More on Fonts

From Joske in Holland

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From: "Joske" 
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Subject: Re: Font Question
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006
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Mavis Mims wrote:

> I love unusual fonts, and see them used on other layouts.
> My sons and sisters are yelling about ones I use on their special
> cards. Does anyone have favorite fonts that they like to use?

> I am just trying to find a way to please us all. Perhaps I need a
lesson in fonts!
> Suggestions?

I think font types are a very individual matter, and they also depend on the rest of the layout. For instance, you wouldn't use a sixties font on a layout about the Middle Ages.

> Oh, yes, I now have broadband - What a difference! Wonder how
> long it will take me to fill up 105 gigs of free space.. <grin>.

Congratulations! You'll find it such a relief.

Now that you can surf wherever and whenever you want, you'll definitely want to pay a visit to some free font sites. There are many.

Sites like this do dingbats: http://www.4yeo.com/fonts/index.htm

You'll find that many order them by category or type: http://www.jabroo.com/

And some are just by alphabetical order: http://www.1001freefonts.com/
http://hem2.passagen.se/webbsida/Free_Fonts/index.htm

Some have original designs
http://www.houseoflime.com/
http://www.pizzadude.dk/home.php

Or a certain theme or period
http://www.psychedelix.com/fonts.html

Joske


From Colleen:

The DaFont website below is probably one of my favorites - neat and organized:
http://www.dafont.com/

This is another nice site for free fonts: http://www.acidfonts.com/

Spoonloads also has some nicely fonts: http://www.spoonloads.com/

Hope this helps you out . . . I found that I downloaded alot of fonts that I never use now. I plan to do some cleaning this winter and uninstall the ones I downloaded and don't like.

There is also a site: http://www.fairytalefonts.com that will make a font out of your own handwriting for a reasonable price. I keep saying I'm going to do this, but haven't got around to it yet. These are their terms:

Q. What are the terms for your fonts or fonts you create for your customers ?
A. 1. You cannot resell any of our fonts or distribute them for free
   2. You can use them in any other way you would like
   3. When we create a font for you, you own all the rights to that font. We will not
     redistribute it for free or for sale without your written consent.
THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO FREE FONT CREATION !


Have fun! Colleen.



From Monica:

Oh dear, pace yourself with this list and the others.
My biggest problem is finding more fonts and then downloading them.

My favorites:
http://www.1001fonts.com/index.html

http://www.dafont.com/

http://www.fontfreak.com/index3.htm

http://www.listemageren.dk/fontarkiv/index.htm  good source for dingbat corners

http://www.searchfreefonts.com/ mix of free and c o m m e r c ial fonts; good place to search

http://moorstation.org/typoasis/typoasis1.htm caution- there are huge amounts of fonts here, multiple categories, and so on, for unusual free fonts.

Older favorites:
http://www.dingbatpages.com/
http://www.fontavenue.com/index.shtml
http://www.themeworld.com/fonts/index.shtml
http://www.fontsnthings.com/index.html


When you only have an image of a font and you need to know the font name:
http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

MonicaW, a font hoarder.



From Patricia:

Subject: Re: Font Question
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:43:50 +1100
If you don't have them, two handy  free tools for fonts are
The Font 
Thing http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html for sorting your fonts and seeing the characters etc., and
Font Renamer
http://www.neuber.com/free/fontrenamer/index.html which changes the name of the font to plain English, as many have abbreviated names, and  to track down at times ... Pat



From Mary: Also, try

Mary


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