Hobo font
Hobo is a display face without a straight line. It was designed by Morris Fuller Benton, and first issued by American Type Founders in 1910. It isn’t free: it is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype. FontKind hasn’t measured it, so the free fonts below stand beside it by their own description and by class, not by measurement.
No picture of Hobo here: only your own copy, if you have it
01 / Free fonts with a similar description or class
Your copy · Hobo, from your device
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01by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Eater02by class
Free for commercial useApache 2.0
Fonts like Irish Grover03by class
Fontdiner Swanky
Google Fonts classes it with the decorative display faces
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useApache 2.0
Fonts like Fontdiner Swanky04by class
Free for commercial useApache 2.0
Fonts like Kranky05by class
Original Surfer
Google Fonts classes it with the decorative display faces
Find the font. Find its kind.Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Original Surfer06by class
Free for commercial useOFL
Fonts like Joti One
Not measured against Hobo: FontKind has no licensed copy of it. “By description” means the free font’s own description names Hobo or its model; “by class”, that Google Fonts gives it the same class. Every one is free for commercial use.
About Hobo
- Designed by
- Morris Fuller BentonSource: Wikipedia: Hobo (typeface)
- First issued
- American Type Founders, 1910Source: Wikipedia: Hobo (typeface)
- Class
- Display face without a straight lineSource: Wikipedia: Hobo (typeface)
- Comes with
- Not with Windows 11, macOS Tahoe or Microsoft 365, by their own listsSource: Microsoft: Windows 11 font list , Apple: fonts included with macOS Tahoe , Microsoft: cloud fonts in Office
- Sold by
- Linotype
Read by hand on 1 October 2026 from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), Microsoft’s and Apple’s lists of their fonts, Monotype’s list of its trademarks and the foundries’ and shops’ own pages. The references are linked beside each fact; a page that sells or hands out the font is not, so a fact read only there shows no link.
Typeface names may be trademarks of their owners. FontKind is not affiliated with American Type Founders, and this page is an independent reference.
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Questions about Hobo
Is Hobo free?
No. Hobo is a paid typeface, sold by Linotype. The free fonts on this page are free for commercial use too, under open licences.
Who designed Hobo?
Hobo was designed by Morris Fuller Benton, and first issued by American Type Founders in 1910.
Can I use Hobo in Word, Google Docs or Canva?
In Word, only after you install a licensed copy: neither Windows nor Microsoft 365 comes with Hobo. Google Docs adds fonts from Google Fonts, and Hobo isn’t one of them; of the free fonts on this page, Eater, Irish Grover and Fontdiner Swanky are there, under More fonts. Canva publishes no list of its fonts: search its font menu, or, with Canva Pro, upload a font whose licence allows it.
What is the closest free alternative to Hobo?
FontKind hasn’t measured Hobo: it has no licensed copy of it, so this page doesn’t rank free fonts by how close they come. Eater, Irish Grover and Fontdiner Swanky are decorative display faces in Google Fonts’ own classification, the class FontKind matches to Hobo.