Are you, like me, are bored of using the default, neutral, sans serif typefaces that came preinstalled with your word processor?
I made a video about the four free and four paid alternative typefaces I recommend you use instead.
FYI, I use Public Sans all the time and Officer Sans is my default spreadsheet font.
Not quite on a roll
This is now my third typography explainer video. The long gap between the first two videos and this one is because first I got struck down by post-viral fatigue and then life and work both got super busy. Oh well.
Video transcript
Links and references, in order of appearance
Font downloads and purchases
Cooper Hewitt (used in the video titles and text)
Inter (Rasmus Andersson)
Inter (Google Fonts)
Public Sans (USWDS)
Officer Sans – Free (HvD FONTS)
Officer Sans – Paid (HvD FONTS)
Nebula Sans (Nebula)
Aktiv Grotesk (Dalton Maag)
Neue Montreal (Pangram Pangram)
Phonic (Schick Toikka)
Brenner Sans (Typotheque)
Roboto (Google Fonts)
Unica77 (Lineto)
Icons and photos
Checkmark SVG Vector icon, Konstantin Filatov, SVG Repo, retrieved 26 Nov 2025
Close SVG Vector icon, Konstantin Filatov, SVG Repo, retrieved 26 Nov 2025
Gentlecons Interface Icons Collection for all the arrow icons, Konstantin Filatov, SVG Repo, retrieved 26 Nov 2025
A person sitting at a desk with a laptop photo, Francis Odeyemi, Unsplash, retrieved 30 Nov 2025
Person using Macbook Pro on brown wooden table photo, Slidebean, Unsplash, retrieved 30 Nov 2025
Black flat screen computer monitor photo, Josh Miller, Unsplash, retrieved 30 Nov 2025
“Ford’s better ideas for sale” ad (1967) image, Bart Solenthaler, Fonts In Use, retrieved 3 Dec 2025
Thorlo (2023 rebrand) ad image, Elizabeth Goodspeed, Fonts In Use, retrieved 3 Dec 2025
