30+ Free Vintage and Retro Fonts

By Steven Snell – October 29, 2020 – In Featured, Fonts

What are vintage and retro fonts?

The vintage and retro-inspired style is popular across all types of graphic design. Font choices are important if you’re hoping to create a retro or vintage feel, and fortunately, there are a number of free fonts available that can easily give you this look.

In this post we’ll showcase more than 30 high-quality free fonts with a retro/vintage style. If you’re looking for vintage fonts to use in your own designs, you’ll surely find a few here that will suit your needs. As always when you are using free resources, be sure to check the license to verify that your intended use is allowed.

In addition to the free fonts, we’ll also showcase some of the most beautiful premium vintage and retro fonts at the end of the page.

Free Vintage and Retro Fonts

Here are more than 30 options if you’re looking for good free vintage fonts.

Lovelace Text Regular

Lovelace comes in 30 different styles. Two of them (Lovelace Text Regular and Lovelace Text Bold Italic) can be downloaded for free.

Rush

All three styles of Rush (regular, rough, and outline) are available for free.

Heavy Heap

Heavy Heap is a free retro font.

Sant’Elia Script

Sant’Elia Script comes in 44 different styles, with 3 of those styles being available for free (Sant’Elia Rough Line, Sant’Elia Rough Line 2, and Sant’Elia Rough Line 3).

Triac 71

Triac 71 is a free display sans serif font.

Look Script Wood Bold

Look Script comes in 21 different styles. One of those styles, Look Script Wood Bold, is available for free.

Nashville Serial

Nashville Serial comes in 14 different styles, with Nashville Serial Regular being available for free.

Old Harbour Starfish

There are 12 styles of Old Harbour available. Old Harbour Starfish can be downloaded for free.

King Richard

King Richard regular and italic are both available for free download.

Airstream

Airstream Regular is a beautiful retro font.

Rockeby

Rockeby comes in 32 styles and three are available for free (Rockeby Condensed Light, Rockeby Condensed Inside One, and Rockeby Condensed, and Rockeby Extras Light).

Larchmont Condensed

There are six different styles of Larchmont and Larchmont Condensed can be downloaded for free.

Die Nasty

There is only one style of Die Nasty, but it can be downloaded for free.

ParaAminobenzoic

ParaAminobenzoic is a free retro novelty font.

Massive Retaliation

Massive Retaliation is a retro and display sans serif font that is free to download.

Cartwheel

Cartwheel Regular is a retro all-caps font.

Loew Heavy

There are 16 different styles of Loew available. Loew Heavy can be downloaded for free.

Mexico Serial Regular

There are 12 styles of Mexico Serial available. Mexico Serial Regular can be downloaded for free.

Deftone Stylus

Deftone Stylus Regular is a free retro script font.

Simplo Soft Caps Demo

There are 17different styles of Simple Soft and one of those styles, Simplo Soft Caps Demo, is available for free download.

Hazelnut Pro

Both versions of Hazelnut Pro (light and black) are available for free.

GreatLakes

GreatLakes Regular is a bold all-caps font.

Crystal Radio Kit

FortySecondStreet

FortySecondStreet Regular is a free retro inline font.

Mister Firley

Mister Firley is a free retro and display sans serif font.

Brosse Demonstrator

Bench Grinder Titling

There is only one style of Bench Grinder Titling, but it is available for free download.

MadisonSquare

MadisonSquare is a free font inspired by the 1950’s.

Goldsaber

Goldsaber is a free retro and art deco font.

Gladifilthefte

Gladifilthefte is a free elegant retro font.

Anodyne Shadow

There are six different styles of Anodyne. Anodyne Shadow and Anodyne Shadow Italic are free.

Mintotaur

Minotaur is a bold all-caps font.

Premium Vintage and Retro Fonts

Although the free fonts showcased above are excellent options, there may be times when you’re looking for something different. All of the fonts showcased below are priced very reasons. Some of them are available at Envato Elements, where you can get unlimited downloads of millions of resources for $16.50 per month.