Competent fonts

Capable and well-made without showing off.

Size52px

331 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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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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Caveat

Impallari Type

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Schibsted Grotesk

Bakken & Bæck, Henrik Kongsvoll

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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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Source Serif 4

Frank Grießhammer

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Red Hat Display

MCKL

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Merriweather Sans

Sorkin Type

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Noto Sans Telugu

Google

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Anek Telugu

Ek Type

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Cinzel

Natanael Gama

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Overpass

Delve Withrington, Dave Bailey, Thomas Jockin

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Comfortaa

Johan Aakerlund

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Domine

Impallari Type

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.