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. The game assets use 17 fonts total; all fonts for Team Fortress series related media (see "Classic" section) use at least 52.
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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 |
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| TF2 | 
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A skinny, all upper-case font. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| TF2 Secondary | 
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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 |
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| TF2 Build | 
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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 |
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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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| Verdana Bold | 
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A cozy, warm and familiar font, seen in the text chat of every match. Packaged with Microsoft Windows and macOS. Available to purchase on Fonts. Buy (from $49) |
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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 (from $39) |
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| Arial Black | 
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Font used on the Spy's Sapper. Arial Black with italics applied. Packaged 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 (from $45.99) |
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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 on Adobe Fonts, and come pre-installed on macOS. Link (Subscription required) |
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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 (from $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 (from $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 on Adobe Fonts. Link (Subscription required) |
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| Orator | 
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Font used for the Redstone Cargo logo. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $29) |
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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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| Preussische VI 9 | 
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Fonts used on a sign in Mann Vs. Machine. Both available for free on DaFont. Download Preussische VI 9 Download Chalkboard |
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| Chalkboard | 
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| Rockwell | 
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Font used on a sign in the games files in its Extra Bold variant. Available for free on MaisFont. Download |
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| Niagara Solid | 
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Font used on the cards of the unusual effect Aces High for the Ace's "A". Available for free on FontDownload. Download |
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| Goudy text MT | 
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Font that is not used in the game but on the "der Clint Biergarten" variant of the texture med_sign001, from the files of the map Rottenburg, with its Lombartic capitals. Available for free on FontsGeek. Download |
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| Monotype Old English Text | 
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Fonts that are on the "Hocks" variant of the texture med_sign001 in the map Rottenburg. Kirsty is in bold. Kirsty is available for free on DaFont and Monotype Old English Text is available to purchase on MyFonts. Download Kirsty, Buy Monotype Old English Text (from $40.99) |
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| Kirsty | 
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| Copperplate | 
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Font that is used on the texture of the Mann Brothers's carts which replace the payloads, from the files of the map Helltower, with about 30% its width, in its gothic bold variant. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $35.99) |
  This is the font as used in the example texture, with 33% its original witdh. |
| Party Business | 
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Fonts used for the Bombinomicon's cover. Party Business doesn't have all its capitals. Both available for free on DaFont. Download Party Business Download Garamond |
 
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| Garamond | 
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| Helvetica Oblique | 
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A font that is not viewable in game but part of a previous version of the bot of the map Asteroid in its black weight. Probably used as a placeholder. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $42.99) |
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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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| Agency FB Bold | 
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Font used in the titles on the Triad Pack update page. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $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 Bebas Download Boris Back Bloxx |
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| Boris Black Bloxx | 
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| Blackoak | 
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Font used for major update headlines, Meet the Team splashes and the Salt Rock logo in Coal Town. Packaged with Adobe Photoshop CS3 and up. Available on Adobe Link (Subscription required) |
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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 (from $35) |
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| Compacta | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress 2 wordmark. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $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 (from $29) |
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| Greg's Hand | 
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Font used for Sniper's handwriting in the Sniper vs. Spy update. Available for free on FFonts. Download |
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| Hand Of Sean | 
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Font used for the handwritten item stats and map photo notes on the Engineer Update. 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) |
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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 (from €56.57) |
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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 (from €40.58) |
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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 (from $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 (from $30) |
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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 (from $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 (from $18.50) |
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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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| PostCrypt | 
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Font used on the Halloween Special's website. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Cat Women | 
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Font used on the Scream Fortress Update page. Available to purchase on FontBros. Buy (from $19.95) |
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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 (from $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 (from $49.00) |
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| Ghoulish Fright | 
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Font used in the titles on the Very Scary Halloween Special update page. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Agathodaimon | 
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Font used in the titles on the Wheel of Fate cards, inside the Bombinomicon, and on the Spectral Halloween Special update pages. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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Comics
Several fonts are used in the comics all available for free in the [official website].
| Font Name | Image | Description | Example |
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| Gotham Ultra | 
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Font used on TF Comics #1: Ring of Fired title. Available to purchase on Typography. Buy ($~) |
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| Samaritan | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics text. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $49) |
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| Battle Cry | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics special moves and onomatopoeias text. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $45.85) |
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| Futura | 
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Font used in the Team Fortress 2 comics newspapers its condensed extra-bold variant for main headlines titles and in bold condensed oblique for its sub-headers texts. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $30,51) |
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| Cheap Motel | 
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Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics for the pyrovision version of dialogues. Available for free on Dafont. Download |
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| Danger Diabolik | 
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Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns comics like title on the cover. The exclamation mark is from another font yet to be determined. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| SF Slapstick | 
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Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns comics like title's "NEW!" stamp on the cover in its Bold variant. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Guravo | 
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Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns on the Millhaven prison Available for free on MaisFont. Download |
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| Harrington | 
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Fonts used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns on the stickers remaining from the pregnancy of the wife of the mayor of Teufort on the panel celebrating the hanging of Scout and Spy. Available for free on 1001Font, DaFontFree, DaFont and FontsGeek. Download Harrington Download Goudy Stout Download Komika Title Download Cooper Black Corsiva monotype and FF Din are available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy Corsiva Monotype (from $98.35) Buy FF Din(from $76,64) |
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| Goudy Stout | 
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| Komika Title | 
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| Cooper Black | 
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| Corsiva Monotype | 
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| FF Din | 
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| ITC Century Std Handtooled | 
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Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns for the Charles Darling's book covers. Available to purchase on Myfonts. Buy(from $40,71) |
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| Mom | 
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Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns for the russian shopkeeper's handwriting. Available for free on DaFont. Download |
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| Metcon | 
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Font used on TF Comics #3: A Cold Day in Hell in its Heavy Rx variant for honey crates text. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $70,05) |
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| Stencil | 
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Font used in the Team Fortress 2 comics. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $35.99) |
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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. Font is packaged with Microsoft Windows. |
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| Quartz | 
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Font used for the Valve's Team Fortress HUD. Available to purchase on MyFonts. Buy (from $35) |
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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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Localization Specific
These are the fonts used in Team Fortress 2 for all the non Latin and Cyrillic characters including Chinese (both traditional and simplified), Korean and Japanese.
| Font Name | Image | Description | Example |
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| MingLiU | 
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Fonts used for the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean localization, it replaces most of the UI and can be seen in some textures like on the accepted contract stamp where it replaces Impact. All available for free. Download MingLiU on FontsAddict, Download MS Gothic on Ffonts, Download Gulim on Adobe fonts. |
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| MS Gothic | 
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| Gulim | 
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