effect. The other three are standard versions of the SVG fonts. 7even outline font is inspired by amazingly unique and creative neon signs that are all around us these days, from bars, night clubs to chic clothing stores, and stylish furniture boutiques.
Electric Dreams Font Duo
As a font duo Electric Dreams comes with 2 fonts. An outline regular and a hand-written one (hand-written font has 2 styles as well). This 2 typefaces bring summer warm vibes to any branding project, store sales, coffee shops, summer cafes and so on. Hand-drawn variation offers both cases, but outline version has uppercase letters only. Of course, the kit includes numerals and punctuation.
Gold Coast Font family
Gold coast is a vintage font family that takes its inspiration from old good westerns. Whiskey, gunpowder and cash. This type is not only an outline font but it’s also available in filled version. It would look really cool on a liquor company logo, barbershop signage, coffee shops etc. Uppercase letters and lowercase letters with numerals and punctuation are included.
Ultra System Sans & Script
Introducing Ultra System. A modern exploration of 8 fonts, each carefully designed to naturally compliment one another. With 6 clean sans serif typefaces and 2 textured script types, Ultra System gives you a hugely versatile collection of fonts that is ideal for experimenting with striking & modern typographic designs.
Vhiena Outline Font
Vhiena is a vintage typeface is inspired by classic whiskey bottle fonts and old labels. This type is a perfect choice for any old-school design. Vhiena is a layered type with endless possibilities of 1 basic font and 7 stunning font styles that will help you bring your typography to a higher level.
Helight – Crafted Font
The font family Helight contains sans serif, script and dingbat. The sans serif comes with 3 weights (regular, inline and outline). This product gives more extras (13 hand-drawn illustrations). The Helight outline font would be a nice addition various designs such as the logotype, poster, label, badge, packaging, apparel, branding, and more custom design.
Sweet Vanity
Sweet Vanity is a remarkable modern and rich serif that comes with its beautiful outline. Another “cute” outline font in this selection. It’s tiny and elegant (come on, it’s called sweet vanity, the font has its name). This type comes in 2 different styles — regular and outline with both cases, all punctuation and numerals.
Exodar Font
Exodar is an unique outline font, that’s for sure. It comes in straight, geometric lines and will make you design literally “stellar”. Exodar is perfect for futuristic and sci-fi designs, maybe space exhibition logos and posters, I clearly see it in some kind of a public NASA project. Multilingual support for upper and lowercase letter are at your service.
Peachy | A 3D Font Family
Peachy is one of sunny and warm outline fonts. Come on, it’s spring, so grab Peachy and use it to the maximum. It comes in 4 different styles — 3D solid and outline, as well as 2D ones. The kit includes uppercase letters with punctuation and numerals. It will become a nice addition to your toolbox.
Gafiton
Introducing Gafiton. A reverse contrast bold font suitable for display especially. Perfect for your daily project like for headline poster, packaging, social media, branding, or anything about pop and fun design. It also has 4 variations in the form of regular, rounded, outline, and rounded outline styles. Have fun 🙂
Frequently Asked Questions
I will show you how to make an outlined font with Photoshop as it’s the most popular image editor. Outline font is a font with some free space inside of each character, and to make one you need:
1. Go to Layer>Layer Style>Blending Options.
2. Set the Fill Opacity to 0.
3. Click on Stroke and set the options to taste.
Additionally, you can just leave the outlined text with no fill by simply bringing down the layer fill to 0%. To do that, select the text layer an in the Layers Panel set the Fill value to 0%
Not many fonts around the web have outlined variations of the letters. Usually they come as a font duo with a hand-writing styled typefaces such as Bourton and Electric Dreams or sans serif font families like Ultra System and Bittods from this selection. And you can find many other outlined fonts here in various styles.