History of DIN typeface
FF DIN is a typeface designed by Albert-Jan Pool, and is available for Desktop, Web, App, ePub, and Server. Try, buy and download these fonts now! FF DIN is a typeface designed by Albert-Jan Pool, and is available for Desktop, Web, App, ePub, and Server. Try, buy and download these fonts now! Dutch type designer Albert-Jan Pool created this sans FontFont between 1995 and 2009. The family has 20 weights, ranging from Light to Black in normal.
The sans-serif typeface DIN’s name is an acronym for Deutsches Institut für Normung, which translates as German Institute of Standardization. It has a long and rich history that begins way back in the 1900s when the Prussian railways company created a lettering set for its own use. Based on it, the German Institute designed in the 1930s the DIN 1451 typeface, which quickly became standard for road signs and car numbers among others.
DIN 1451 had originally 3 styles, of which 2 are still in use to this day: DIN 1451 Mittelschrift (regular) and DIN 1451 Engschrift (condensed – for use only when space constrains make the usage of Mittelschrift impossible). The third style, Breitschrift (Extended) stopped being used in the 1980s, but can still be found on some older signs.
Fast-forward to the 1990s
Several type foundries created their own DIN variations in the last 3 decades, one of the most popular/well-known variation being FF DIN by FontFont foundry. The variation we used in this article’s featured image is DIN 2014 by ParaType.
Free DIN fonts (Mittelschrift)
The best free alternative for DIN is, well… DIN. ? There are some free variations of DIN, you can download them below.
Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift Regular
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
Alte DIN 1451 Mittelschrift Gepraegt
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended
- License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
Free DIN Condensed fonts (Engschrift)
OSP DIN
- Language support: Latin
- License: SIL Open Font License (OFL) – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
![Din Din](/uploads/1/2/4/8/124882478/634385869.png)
Free DIN alternatives
Gidole – Open Source Modern DIN
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Greek, Cyrillic (work in progress, see github repo)
- 2 font files (2 styles)
- License: Dual licensed (SIL Open Font License (OFL) and MIT License (MIT)) – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
Rubik
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended
- 10 styles
- License: Apache License, Version 2.0 – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
Roboto
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Vietnamese, Greek, Greek Extended
- 12 styles
- License: Apache License, Version 2.0 – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
Free DIN Condensed alternatives
Roboto Condensed
- Language support: Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic, Cyrillic Extended, Vietnamese, Greek, Greek Extended
- 6 styles
- License: Apache License, Version 2.0 – 100% Free for personal and commercial use
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- Din Condensed - Webfont & Desktop font « MyFontsDesigned at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1997 by Tagir Safayev. Based on a condensed style of DIN type family (Linotype Staff designers). That is a group of sans serif ...
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- FF DIN® Condensed Regular - Fonts.comBuy FF DIN Condensed Regular desktop font from FontFont on Fonts.com.
- Download PT DIN Condensed Cyrillic Font - FontPalace.comDownload PT DIN Condensed Cyrillic font free for Windows and Mac. We have a huge collection of around 72,000 TrueType and OpenType free fonts, checkout more on ...
- FF DIN Condensed Bold fonts from the FontFont LibraryFF DIN Condensed Bold is a Sans FontFont by Albert-Jan Pool, Achaz Reuss, and Panos Haratzopoulos, and suitable for Advertising & Package, Film & TV, and Editorial ...
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- DIN Condensed - Desktop Font & WebFont - YouWorkForThemDIN Condensed - Designed at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1997 by Tagir Safayev. Based on a condensed style of DI...
- PT DIN Condensed Cyrillic - Free Font DownloadDownload PT DIN Condensed Cyrillic font free for Windows and Mac. We have a huge collection of around 72,000 TrueType and OpenType free fonts, checkout more on ...
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Please note: If you want to create professional printout, you should consider a commercial font. Free fonts often have not all characters and signs, and have no kerning pairs (Avenue ↔ A venue, Tea ↔ T ea).
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