Trebuchet®

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What is the Trebuchet® font?

Trebuchet, designed by Vincent Connare in 1996, is a humanist sans serif designed for easy screen readability. Trebuchet takes its inspiration from the sans serifs of the 1930s which had large x heights and round features intended to promote readability on signs.
The typeface name is credited to a puzzle heard at Microsoft, where the question was asked, “could you build a Trebuchet (a form of medieval catapult) to launch a person from the main campus to the consumer campus, and how?” The Trebuchet fonts are intended to be the vehicle that fires your messages across the Internet. “Launch your message with a Trebuchet page”. More…
One of Connare’s intentions when designing Trebuchet was to instill personality into the letterforms, even at small sizes, while retaining clarity and readability. He wanted to create a typeface which was significantly distinguishable from Verdana and MS Sans.

Trebuchet® Font families

The Trebuchet® includes the following font families:

  • Trebuchet
  • Trebuchet Italic
  • Trebuchet Bold
  • Trebuchet Bold Italic

Trebuchet® Preview

Here is a preview of how Trebuchet® will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.


Is Trebuchet® A free font? Is Trebuchet® Free to Download?

No,Trebuchet® is not free to download. You will need to pay for it I'm afraid. Almost every font that we list on HighFonts.com is a paid-for, premium font. We do have a Free Fonts section where we list free fonts that you can download. There is no point trying to find a free download of Trebuchet® so please don't waste your time looking.

It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Trebuchet® for free. There's 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 Trebuchet® remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!

If you really want Trebuchet® 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. :)