18 Best Small Fonts (Pixel & Tiny Fonts to Download Now)

With the growth of smartwatches, e-books, and hand-held mobile devices, the need for legible fonts in reduced to micro sizes is on the rise. Envato Elements is hard to beat when it comes to premium small fonts.

Standerd Modern Grotesk

Bergen Text

Lollapalooza Font Trio

Dudek Small Font

Grover Display

Clover Display Typeface

Download as many gorgeous small fonts as you want for one flat monthly fee. Also get access to thousands of premium digital assets like logos, graphic templates, mockups, photos, business card templates, and much more!

If you are looking for fonts that retain readability when reduced in size, then you need to check out these 18 tiny fonts from Envato Elements.

Best Small Fonts

1. HAMLIN (OTF, TTF, EOT, SVG, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

One of the most readable small fonts, HAMLIN is a modern sans serif typeface dedicated to simplicity. Inspired by classic geometric fonts, this tiny font comes in four weights: light, normal, bold, and extra bold. The file includes complete OTF, TTF, and Web Fonts.

2. Fibon Sans (OTF, TTF)

Here’s a modern tiny font for those small projects that are close to your heart. Fibon Sans is a sans serif type family that offers loads of flexibility for reduced print size with its six different weights, from light to heavy. This geometric and highly legible typeface is very well suited for both display and small text use alike.

3. Metrisch (OTF, TTF)

Metrisch is a sans serif typeface that works extremely well as a tiny font. That’s because the type family offers seven different weights, some ideal for display text and others perfect for small text. This smooth and refined font includes OpenType features such as stylistic alternates, case-sensitive forms, fractions, small capitals, etc., making it a super versatile typeface.

4. SIGNAL (OTF, TTF, EOT, SVG, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

Looking for the perfect small caps font? Look no further than SIGNAL, a new-age typeface for both big headlines and small text. This all-caps tiny font comes with five weights: light, normal, bold, extra bold, and heavy. The file includes OTF, TTF, and Web Fonts.

5. Oliver Sans Font (OTF, TTF, EOT, SVG, WOFF, WOFF2)

Oliver Sans Font is one clean and cool small caps font that will work equally well whether you need bold, striking headlines or readable micro text. The font comes in three weights—light, regular, and bold—and the pack includes OTF, TTF, and Web Fonts. Try this font instead of working with a tiny letter generator.

6. Hurst Sans Serif Font Family Pack (OTF, TTF, WOFF)

Hurst Sans Serif Font Family Pack is an awesome collection of geometric sans serif fonts that comes in four weights: regular, bold, extra bold, and black. The lighter weights make perfect tiny fonts because they offer high legibility, whereas the heavier weights are perfect when you need an attention-getting display font. The pack includes uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, and various non-Latin characters.

7. Albori Sans-Serif (OTF, WOFF)

One of the most readable small fonts, Albori Sans-Serif is a contemporary OpenType font that prides itself on its legibility at smaller sizes but retains its impact at larger sizes as well. That means that this clean typeface will perform equally well for displays as it will for e-books and on mobile apps which require readable small text. Albori supports Latin, Extended Latin, and Cyrillic languages.

8. Catesque (OTF, TTF)

Catesque is a stand-out font that is another candidate for the most readable small font category. Like so many tiny letters font here, it is offered in several weights from light to black, with each weight including a matching italic version. It’s versatile because it’s highly legible as small text and quite distinct as display text. It includes uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, and various non-Latin characters.

9. BROOKLYN (OTF, TTF, EOT, SVG, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

BROOKLYN is a modern sans serif typeface that comes in four weights—normal, semi-bold, bold, and heavy. Make small font text with this versatile font that offers legibility in the lighter weights for those times when you need a small-caps font and eye-catching boldness in the heavier weights when you need a display font. The collection includes four italic versions and comes with OTF, TTF, and Web Fonts.

10. Focus Grotesk (OTF, TTF, EOT, SVG, TTF, WOFF)

Focus Grotesk is a stunning sans serif typeface for both body text and headlines. That’s because the small text font comes in five weights, from thin to heavy, with five equivalent italic versions to match. You can use the lighter weights when you need a small text font for mobile apps, fine print on packages, etc., and use the heavier weights for headlines and displays.

11. Prox (OTF, TTF)

When you need a small text font for your mobile app or other micro text projects, Prox is the tiny letter font for you. This contemporary sans serif typeface uses a narrow width and slightly square proportions perfect for small text. The file includes uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, and various non-Latin characters and symbols.

12. Deron (OTF, TTF, WOFF)

Whether you need small caps fonts or just small text fonts, Deron is a great choice. This geometric sans serif typeface offers five weights, from regular to black. The set includes upper and lower-case letters, numbers, punctuation, and several non-Latin characters as well. Try out the smallest font featured in this set.

13. Maxwell Sans Small Caps Light (OTF, TTF)

Maxwell Sans Small Caps Light is a clean, condensed sans serif font inspired by similar retro fonts from the 1950s. It comes in regular and small caps versions, making it ideal when you need a small caps font for your next project. The file includes stylistic alternatives as well as letters for Cyrillic, Greek, and other Central European languages.

14. FOSTER (OTF, TTF, EOT, SVG, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

FOSTER is an all caps modern tiny letter font that is great when you need both a big and small text font. That’s because FOSTER comes in four weights: light, regular, bold, and black. Use the lighter weights when you need a small caps font for your micro text projects, and use the heavier fonts when you need to grab attention with a bold, standout font.

Best Pixel Fonts

A pixel font is made up of small pixels which display text in simple blocks, instead of lines and curves like regular fonts. The small sizes of a sans pixelated font will appear crisp and clear, making them among the most readable small fonts around.

15. Bitbybit Font (TTF, OTF, EOT, WOFF, WOOFF2)

Let’s kick things off with the Bitbybit Font, a retro-looking pixel art font that comes in regular and bold styles. Inspired by retro gaming culture, this sans pixelated font is an excellent choice when you need tiny fonts for various projects. The pack includes OTF, TTF, and Web fonts.

16. Kleyn (OTF, TTF, WOFF)

Kleyn is another great pixel font that works well when you need a tiny font for web apps and various web projects. This tiny text font is available in two weights: regular and bold.

17. Tiny Timmy (OTF, TTF, WOFF)

Here’s another retro-inspired pixel font that you can use when you need a small text font for your projects. Tiny Timmy is a tiny text font that includes uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, punctuation, and various non-Latin characters.

18. Video Game Font (TTF, OTF, EOT, WOFF, WOOFF2)

Looking for a cool pixel art font? Check out Video Game Font. Aside from the usual alphabet and punctuation, the font includes a wonderful collection of dingbats which you can access by using the caps lock. Letters are accessed once the caps lock is turned off. The pack contains OTF, TTF, and Web Fonts.

Choose Your Favourite Small Fonts Today

Envato Elements is an excellent resource for versatile and easy-to-use small fonts. Elements offers unlimited downloads for one low monthly fee.

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Post date February 7, 2020

This content originally appeared on Envato Tuts+ Tutorials and was authored by Nona Blackman