Fonts
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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.
| Font Name | Image | Description | Example |
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| TF2 | 
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A skinny, all upper-case font. This font also makes an appearance in-game, as the font used for the Critical Hit!!! text. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| TF2 Secondary | 
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A skinny, upper-and-lower-case font. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| TF2 Build | 
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A thick, all upper-case font. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| TF2 Professor | 
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A rough, chalk-like font used for text MOTDs. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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In-game
In-game fonts are used on textures in Team Fortress 2.
| Font Name | Image | Description | Example |
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| Aachen Bold | 
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Font used for the Casali Shafting Co. and Husky Acres logos. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($35) |
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| Arial Black | 
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Font used on the Spy's Sapper. Arial Black with italics applied. Font comes pre-installed in most operating systems (including most Linux distros) |
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| Arial Narrow | 
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Font used in leftover signs from the beta, these signs still remain in the files. Available to purchase on Fonts. Buy ($35) |
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| Big Noodle Tilting | 
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Font used for some of the Mann Co. signs in Mann Vs. Machine. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Birch Std | 
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Font used for some of the wording on the Red Bonk! Atomic Punch. Available to purchase on MyFonts, and come pre-installed on macOS. Buy ($29) |
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| Carnova Narrow | 
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Font used for the game's signage (such as those denoting the control point). Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($4) |
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| Coney Island | 
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Font used on some Carnival of Carnage posters. Available for free on FFonts. Download |
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| Hobo Std | 
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Font used for some of the wording on Bonk! Atomic Punch and Crit-a-Cola. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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| Impact | 
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Font used for the General Industries Co. logo and the Engineer Update banner. Font is preinstalled with most operating systems. |
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| OCR-A | 
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Font used for the Contracts section. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($35) |
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| Orator | 
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Font used for the Redstone Cargo logo. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($35) |
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| Wide Latin | 
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Font used on part of the title for the Icarus Airliners poster. Available for free on FontPalace. Download |
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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 |
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| Agathodaimon | 
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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 |
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| Agency FB Bold | 
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Font used in the titles on the Triad Pack update page. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($59) |
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| Amarillo USAF | 
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Font used for the Soldier's Commando newspaper title. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Arial Black |
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Font used for TF Industries' logo. Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows and macOS. |
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| Bebas | 
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Fonts used for the Mann Co. logo. Available for free on DaFont. Download Download |
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| Boris Black Bloxx | 
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| Blackoak | 
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Font used for major update headlines and Meet the Team splashes. Packaged with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and up. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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| Brush Script STD | 
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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 ($35) |
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| Cat Women | 
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Font used on the Scream Fortress Update page. Available to purchase on FontBros. Buy ($19.95) |
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| Compacta | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress 2 wordmark. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($26) |
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| Engraver's Old English Bold | 
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Font used for the WAR! Update's newspaper title. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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| Italia Bold | 
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Font used for the Dapper Rogue magazine's title. Available to purchase on Linotype. Buy ($35) |
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| Flux Architect | 
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Font used for the handwritten headers in the Engineer Update. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Flyer LT Std Extra Black Cond | 
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Font used in the Dapper Rogue catalogue. Available to purchase on Linotype. Buy ($35) |
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| Gotham Ultra | 
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Font used on TF Comics #1: Ring of Fired title. Available to purchase on Typography. Buy ($~) |
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| Joe Hand 3 | 
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Font used for the Spy's handwriting in the Dapper Rogue catalogue. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Lietz Lindau Hamburg | 
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Font used for the WAR! Update's "WAR!" title. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Notre Dame | 
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Font used on the Two Cities Update's website header. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($29) |
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| OL Machina Black | 
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Font used on the Engineer Update's website header. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($30) |
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| PostCrypt | 
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Font used on the Hallowe'en Special's website. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Samaritan | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics text. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($149) |
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| Samdan Evil | 
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Font used on the Scream Fortress Update website header. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| SG Compacta SH Black | 
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Font used on the "Meet the" letters on every "Meet the Team" splash. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($26) |
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| SteelWolf Medium | 
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Font used on the Mann vs. Machine's website header. Available to purchase on tlai.com. Buy ($18.50, for Single User License) |
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| Monster Mash | 
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Font used in the titles on the Scream Fortress 2013 update page. Available to purchase on comicbookfonts.com. Buy ($39.00) |
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| Chills Regular | 
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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 ($49.00) |
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| Ghoulish Fright | 
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Font used in the titles on the Very Scary Halloween Special update page. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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Classic
These are the fonts used in Team Fortress games before Team Fortress 2.
| Font Name | Image | Description | Example |
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| Impact |
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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. |
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| Matura MT Script Capitals | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress Software logo in the Team Fortress intro. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($35) |
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| Quartz | 
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Font used for the Valve's Team Fortress HUD. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy ($19.95) |
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| Trebuchet MS | 
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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. |
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