Competent fonts

Capable and well-made without showing off.

Size52px

585 fonts

Competent fonts look capable without showing off. Well drawn, well spaced workhorses for products, documentation and professional services.

Competent sans serif Competent serif Competent display Competent handwriting Calm Playful Business Vintage Loud Cute Futuristic Artistic

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EB Garamond

Georg Duffner, Octavio Pardo

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Public Sans

USWDS, Dan Williams, Pablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida

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Inter Tight

Rasmus Andersson

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Josefin Sans

Santiago Orozco

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Noto Serif JP

Google

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Sora

Jonathan Barnbrook, Julián Moncada

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Lexend

Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez, Superunion

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Bitter

Sol Matas

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Assistant

Adobe Systems Inc., Ben Nathan

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Roboto Flex

Font Bureau, David Berlow, Santiago Orozco, Irene Vlachou, Ilya Ruderman, Yury Ostromentsky, Mikhail Strukov

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Cabin

Impallari Type, Rodrigo Fuenzalida

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Urbanist

Corey Hu

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Nanum Gothic

Sandoll Communication

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Mukta

Ek Type

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Caveat

Impallari Type

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Schibsted Grotesk

Bakken & Bæck, Henrik Kongsvoll

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Hind Siliguri

Indian Type Foundry

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Geist

Andrés Briganti, Mateo Zaragoza, Guillermo Rauch, Evil Rabbit, José Rago, Facundo Santana

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Fredoka

Milena Brandão, Hafontia

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Exo 2

Natanael Gama

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Instrument Sans

Rodrigo Fuenzalida, Jordan Egstad

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Noto Sans Khmer

Google

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Hind

Indian Type Foundry

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Source Serif 4

Frank Grießhammer

FAQs

What makes a font look competent?

Consistent proportions, a full set of weights and careful spacing. Inter, Roboto and Source Sans are textbook examples.