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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. The game assets use 17 fonts total; all fonts for Team Fortress series related media (see "Classic" section) use at least 52.

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 match.
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
Preussische VI 9 Font Preussische VI 9.png Fonts used on a sign in Mann Vs. Machine.
Both available for free on DaFont. Download Preussische VI 9 Download Chalkboard
Fonts Example WarningSign.png
Chalkboard Font Chalkboard.png
Rockwell Font Rockwell.png Font used on a sign in the games files in its Extra Bold variant.
Available for free on MaisFont. Download
Rockwell Example.png
Niagara Solid Niagara Solid Font.png Font used on the cards of the unusual effect Aces High for the Ace's "A".
Available for free on FontDownload. Download
Niagara Solid Example.png
Goudy text MT Font Goudy Text MT.png 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
Goudy Text MT Example.png
Monotype Old English Text Font Old English Monotype.png 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)
Hocks Panel Example.png
Kirsty Font Kirtsy.png
Copperplate Font Copperplate.png 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)
Copperplate Example.png

Font Copperplate 33%Width.png
This is the font as used in the example texture, with 33% its original witdh.
Party Business Font Party Business.png 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
Bombonomicon.png
Close Up of the small text on the Bombonomicon's cover
Garamond FontGaramond.png
Helvetica Oblique Font Helvetica Oblique.png 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)
Bot worker B blue.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
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 Bebas Download Boris Back Bloxx
Mann Co. Logo.png
Boris Black Bloxx Font Boris Black Bloxx.png
Blackoak Font Blackoak.png 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)
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
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
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
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
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
PostCrypt Font PostCrypt.png Font used on the Halloween Special's website.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font example PostCrypt.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
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
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

Comics

Several fonts are used in the comics all available for free in the [official website].

Font Name Image Description Example
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
Samaritan Font Samaritan.png Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics text.
Available to purchase on MyFonts.
Buy (from $49)
Comicexample.PNG
Battle Cry Font used for special moves and onomatopoeias in the TF2 official comics Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics special moves and onomatopoeias text.
Available to purchase on MyFonts.
Buy (from $45.85)
NeckSnap.png
Futura Font Futura.png 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)
Font Futura Example.png
Cheap Motel Cheap motel.png Font used for the Team Fortress 2 comics for the pyrovision version of dialogues.
Available for free on Dafont.
Download

Foobirds.png

Danger Diabolik Font Danger Diabolik.png 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
Font Example Danger Diabolik.png
SF Slapstick Font SF Slapstick.png 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
Font Example SF Slaptstick.png
Guravo Font Guravo.png Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns on the Millhaven prison
Available for free on MaisFont. Download
Font Example Guravo.png
Harrington Font Harrington.png 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)
Fonts Example Panel Teufort.png
Goudy Stout Font Goudy Stout.png
Komika Title Monkey Buns and Chortle Sign Painter are the same as this one
Cooper Black Font Cooper Black.png
Corsiva Monotype Font Corsiva Monotype.png
FF Din Font FF Din.png
ITC Century Std Handtooled Font Century Std Handtooled.png Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns for the Charles Darling's book covers.
Available to purchase on Myfonts. Buy(from $40,71)
Font Example Century Std Handtooled.png
Mom Font Mom.png Font used on TF Comics #2: Unhappy Returns for the russian shopkeeper's handwriting.
Available for free on DaFont. Download
Font Mom Example.png
Metcon Font CCMetcon Rx Heavy.png 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)
Font Example CCMetcon Rx Heavy.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

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

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
MingLiU MingLiU Font.png 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.
Accepted schinese.png
MS Gothic Font MS Gothic.png Font MS Gothic Exemple.png
Gulim Font Gulim.png Gulim Font Preview.png