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Clean, equal space, use of gridlines.

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Sans serif fonts for a clean look.

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Elizabeth Luna - yellow and black example

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Elizabeth Luna - yellow and black example

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Elizabeth Luna - Negative and Positive Space

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Elizabeth Luna - Negative and Positive Space

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Contrast of red and white/positive and negative space create the image of the detective

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Elizabeth Luna - 60 free fonts for minimalist design

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Elizabeth Luna - 60 free fonts for minimalist design

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Sometimes when you go searching for the perfect font for a design, you have a particular look or style in mind. But other times, you just want something simple, clean, and modern.

If that's the case, then you might be leaning toward a minimalist design style.

As a design concept, minimalism is driven by the idea that less is more. Design elements are pared down to only the essential, and what's left is presented in the simplest way possible, without extra embellishments.

Minimalism got its start as a design movement in the early 20th century and had a surge of popularity in the 1960s. Along the way, its influence found its way into many design fields, from architecture and furniture to moviemaking and print design.

Now, minimalism has made a comeback (or another upswing in popularity), and you may notice that many of the designs you see or interact with on a daily basis have been influenced by minimalism - just think of Apple's products and packaging and Google's new branding.

If you need a font that will work well in a minimalist design, there are several qualities that you can look for:

clean lines and crisp edges;

geometric shapes: this will mostly come into play in how the letters are formed;

an open or airy appearance: created by white space within or between letters;

design details that have significance or purpose;

good legibility: this usually means larger letters overall, moderately tall lowercase letters, and easily identifiable letter shapes; and,

visual impact: this could be in the design of a typeface (i.e. it's bold or all uppercase) or in how you as a designer apply the font (at a large size or in a prominent position, etc.).

For your convenience, we've compiled a collection of typefaces that feature these types of characteristics and more. All are free to use and ready for you to download now!

01. Museo Sans by Exljbris Font Foundry

Description: sturdy, geometric, highly legible sans-serif typeface suited for both display and text use; includes regular weight plus matching italic style
Download at: Fontspring
02. Museo Slab by Exljbris Font Foundry
Download at: Fontspring
Description: friendly slab serif with open letterforms designed to be paired with Museo Sans; includes regular weight plus matching italic style
Download at: Fontspring
03. BW Quinta Pro Light by Branding With Type

Description: contemporary humanist sans design that's airy and easy to read

04. Simplifica by KAIWA
Download at: Font Squirrel
Description: simple and clear, slightly condensed sans-serif typeface with a thin, uniform line width and details that enhance legibility
Download at: Fontfabric
05. Gidole by Andreas Larsen
Download at: Fontfabric
Description: contemporary, geometric typeface released in 2015; more weights forthcoming here
Download at: Fontfabric
06. Blogger Sans by Sergiy Tkachenko
Download at: Fontfabric
Description: created for website headlines with a smooth, clear design; includes four weights and matching italics
Download at: Fontfabric
07. Gogoia by Alan de Sousa & Fontfabric
Download at: Fontfabric
Description: tall display typeface in all uppercase letters inspired by Brazilian culture; includes an extra, more decorative version
Download at: Fontfabric
08. Perfograma by Asen Petrov

Description: inspired by early computing machines with a simplistic, dot-based design

09. Panton by Fontfabric

Description: modern, geometric sans serif with good legibility for both print and web; includes light and black weights with matching italics

10. Uni Sans by Svet Simov, Ani Petrova & Vasil Stanev

Description: clean, all-caps sans-serif typeface; includes thin and heavy weights with matching italics
Download at: CharlesDaoud.com
11. Prime by Max Pirsky
Download at: Fontspring
Description: sans-serif typeface with a "techy" feel and geometric formation that maintains readability at various sizes; includes regular and light weights
Download at: Font Squirrel
12. Hero by Fontfabric
Download at: Font Squirrel
Description: multipurpose sans-serif typeface designed with wide, clear letter shapes; includes light and normal weights
Download at: Fontspring
13. Corbert by Jonathan Hill
Download at: Font Squirrel
Description: clear, legible sans-serif typeface with geometric shapes influenced by the Bauhaus design movement; includes regular and italic weights plus a condensed version

Download at: The Northern Block - Regular, Italic, Condensed Regular & Italic

14. Lulo Clean Outline Bold by Yellow Design Studio

Description: generously spaced, outline-style typeface with clean, blocky letters in all caps

15. Dense Regular by Charles Daoud

Description: compact, geometric sans-serif; includes upper and lowercase letters

16. Novecento Sans Wide by Synthview Type Design

Description: all-caps display typeface with a balanced, geometric design influenced by European typography from the 19th and 20th centuries; includes six weights, no italics

17. Capsuula by Henrich Fichna

Description: rounded sans-serif with unique letter shapes and an open look

18. Quicksand by Andrew Paglinawan

Description: sans-serif featuring simple, geometric space and wide spacing; includes three weights with matching italics, plus a dashed display style

19. Geometria Light by Brownfox

Description: neutral but modern sans-serif typeface with thin, geometric letters

20. Raleway by The League of Movable Type

Description: versatile sans-serif type family useful for both display type and text; includes nine weights with matching italics

21. Kelson by Armasen Typefaces

Description: slightly condensed sans-serif with a friendly appearance; includes six weights, no italics

22. Infinity by Tarin Yuangtrakul

Description: casual typeface composed of simple lines and curves

23. NOOA by Antoine Pilette

Description: all-caps display typeface with a contemporary, demi-serif design and sharp details; currently only available in vector format

24. Kirvy by Youssef Habchi

Description: simplified sans serif with atypical letter shapes; includes four weights, no italics

25. QG by Anthony James

Description: experimental typeface in all uppercase letters featuring fluid shapes and extra white space

26. Fox & Cat by Jo Aguilar

Description: linear, single-weight design with a casual, slightly imperfect look that resembles handwritten printing

27. Break by Rajesh Rajput

28. Lovelo by Renzier Design

29. Arca Majora by Alfredo Marco Pradil

30. Kolikö by Alex Frukta & Vladimir Tomin

31. Modeka by Gatis Vilaks

32. Rodina Regular by Christian Pannicke

Description: spacious, rounded sans serif with extra characters

33. Komoda by Asia Ang

Description: all-caps display typeface with a compact, condensed structure

34. Jaden by Aritra Das

35. Arkhip by Klimov Design

36. Bavro by Marcelo Reis Melo

37. Kanji by Pedro Azedo

38. Axis by Jean Wojciechowski

39. Panama Light by Adrien Coquet
Download at: The Northern Block
40. Asap by Omnibus-Type
Download at: The Northern Block
41. Archivo Black by Omnibus-Type
Download at: The Northern Block
42. Quark by Typomancer

Description: modern sans serif with unexpected letter variations; includes light and bold weights

43. Ahamono by Alfredo Marco Pradil

44. Shket by Juan Francisco Garrido

45. Macondo Grotesk by Giuseppe Fierro

46. Rambla Alt by TipoType

47. Económica by TipoType
Download at: The Northern Block
48. Vegur by TipoType

Description: sans-serif typeface with versatile, neutral style; includes three weights, no italics

49. VDS by Artmaker
Download at: Typofonderie
Description: rounded, modern style formed by simple lines and curves; includes four weights plus matching italics

50. Qontra by Tomaz Hrastar

Description: condensed sans serif designed for everyday use; includes upper and lowercase letters

51. Hapna Mono by The Northern Block

Description: contemporary, monospaced serif typeface with an open, geometric structure

52. Planer Regular by The Northern Block
*also includes 25 sample color schemes that you're free to use!
Description: modern sans serif that combines rounded and angular qualities and is designed for good readability even at small sizes

53. Tondu Beta by The Northern Block

Description: chunky sans serif for display use

54. Kel by Keine Martins

Description: clean, uppercase sans serif with unusual edge styling

55. Tale by Renz Jezrel Abong

Description: sturdy, all-caps design in regular, bold, and italic

56. Synthesia by Cahya Sofyan

Description: stylistic, rounded sans serif designed with unique letterforms

57. Loew Heavy by The Northern Block

Description: simple, geometric sans serif with a bold, industrial style

58. Znikomit by Grzegorz Luk

Description: thin, stylish serif typeface with an open structure

59. AW Conqueror Sans Light by Jean François Porchez

Description: versatile sans serif influenced by European typography styles during the early- to mid-20th century

60. Gasalt by Remi Lagast

Description: display typeface with a wide, geometric structure and quirky letter shapes inspired by the simplistic typography featured in retro video games

Time to Download!

We hope that you've found some fresh new fonts to add to your collection here. To the best of our knowledge, all of them are free and available for commercial use. But please make sure to double check any documentation or license attached to a font before using it in a design, just to make sure you're good to go from a legal/copyright standpoint. Otherwise, enjoy your new fonts!

Other Resources

Interested in learning more about minimalism in design? Head on over to one of our other Design School articles, Minimalist Design: 25 Beautiful Examples and Practical Tips, for some inspiration on how to apply fonts and other elements in a minimalist design project.

Choosing a limited color palette is an important step in creating a minimalist look in your designs. For some ideas, check out our articles on designing in black and white and monochrome:

Need even more fonts? We recently published a collection of 100 free fonts of all types (including sans serifs, serifs, scripts, and display typefaces) and styles (from modern to vintage to elegant and more). Even better, most were released this year, so you're sure to find something new for your next design project. And if you're designing in Canva for Work, you now have the ability to upload your own fonts - so try out one of these or any other font you fancy.

Are there any great, free fonts we missed that would work well in a minimalist design? Share in the comments below - and, as always, happy designing!

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The black shape carries the viewers eye up and down the page, adding in the slight drips of color helps accent the movement

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Looking at the Chef hat you can see the clean alignment of the shapes, everything matches up and is equal distant creating a very clean feel

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Shifting the focus of this poster off to the edge of the poster creates nice eye movement where the viewer moves onto the page - there are no extras here, just the minimum of what needs to be communicated

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This portrays colors that are smooth and unalarming, while the piece displays something different.

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The visual uses simple, contrasting colors (yellow and grey) that demonstrate the idea being shown.

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The contrast of red and black create the outline of the lord figure.

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The sans serif font makes the design look sleek and clean while still demonstrating the idea of the book.

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The black shape and lines of the comb make the viewer's eyes look up and down the shape of the design.

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The repeating identical lines create an organized field that feels planned out and purposeful.

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The space in between the top and bottom of the design demonstrate the idea without creating clutter. The viewer's eyes can shift from the top to the bottom, and the space in between creates the effect of how big the shark is.

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The white background allows the blue swirls to pop from the page.

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The center is a mix of two items, while still holding a visually appealing composite.

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This uses different shades of green to keep the focus on the center of the graphic.

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The placement of the hemispheres and compass rose creates a satisfying visual with even distribution of product.

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The shape is Homer Simpson and they use yellow on the outside. It makes the visual easy to see

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The poster is trying to advertise saying that they're in need of graphic designers which is why the purpose of the typography shows that.

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The flower is centered, and draws the eye with its simple effects.

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The text font is very playful and easy going. It also matches the background colors

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Empty space is used to not only build an Atari controller, but also to spell the letter A for Atari.

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The eye takes up the majority of the poster, highlighting the dystopian aspect of the novel with the government constantly surveying its citizens.

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The colors that contrast is between Batman and Superman that shows their own colors for black and white.

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Red and black is Deadpool's color scheme, so the poster takes after that. It uses the black of his design to make his form.

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The text creates a feeling of action and excitement.

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The poster's base color is yellow and uses red in one place to create the silhouette of a face. Since the use of red on the poster is minimal, it sticks out.

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The colors black and white are used to have the swan a pop to it as it contrasts each other with top to bottom.

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Especially light color and central location draws your attention to the face in the middle of the graphic

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The contrast of the red

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Each symbol on the poster is lined up on a straight, neat line, cutting the poster in half.

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The dark red of the umbrella makes it stand out and as you look at the poster longer, you notice the rain

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Draws your focus to the center graphic with lots of space on the sides and around the graphic

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The poster takes a notable quote from the movie and uses text of the quote to fill in the empty silhouette of Simba.

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The font gives a clean look to the picture

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The white center dominates the graphic because if its placement and its contrasting color.

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the grid pattern organizes all of the cars in neat rows and divides up the graphic.

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The colors show the shape of the character in his main color that pops against the darker blue background

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The white highlights show the shape of Batman standing out against the black background

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The yellow contrasts against the red to show the shape of the lighting bolt

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The use of a radial grid draws the viewers eye to the main object in the center

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The organization of the buildings

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the yellow in the poster is there to draw your attention and for recognizability.

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the intense red is used to emphasize the feather as representing the birds and it draws attention to them using contrast.

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the simple and blank background is used along with the stylization of the words to draw attention to the meaning of the article.

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the gradual organization of the shapes and letters please the eyes.

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simba fits in mufasa.

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The red circle with the input of black all around and white eyes contrast each other. Main colors are black and white.

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This shows typography as the simply implication of the U is being hung down within the word itself

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the birds shows good contrast as how it shows pure difference between the colors

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the visual dominance is being showed easily by a set picture that encompasses the entire post and sends the message

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keeping key organization and simply consistency through the banner is a part of keeping things tight and direct

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using space to the best advantage is the easiest way of maximizing