Fontshare

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What Fontshare is

Fontshare is a free font service from the Indian Type Foundry, offering fonts for personal and commercial use. Its collection includes ITF-designed families and fonts from other publishers; ITF reviews those outside releases, fixes design or technical bugs, and publishes their latest versions. Browsing options include filters for category, properties, personality, size, city, excerpt and name, with sorting by new, popular, hot or alphabetical. The service offers closed-source fonts under the ITF Free Font License and open-source fonts under the SIL Open Font License. Formats covered by the ITF license include OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2 and variable fonts. Fonts may be delivered through the Fontshare API or self-hosted on a user's own infrastructure, including with CSS @font-face. Permitted uses span print, websites, apps, digital images, advertising, social media, ePublishing, video, broadcasting and games. Altering font software requires prior written consent. The API has no guarantee of availability or performance and may be changed or discontinued. The plan is free for worldwide personal and commercial use, with an unlimited period.

Who it suits

Fontshare suits individuals and brands seeking fonts for personal or commercial work, including web, print, app and media projects. Its browsing filters and API or self-hosting options may help people selecting or deploying fonts.

What it does well

Free for personal and commercial use worldwide
Filters and sorting help browse the collection
Offers open-source and closed-source license options
API delivery and self-hosting are available

What to know first

Font software cannot be altered without prior written consent
API availability and performance are not guaranteed
Indian Type Foundry does not promise support services

Limits

The free plan allows personal and commercial use for an unlimited period, across media, scale and locations worldwide. Font software may not be altered without prior written consent; the license does not require ITF to provide support or updates. The API has no guarantee of availability, performance or continued operation and may be changed, restricted, suspended or discontinued without notice.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Fontshare free fonts	personal and commercial use · any media, scale and location worldwide · unlimited period	Free
Free font library	100 font families · personal and commercial use · unlimited period	Free

As fontshare.com lists them, read 1 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Open the Fontshare website.
Browse fonts using the available filters or sorting options.
Choose a font and review whether it uses the ITF Free Font License or SIL Open Font License.
Use API delivery from Indian Type Foundry servers, or self-host the font on your infrastructure.
Apply fonts only in ways permitted by the applicable license.

Verdict

Fontshare offers a free, browsable font collection with several licensing and delivery options. Review the applicable license and API limitations before choosing how to use a font.

Questions

How much does Fontshare cost?

The Fontshare free fonts plan costs nothing, with personal and commercial use for an unlimited period.

Can I use Fontshare fonts commercially?

Yes. The free plan permits personal and commercial use across media, scale and locations worldwide.

Can I self-host fonts?

Yes. Fonts can be hosted on your own servers or infrastructure, including with CSS @font-face. Self-hosting is recommended for control, reliability and performance.

Does Fontshare provide an API?

Yes. The Fontshare API can deliver font software directly from Indian Type Foundry servers without requiring you to download or host it. Its availability and performance are not guaranteed.

Are Fontshare fonts open source?

Some are. Fontshare offers open-source fonts under the SIL Open Font License and closed-source fonts under the ITF Free Font License.

What platforms does Fontshare support?

The listed platforms are API, self-hosted and web.

Facts from Fontshare's own pages

API catalogue data: An independent API check recorded 100 families, with 64 tagged ITF FFL and 36 tagged SIL OFL on 4 October 2026. · tmhsdigital.github.io, 14 Oct 2026
API delivery: Fontshare may deliver font software through the Fontshare API directly from Indian Type Foundry servers without the licensee downloading or hosting it. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
API liability: The licence says ITF is not responsible for API downtime, malfunction or interruption. · github.com, 14 Oct 2026
API limitation: The Fontshare API is provided as a convenience, with no guarantee of availability, performance or continued operation, and may be modified, restricted, suspended or discontinued without notice. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
Audience: Fontshare aims to help brands and individuals without large budgets access high-quality typography. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
Browsing tools: The Fontshare site provides category, property, personality, size, city, excerpt and name filters plus sorting by new, popular, hot and alphabetical. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
Catalogue size: The live homepage lists 100 font families, 100 pairs and 59 licenses. · fontshare.com, 14 Oct 2026
Categories: The catalogue supports categories including sans, serif, slab, display, handwritten and script. · fontshare.com, 14 Oct 2026
Commercial use: The service advertises its fonts as free for both personal and commercial projects. · fontshare.com, 14 Oct 2026
Company founded: LinkedIn lists Indian Type Foundry as founded in 2009. · linkedin.com, 14 Oct 2026
Company headquarters: LinkedIn identifies Ahmedabad, India as Indian Type Foundry's headquarters. · linkedin.com, 14 Oct 2026
Company ownership: Crunchbase describes Indian Type Foundry as a private typeface design studio and lists Satya Rajpurohit as co-founder. · crunchbase.com, 14 Oct 2026
Company size: LinkedIn lists Indian Type Foundry's company size as 11–50 employees. · linkedin.com, 14 Oct 2026
CSS delivery: Its public API can return CSS that loads selected families and weights from an API URL. · codepen.io, 14 Oct 2026
Documentation depth: The live Fontshare pages are JavaScript shells to text crawlers, so detailed API and help documentation is difficult to access without a browser. · tmhsdigital.github.io, 14 Oct 2026
Download formats: Fontshare offers downloadable desktop and web packages containing OTF, WOFF and WOFF2 files. · idevie.com, 14 Oct 2026
Filtering: Users can filter by style count, weight, width, contrast, x-height, personality, city and other properties. · fontshare.com, 14 Oct 2026
Font collection: Fontshare offers a growing collection of professional-grade fonts that are 100% free for personal and commercial use. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
Font formats: The ITF Free Font License covers font formats including OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2 and variable fonts. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Ahmedabad, India · fontshare.com, 28 Sept 2026
Independent assessment: Snapp characterizes Fontshare as a no-tracking, no-data-collection service built by Indian Type Foundry. · snapp.world, 14 Oct 2026
ITF licence scope: The ITF licence allows free personal or commercial use across print, websites, applications, advertising, video, broadcasting and games. · github.com, 14 Oct 2026
ITF releases: Every fourth Latin font family designed by ITF is released through Fontshare for free. · fontshare.com, 1 Oct 2026
Launch news: ITF announced Fontshare's launch on 22 March 2021 with 50 families and a plan to release every fourth Latin family for free. · indiantypefoundry.com, 14 Oct 2026

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