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Fonts written visual art, or just pure fun?

How many times have you made a sign for a yard sale or sent a special email (I think ransom notes are excluded) and just didn't find the perfect font to set the mood.
There are some great programs out the to make things a bit easier but if your the un-artistic type like me then finding the perfect typeface can give you that sense of accomplishment.



OK lets find some fonts!
A quick google search will send you to a bunch of places but some are just bull and some want you to buy everything. I have a few for you to start with but let me warn you some sites employ ad-ware or spyware to profit from your perceived gain so proceed with caution.

Here are some good ones!

Simply The Best Fonts simple layout great font selection.

Fontfreak

Fontfoundry

Iconian 300 or so here but some good ones PC and Mac.

Harolds Fonts look at some freebies there.

K-TYPE only like 29 freebies but I like the dingbat ones.

I just like the look of this site Diane DiPiazza

One of my all time favorites "Ultimate cool factor ALERT" is Chank Diesel's site CHANK.com

Now keep in mind as you start your collection some fonts are free and some are NOT!
Shareware fonts you will download for free will be missing upper or lower case letters and or numbers to give you a reason to buy them from the author.
Observe copywrites if you make ads or profit somehow from type face usage odds are someone should have been paid for them.

The next question might be how do I install them?

Well you can just drop em in the windows directory "fonts" folder this works fine for the first 50 to 100 or so.
Once you get going and install lets say 200 to 2000 extra fonts to Windows things kinda slow down or some programs just can't make'em all work. (you may have to remove some fonts) Its time to organize a bit and install a font manager. I have a couple free choices for you and there are many commercial options visit Adobe.com for a good one.

Fontomatic (registration required) Load folders and view or re-sort.

The Font Thing Same idea as above also free.



Got a Mac and want True Type fonts to work try this. Macintosh software, to convert PC TrueType fonts into Mac TrueType fonts, and conversely. TTConverter

Perhaps you want to make your own fonts?
Well you certainly can, most programs out there will require that you buy a full version to get real functionality.
However ther is one freebie I found Fontforge you can get it in most OS flavors but downloading it and running it can be complicated.
Also see commerical software Fontcreator $79. to $149. and
Typetool $99.

Here is a website to make your own font on the web BitFontMaker. Also see the fonts other people posted.


If you love this sort of thing and want cooler looking emails you gotta try Incredimail its worth buying and its limited use for free.

Microsoft has some tools for you type heads out there take a look, Free font tools

Bonus links visit:
typorganism start at the ASCII-O-MATIC.
Visit BLAMBOT some neat stuff here for comicbook fans.

One final warning FONTS ARE ADDICTIVE you will find yourself using them way too much, so be creative and have fun!

Signs signs everywhere a sign

Heres a fun site TXT2PIC its loaded with editable signs some commerical like Mcdonalds or Wendy's and Walmart a few pictures with caption bubbles like George bush or a man in a gorilla suit. (not a big difference there.)


Ok now if I can just find some tee shirt transfer paper. Hehe.