Free Fonts of the Month: FF Good, Segoe UI
Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find them, so you don’t have too.
This month we’ve found two of them – FF Good and Segoe UI. It’s not quite clear if one is legally allowed to use Segoe UI, which is also presented below. Please read the license agreement carefully – it can change from time to time.
- You can find over 50 more free fonts in our section Free Fonts.
Free Fonts Of The Month: FF Good, Segoe UI
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2. LTR DataMine (removed, since the font wasn’t working properly!)
According to the license, “The user of this LettError font software agrees to credit LettError as the trademark and copyright owner of the LettError fonts and list the font names, wherever and whenever design, production, or any other credits are shown.”
3. Segoe UI.
The design of Segoe UI improves the reading and scanning of text while leveraging ClearType. The overall approach to font size increase and font usage creates consistency across Windows and applications for a better experience in all languages.
“Microsoft grants you a personal, nonexclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to install and use the Software solely for the purpose of creating materials requested by Microsoft and in accordance with the specification(s) provide to you by Microsoft.” (Source)
Juan Manuel Lemus
August 10th, 2007 11:38 pmI think that the first font type is so best!
criticalerror
August 11th, 2007 1:46 amOne more to the favorites
I also like the first!
Thanks!!!!
Samuel
August 11th, 2007 2:03 amBeautfull and simple
cheers!
Darren
August 11th, 2007 2:03 amI don’t know either the first or last for me.
Troy
August 11th, 2007 2:36 amI just love the Vista font. I never knew it was available to me until I searched for it.
Sookhan Kim
August 11th, 2007 3:20 amI like LTR :)
It looks very special . Thank you for your search.
Rafael Oliveira
August 11th, 2007 4:20 amOnce again, another excelent selection of fonts. My pick is FF GWL, simple and elegant.
;)
Andrew
August 11th, 2007 6:01 amGreat fonts this round!
Starfeeder
August 11th, 2007 12:04 pmbeautiful beautiful! I love the free fonts posts.
shikkaba
August 11th, 2007 12:37 pmLTR DataMine = That’s NOT FUNNY
What in the world do you do with a buncha words stuck together other than artsy things? :(
Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz
August 11th, 2007 5:53 pmThank you, shikkaba, the article was edited.
Ignacio
August 12th, 2007 2:50 amI like the numbers of the first font. And I really like Smashing Magazine!! I love it!
Alex
August 13th, 2007 12:50 amThe Segoe license renders it practically useless as a free font:
“…Microsoft grants you a personal, nonexclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free license to install and use the Software solely for the purpose of creating materials requested by Microsoft…” (important section bolded)
Chances are that any “free” font with a license topping 14 kb is less free than most of use would like—or are able—to use.
Montoya
August 13th, 2007 10:46 amI’m 100% certain that you can’t use Segoe UI in your own designs. It’s the system font on Windows Vista and it’s only meant to appear in Windows displays. You can’t put it on a brochure and print it.
Michael Morgan
August 13th, 2007 9:14 pmVery nice selection of fonts!
Bryan Yeager
August 14th, 2007 2:40 amIf you want to get fully featured use out of Segoe UI, you might as well just use Frutiger/Frutiger Next instead, since Segoe UI is pretty much a blatant rip-off of Frutiger. There’s been a lot of controversy over the whole thing.
Don’t kid yourself. Just use Frutiger (or at least use Myriad, it’s close enough).
eRNieB
August 27th, 2007 3:13 pm¡Wow! First font is fantastic. Very nice, and very clean.
Eldad
April 3rd, 2008 7:47 amHello,
Am trying to download Segoe UI but am getting Error 404
when I click on the download link.
Please help or is there an alternate link?
Thanks,
Eldad
Jasmine
April 8th, 2008 4:24 pmFF Good Wide Light is not more available (at least for me)… What a pity!
Any alternate link?
Thanks!
Woldo
May 31st, 2008 4:05 amSegoe UI is installed into Windows XP if the user installs Windows Live Mail,
Epidemic
August 13th, 2008 7:48 amThe Segoe UI Link, is break..!
claire
November 21st, 2009 11:42 pmwhere can i download segoe light font? anyone has the link pls?
vvwqw
April 26th, 2010 10:01 pmthank you