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Papers, please.
The Medic practicing his handwriting

The fonts in Team Fortress 2 are used both in and out of the game for visual branding and promotional imagery.

Fonts

User-interface

User interface fonts are packaged with the game and stored in /team fortress 2/tf/resource, with the exception of Verdana Bold.

Font Name Image Description Example
TF2 Font TF2.png A skinny, all upper-case font.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example TF2.png
TF2 Secondary Font TF2 Secondary.png A skinny, upper-and-lower-case font. An early version of this font also makes an appearance in-game, as the font used for the Critical Hit!!! text.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example TF2 Secondary.png
TF2 Build Font TF2 Build.png A thick, all upper-case font. This font also makes an appearance in-game, as the font used for the Mini Crit!!! text.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example TF2 Build.png
TF2 Professor Font TF2 Professor.png A rough, chalk-like font used for text MOTDs.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example TF2 Professor.png
Verdana Bold Font Verdana Bold.png A cozy, warm and familiar font, seen in the text chat of every game.
Packaged with Microsoft Windows and macOS. Available to purchase on Fonts. Buy (from $49)
ARG Joke.jpg

In-game

In-game fonts are used on textures in Team Fortress 2.

Font Name Image Description Example
Aachen Bold Font aachen bold.png Font used for the Casali Shafting Co. and Husky Acres logos.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $39)
Casali shafting.jpg
Arial Black Font Arial Black.png Font used on the Spy's Sapper. Arial Black with italics applied.
Packaged in most operating systems (including most Linux distros)
Sapper font.png
Arial Narrow Font-arial-narrow.png Font used in leftover signs from the beta, these signs still remain in the files.
Available to purchase on Fonts. Buy (from $45.99)
Red Flag Sign.png
Big Noodle Tilting Font Big Noodle Tilting.png Font used for some of the Mann Co. signs in Mann Vs. Machine.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Big Noodle Tilting.png
Birch Std EucrosiaUPC.png Font used for some of the wording on the Red Bonk! Atomic Punch.
Available on Adobe Fonts, and come pre-installed on macOS. Link (Subscription required)
Font on bonk.png
Carnova Narrow Font Carnova.png Font used for the game's signage (such as those denoting the control point).
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $4)
Font example Carnova.png
Coney Island Font Coney Island.png Font used on some Carnival of Carnage posters.
Available for free on FFonts. Download
Font preview Coney Island.png
Hobo Std Font Hobo Std.png Font used for some of the wording on Bonk! Atomic Punch and Crit-a-Cola.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $29)
Font example Hobo Std.png
Impact Font impact.png Font used for the General Industries Co. logo and the Engineer Update banner.
Font is preinstalled with most operating systems.
General industries co.jpg
OCR-A Font OCR-A.png Font used for the Contracts section.
Available on Adobe Fonts. Link (Subscription required)
Font example OCR-A.jpg
Orator Font Orator.png Font used for the Redstone Cargo logo.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $29)
Redstone.png
Wide Latin Font Wide Latin.png Font used on part of the title for the Icarus Airliners poster.
Available for free on FontPalace. Download
Icarus Title.png

External branding

Several fonts are used for marketing and advertisements including the update pages featured on the TF2 Official Blog.

Font Name Image Description Example
Agathodaimon Font Agathodaimon.png Font used in the titles on the Wheel of Fate cards, inside the Bombinomicon, and on the Spectral Halloween Special update pages.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Agathodaimon.png
Agency FB Bold Font Agency FB Bold.png Font used in the titles on the Triad Pack update page.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $59)
Font example Agency FB Bold.png
Amarillo USAF Font Amarillo USAF.png Font used for the Soldier's Commando newspaper title.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Amarillo USAF.png
Arial Black Font Arial Black.png Font used for TF Industries' logo.
Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows and macOS.
TF Industries Logo.png
Bebas Font Bebas.png Fonts used for the Mann Co. logo.
Available for free on DaFont. Download Download
Mann Co. Logo.png
Boris Black Bloxx Font Boris Black Bloxx.png
Blackoak Font Blackoak.png Font used for major update headlines and Meet the Team splashes.
Packaged with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and up. Available on Adobe Link (Subscription required)
BlackoakFontDemo.PNG
Brush Script STD Brushscriptstd.png Font used for Saxton Hale's signature. It is also the font used on the Sandman and its baseball.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $35)
Font example Saxtonhale.png
Cat Women CatWomanFontPreview.PNG Font used on the Scream Fortress Update page.
Available to purchase on FontBros. Buy (from $19.95)
Cat women font.jpg
Compacta Font Compacta.png Font used for the Team Fortress 2 wordmark.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $26)
TF2 Logo.png
Engraver's Old English Bold Font Engraver's Old English.png Font used for the WAR! Update's newspaper title.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $29)
Font example Engraver's Old English.png
Greg's Hand Font Greg's Hand.png Font used for Sniper's handwriting in the Sniper vs. Spy update.
Available for free on FFonts. Download
Sniper Postcard.png
Hand Of Sean Hand Of Sean.png Font used for the handwritten item stats and map photo notes on the Engineer Update.
Pictogram comment.png The font has been updated since the Engineer Update and some characters (e.g. %) appear slightly different.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $29)
Font example Hand Of Sean.png
Italia Bold Font Italia Bold Std.png Font used for the Dapper Rogue magazine's title.
Available to purchase on Linotype. Buy (from €56.57)
Font example Italia std.png
Flux Architect Font Flux Architect.png Font used for the handwritten headers in the Engineer Update.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Flux Architect.jpg
Flyer LT Std Extra Black Cond Font Flyer LT Std Extra Black Cond.png Font used in the Dapper Rogue catalogue.
Available to purchase on Linotype. Buy (from €40.58)
Font example Flyer LT Std Extra Black Cond.png
Gotham Ultra Font Gotham-Ultra.png Font used on TF Comics #1: Ring of Fired title.
Available to purchase on Typography. Buy ($~)
Font example Gotham Ultra.png
Joe Hand 3 Font Joe Hand 3.png Font used for the Spy's handwriting in the Dapper Rogue catalogue.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Joe hand 3.png
Lietz Lindau Hamburg Font PiS LIETZ Lindham.png Font used for the WAR! Update's "WAR!" title.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font PiS LIETZ Lindham Example.png
Notre Dame Font notredame.png Font used on the Two Cities Update's website header.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $29)
Font example Notre Dame.png
OL Machina Black Machinafont.PNG Font used on the Engineer Update's website header.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $30)
Engineer Update Logo.png
PostCrypt Font PostCrypt.png Font used on the Halloween Special's website.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example PostCrypt.png
Samaritan Font Samaritan.png Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics text.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $49)
Comicexample.PNG
Samdan Evil Font Samdan Evil.png Font used on the Scream Fortress Update website header.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Samdan Evil.png
SG Compacta SH Black Font SG Compacta SH Black.png Font used on the "Meet the" letters on every "Meet the Team" splash.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $26)
Font example SG Compacta SH Black.png
SteelWolf Medium Font SteelWolf Medium.png Font used on the Mann vs. Machine's website header.
Available to purchase on tlai.com. Buy (from $18.50)
Font example SteelWolf Medium.png
Stencil Font Stencil.png Font used in the Team Fortress 2 comics.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $35.99)
Font Stencil Example.png
Monster Mash Font Monster Mash.png Font used in the titles on the Scream Fortress 2013 update page.
Available to purchase on comicbookfonts.com. Buy (from $39.00)
Font example Monster Mash.png
Chills Regular Font Chills.png This font is used for titles on the update pages of these three updates; Spectral Halloween Special, Scream Fortress 2015, Scream Fortress 2014.
Available to purchase on comicbookfonts.com. Buy (from $49.00)
Font example Chills.png
Ghoulish Fright Font Ghoulish Fright.png Font used in the titles on the Very Scary Halloween Special update page.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example Ghoulish Fright.png

Classic

These are the fonts used in Team Fortress games before Team Fortress 2.

Font Name Image Description Example
Impact Font impact.png Font used for the Team Fortress Classic and Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms logos, the Team Fortress Classic main menu and the Team Fortress intro.
Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows and macOS.
Tfclogo.png
Matura MT Script Capitals Font Matura MT Script Capitals.png Font used for the Team Fortress Software logo in the Team Fortress intro.
Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows.
Font example Matura MT Script Capitals.png
Quartz Font Quartz.png Font used for the Valve's Team Fortress HUD.
Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $35)
Tf2oldSniper.jpg
Trebuchet MS Font Trebuchet MS.png Font used for the Team Fortress Classic and Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms HUD. Also used in Half-Life and its expansions.
Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows.
Tf2-shot4.jpg