Fonts

Fonts are digital typefaces used on a computer. Although traditionally a font means one weight or subset of a typeface, in contemporary digital terms it usually refers to the entire typeface. Fonts carry the outlines of all of the characters of a typeface for reproduction using a computer printer. They are most commonly available in TrueType, OpenType, or PostScript format. A very large variety of computer fonts are available today. At least 70,000 have been cataloged from many different font design houses called "foundries," in a reference to the historical manufacture of typefaces from cast metal.

The most popular fonts in current usage are probably Helvetica or one of its many variations, and Times Roman in its many forms.

Modern digital typefaces are available online from sites like Monotype, Fontcraft, and MyFonts, which is a distributor for multiple design houses.

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• 232 MKSD Round – Free Font from Maniackers Design

  
  Freelance Logo Designer & Brand Identity Design - UK Logo Design by Graham Smith - ImJustCreative — Authority: 503
  232 MKSD Round was designed by Masayuki Sato from Maniackers Design. It comes in the 3 above weights, Light, Medium and bold and you can download it as a Mac Truetype, Mac Postscript and Windows Truetype font file. You can download it for free via the visiting the link below.
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• Microsoft Wokked In China

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 592
  Something not reported in the usual places, this week Microsoft lost a suit in China over the fonts used in Chinese copies of Windows from Windows 98 to present. Coming right at the launch of Windows 7 this has to really hurt early adoption there. The news of this comes by way of the ITWire , which tells us the ...
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• Escher alphabet

  
  Impossible world site blog — Authority: 130
  Almost all letters of this alphabet was inspired by Eschers artworks. The alphabet was created by Luis Rafael Bonilla.
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• Web Font Specimen Shows Web Type in Real Web Context

  
  WebAppers — Authority: 558
  Because web type renders differently with only subtle CSS adjustments, seeing it exercised in a variety of ways can help web designers typeset – and also help them decide which typefaces to purchase for their projects. Therefore, Tim Brown has designed Web Font Specimen , which presents real web type in real web ...
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• B Side: Font Friday

  
  I Heart Vector — Authority: 120
  Created by: Billy Argel Category: fonts File Type: TTF for Mac or Win Size: 48 KB Description: B Side font by fontmaster Billy Argel. Check out his blog if you like amazing fonts and outstanding illustrations. License: Free for personal use. For a commercial license, contact Billy . Downloaded ...
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• AdSense Tips - How Can You Make $100 Every Day With AdSense?

  
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  probably the who excess a well big make $100,000 but be to a Google’s program?If an publisher struggling the month then tips you the earning 5 with [...]
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• Friday Fresh Free Fonts #24

  
  Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials — Authority: 670
  I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know its awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#24 and make sure to comeback for more next week. Click here to view all Friday Fresh ...
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• Digital Scrapbooking (Freebies) found on Fri, 20-Nov-2009 ---> Alpha(s),Font(s), Word Art(s) Freebies

  
  Creative Busy Hands Digital Scrapbooking Freebies Search — Authority: 161
  Alpha(s),Font(s), Word Art(s) Please, dont forget to say thank you to the designer when you download any of the freebies in the designer blog, and tell where you found them (the links in this blog take you to the designers blogs). Copyright 2008-2009 - CBHScrapbookFreebiesSearch.Blogspot.com Technorati ...
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• How To Change The Default Location Of Windows Explorer ?

  
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  Usually, if you press Win+E keys, the system will open a Windows Explorer by default that contains My Documents folder and logged User name folder. If you want to open a different folder when you hit Windows + E keys, it is not as tough as lifting Weight Lift. Just follow these simple steps. •    Click on ...
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• Font Management at Adobe® CS4 Roadshows

  
  Manage This — Authority: 112
  If you are based in the Manchester or Belfast areas and are interested in learning more about font management , we’ll be hosting a font management best practices session at the Adobe ® Creative Suite ® 4 Roadshows, taking place in both cities over the next couple of weeks: 25th November, University of ...
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• Best Opening Titles Ever

  
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  Yeah, I know Ive talked about how much the MARY TYLER MOORE show has influenced my life before, but watching season 5 of the series on DVD has made me once again appreciate the wonderful opening titles. Ive decided to take an in depth look at the sequence, which is unparalleled in its greatness. More happens in this ...
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• Neat sites

  
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  Fill out this form and NASA will send your name to Mars (via Absolute Portal ) View theme park maps online (via MakeUseOf ) Enjoy movie theater popcorn? You might as well just eat two sticks of butter (via Docuticker ) See what Nicholas Cage blew his money on Create really cool designs with Myoats ...
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• savior

  
  Ways and Means — Authority: 133
  After having to repeatedly trace Minnesota into Illustrator when designing a friends business calling cards, I magically find this font today when searching randomly.  DOH.  I should have known better. They also have the continents! Seriously, these are the things that make me happy. Download this font here , ...
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• Make your own big font coasters

  
  Forever Geek — Authority: 538
  I just love this concept from Evil Mad Scientist: make your own drinks coasters based on various characters in a range of fonts. You can read up on the whole process , but basically the idea is to blow up fonts to large point sizes, print and then cut them out of some kind of material (MDF, cork, plywood, etc.) ...
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• 35+ Most Popular Hand Drawn Fonts for design aficionados

  
  Techie Blogger — Authority: 544
  As we all know in internet , we will get reputation only for our genuine work. And as designers , we must try to add uniqueness in our work. In the field of typography , we have been using the same ordinary fonts for years and Now it’s time to change. Let’s welcome the latest trend in the web design field ...
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• AceFreeFonts: Free Font Archive

  
  MakeUseOf Directory — Authority: 726
  AceFreeFonts is a free font archive that provides you with a huge collection (over 20,000) of downloadable fonts. All fonts are nicely organized into categories and searchable by name or tags. Clicking on particular font takes you to a page where you can preview it with your own text and rate. Additional info such as ...
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• FF Celeste® Sans Black – Free Font for Download

  
  Freelance Logo Designer & Brand Identity Design - UK Logo Design by Graham Smith - ImJustCreative — Authority: 503
  Office FontFonts come in a new easy-to-use format optimized for everyday use in Microsoft® Office® apps. Try the style-linked (regular and italic in one menu item) FF Celeste Sans Offc for free!
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• Top 10 Font Sites and Tools

  
  Kikabink News - Internet Marketing News — Authority: 435
  TechCrunch’s Orli Yakuel has written a great article explaining the pros and cons, and ins and outs of various online font repositories and tools.If you’ve done a little graphic or web... (Click on the title for the full story...)
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• TITILLIUM [del.icio.us]

  
  Imran Ali — Authority: 133
  > La prima font accademica open source
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• C13 LCD Font on YWFT

  
  WE LIKE TO — Authority: 420
  Cypher13 just announced the release of a new font for sale on the You Work For Them site. Word has it that there may be a few more exemplary releases on the horizon from these Boulder lads. Stay tuned for more.
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