Facebook Font
What is the Facebook font?
The Facebook font is a custom font created by a font designer named Joe Kral.
The closest font is probably Klavika Bold which is a commercial font.
An artist on Deviant Art created a font based on the Facebook logo. Direct Download here :
Download47025 downloads
What is the font used in the body text of the Facebook website?
Lucida Sans
Lucida Sans can be downloaded for free here:
Download6461 downloads
19 Comments
i like facebook font
No, none of them are close. The tail of the “a” definitely angles slightly upwards. There is no commercial font that even tails horizontally.
It is that “a” that is so alluring, even a little effete or blasé!
regards Will
I like this font too, i want to apply to my blog logo..i think it’s awesome.
very nyc
well this site here there is no way to down load the fonts like it is supposed to be able to all anyone can do is look at them.
http://thefacebookfont.com/
and it just generally ticks people off..
if there was a way to do it i would
Droid Sans and Ubuntu Light is much closer to the original facebook font.
There are several artists at DeviantArt web site who’ve replicated either no cost versions of Klavika while some have just duplicated the actual FaceBook font in a royalty free version and at no cost.
There are too many of the artists names to list here and I’m unsure if this site allows publishing web links so try visiting the Deviant site and search for FaceBook font.
I don’t benefit from anyone visiting the page or downloading from them, I’m sharing proven advice that worked for me and might work for your needs.
I am totally willing to put some of those links up in the post.
I would not be able to put up a download for Klavika as it is a commercial font. If I do find a download site for it I will put the link up.
nice
None of them are close at all! The “F” and “O” are the only close ones, the rest have different angles and everything
A lot of logos that use a particular font are slightly modified so as to produce a more original look. Oddly enough the modifications are quite mininal. Read the interview here for more information: http://www.downwithdesign.com/interviews/history-facebook-logo/
@EdwardMoyers http://thefacebookfont.com used to be able to download all the fonts, but they were threatened by the commercial owners of the fonts and had to remove the download links.
Looks like it. The current download I have is from here: Youth Leader Stash and seems to point to a re-creation of the font using the modified logo. It seems like a better option than the original font it was created from (Klavika Bold).
definitly not a Klavika.
I’d say Pakenham with a few changes.
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typodermic/pakenham-boss/
Can’t download this font.. getting an error.
/var/www/vhosts/zurnsites.com/httpdocs/namethatfont/wp-content/plugins/download-manager/cache/ must have to be writable!
Sorry about this. My web host has been having issues and I am mid moving my sites to a new server. I hope to have the migration done soon so that the site will function properly again. I also hope to be providing more posts in the near future.
The site has been transferred and any issues with downloading were resolved.
It is the closest font to Facebook. Unfortunately it is not free. Any other FREE font that looks like Facebook’s?
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