The Top 5 Free Comic Book Font Sources

Designers and comic book artists looking forward to creating their own comic books or flaunt their blog names on a newsletter will find plenty of comic book font choices on the Internet. From popular typefaces to brand new styles, there are plenty available on the Internet. Yes, I am talking about comic book lettering - the ones that you see on speech bubbles. The fonts offered by some of the best websites have been featured in popular Manga, Marvel and DC comics. So, without further ado, here are some of the top sources to get free comic book fonts.

The name says it all – Blambot – The one stop site to get some of the most recent and the most amazing free and paid fonts. Navigating the site is easy. All you have to do is a list of typefaces grouped into design, symbol and sound effects. If you’re an avid comic book reader, then you will find that comics have different typeface style for each action. The Kabooms and Kapow fonts are slightly different from the dialogue fonts. Blambot knows this and so categorizes each typeface for easy selection.

To access a list of free and paid typefaces, click the Fonts link at the top left corner of the screen. You’ll be presented with a list of the most popular fonts. You will also notice that each preview has a small “F” “P” or “L” sign. Fonts with an F sign are free, whereas others are Paid and Limited Edition fonts respectively. All you have to do is click on the free ones and click on the PC TTF or Mac TTF to download the typeface in zip format.

Once you go through each category, you will notice that one category is further divided into more sub-categories. For example, the Dialogue category narrows down to Standard, Lower Case, Unconventional, Creatures and Robotic. This makes it easier for the user to choose the one that needs his lettering needs. The fonts are so appealing to the eye that you might want to download all of them and use them on your comic book.

DaFont is a designer’s first choice when it comes to choosing the best typeface. The number of font choices available range from gothic to modern to grunge. And if the designer is a budding comic book artist, then this is the right place to get fonts for his comic book lettering needs.

The typeface choices available in this website can be used by both Mac and PC owners. Users can also preview their chosen font using the site’s character map and sampler. With these options, the user gets an idea of the typeface he will be downloading.

This website boasts plenty of free comic book fonts for designers. You just have to click on the “Comic” category in the categories section to get a list of around 200 fonts. Before downloading, you might want to check the “info” link besides every font. This link explains the type of font and whether this font is commercial or freeware. The info link will also take you to the font developer’s site link and provide other details as well.

You will also find a quick info showing whether the typeface is freeware or paid (i.e. commercial). To download, click on the font name besides “Freeware” and save the zip file on your desktop.

This site might be ad-heavy, but it offers plenty of free font choices, each having a separate character map and a sampler for easy selection. The only drawback of this website is that it does not have categories, which means you will have to type in “comic” or any other keyword in the Font Search box to get a list of typefaces. Click the comic link and scroll down to get a list of free fonts that you download on to your desktop.

Besides each font, you will find some information, such as the number of downloads, rating and votes. Typefaces with high ranks and votes can be listed if you click on the “ratings” box. This will make it easier for you to understand what the best free comic book typefaces are.

This website shares tips and tricks with its Windows and Mac users. It also has a wide variety of freebies to offer. One of the must-have goodies is free fonts this site offers to its users regularly. In case of fonts for your comic book needs, there are over 200 typefaces collected in a single 4 meg zip file, which you can download here. The typeface format is True Type Font and they are available for Windows as well as Mac users.