The short answer, the exact typefaces for the interface and the logo, and the free lookalikes you can install for on-brand design work.
LinkedIn's interface — the feed, profiles, messaging and navigation — is set in its Source Sans type family, the open-source humanist sans-serif originally drawn for Adobe. Separately, LinkedIn's 2019 brand refresh introduced a custom handwriting-inspired display face called Community, used to add warmth to marketing headlines and campaign creative — not the interface you read every day.
If you only need the name to match a deck, banner or graphic: design with Source Sans 3, the free version of the same family, available on Google Fonts. That is the closest installable lookalike to what you see on LinkedIn.
"What font does LinkedIn use" has three answers, because LinkedIn uses different type for three different jobs.
| Where | Typeface | Free lookalike to install |
|---|---|---|
| Interface & post text | Source Sans | Source Sans 3 (Google Fonts) |
| Logo / wordmark | Custom lettering, Avenir-style geometric sans (Myriad Pro lineage) | Montserrat or Nunito Sans |
| Marketing headlines & campaigns | Community — custom handwriting-inspired display face, 2019 rebrand | No close free match; try a rounded handwriting-style display font for the same warmth |
Everything you read inside the product — your feed, profiles, the messaging panel, buttons and menus — is rendered in LinkedIn's Source Sans family. It was chosen for the same reason most large platforms pick a humanist sans-serif: it stays legible at small sizes, across languages, and on low-resolution screens. You cannot switch your interface to a different font through any LinkedIn setting — the typeface is fixed for every user on every device.
Where a proprietary LinkedIn typeface does show up is marketing, not the interface: Community, a custom handwriting-inspired display face introduced with LinkedIn's 2019 brand refresh, gives campaign headlines and ads a warmer, more human tone. If you're editing a post, comment, or profile, you're reading Source Sans — Community lives in LinkedIn's own marketing materials, not your feed.
The “LinkedIn” wordmark in the logo is custom lettering, not a font you can download. Its lineage traces back to Myriad Pro, and the current mark reads as a geometric sans in the spirit of Avenir. Because it is hand-tuned, no single installable font matches it exactly.
For logo-style graphics that feel close, a free geometric sans like Montserrat or Nunito Sans is the practical choice — both share the rounded, even, geometric character of the wordmark.
If you landed here because you want your own LinkedIn text to look bold or italic — not because you are matching the brand — knowing the font name won't help. LinkedIn has no formatting button for posts, headlines, comments or your About section.
The workaround is Unicode styled characters: they look like a different font but are treated as ordinary text, so LinkedIn displays them everywhere. Generate them in seconds, then paste.
Type any text and copy it back in bold, italic and 50+ Unicode styles — free, instant, no sign-up.
Open the LinkedIn Font Generator →Want bold specifically? Use the LinkedIn Font Generator for quick styling. First time styling text on LinkedIn? Read Is LinkedIn bold text safe? so you keep your reach, searchability and accessibility intact.