What is the Rift font?
The idea for Rift was conceived while designing a board game called Control. The time-travel theme and sci-fi overtones of the game pushed me to find inspiration in the titles and lettering on campy sci-fi posters from an earlier age. What was found was tall, geometric type often rooted in the square-sans genre. From that exploration, a bold typeface was built for the titles on the cards and logo of the game.
An interesting phenomenon occurred as Rift was placed in other scenarios—it adapted. Though sci-fi usage was the original influence, the end-product became something much-more versatile. This led me to develop new weights, italics, and soft styles for the face in order to accommodate a wider array of use. More…
Rift was further given Opentype features to allow designers more flexibility and control over the family. Stylistic Alternates give Rift a more playful vibe that still retains its earnestness. Tabular Figures are perfect for reports, timers, or apps when numbers and currency need to align vertically. Clocking in at 457 glyphs, Rift covers an extensive range of languages.
Rift Font families
The Rift includes the following font families:
- Rift Light
- Rift Light Italic
- Rift Regular
- Rift Italic
- Rift Medium
- Rift Medium Italic
- Rift Demi
- Rift Demi Italic
- Rift Bold
- Rift Bold Italic
- Rift Soft Light
- Rift Soft Light Italic
- Rift Soft Regular
- Rift Soft Italic
- Rift Soft Medium
- Rift Soft Medium Italic
- Rift Soft Demi
- Rift Soft Demi Italic
- Rift Soft Bold
- Rift Soft Bold Italic
Rift Preview
Here is a preview of how Rift will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
You're probably thinking - Is Rift available to Download for free?
The short answer is no. Rift is definitely not available as a free download font. This is a premium font which mean that you will have to pay to download and use it in your project. We showcase fonts on SharedFonts that are almost all premium fonts. Feel free to waste valuable hours of your time searching for a free download of Rift, but take it from me, you will not be successful in your quest. Just think how much time and effort you will save if you just pay for Rift and be done with it.
It is always best to pay for a premium font rather than trying to find an illegal download. The benefits of paying for Rift is that you get the license to use it leagally. If you're using an illegal version of Rift and you get caught, you or your client could get into some trouble legally with the publisher of Rift.
Also it is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Rift for free. Doing various searches on Google such as "Free Rift Download" you will see a lot of websites that will say "Free Download" but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Rift remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Rift and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)
