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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• Webfonts Week: An Interview with David Berlow of The Font Bureau

  
  The FontShop FontFeed — Authority: 523
  Taking the pulse of the font community would not be complete without the man who has been active in type design and technology from the beginning of the digital era.
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• How can I dump every character in a font to a text file?

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  How can I dump every character in a font to a text file? I am trying to generate a text file that contains every character in a specific font. I also need the characters to be broken up into small groups so that they are approximately subtitle-length. Thus, when Im finished, Ill have a text file of several (to ...
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• Typekit Launches its Cloud-Based Web Font Service

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 883
  Typekit takes a cloud-based approach to fonts on the web, serving up an extensive library of designer fonts that be incorporated into a site simply by dropping in a line of code. We first wrote about it back in May when the project was first announced, and now the service is live . What that means is web ...
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• Bands that create their own font collection, how rock n roll

  
  disassociated.com — Authority: 443
  Quite a few fonts that feature in band logos were created specifically for the task at hand, and in many cases only consist of whatever letters or characters were needed to spell the band’s name. That hasn’t stopped some fans from making up complete font sets based on these logos though .
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• Freebie: Fonts

  
  Craft Gossip — Authority: 158
  image Scrapnfont ScrapNFonts is currently offering 15 FREE digital fonts! Click here to add them to your cart and download them for free. Hurry, the offer may end without notice! -Heather
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• Useful Tweets 28

  
  A Blog Not Limited ~ Article Teasers — Authority: 103
  It has been months and months, and Im finally returning to this series . Fortunately and not surprisingly, my tweeting was significantly less while writing the book , especially tweets with "useful" links. So you havent really missed out on much … not that you would anyways. I promise I wont make you wait so ...
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• Alex Haigh

  
  Sweet Station — Authority: 444
  These uniquely designed fonts would definitely stand out from the rest of the crowd. Alex Haighand and the gang over at HypeforType - cool memorable name - recently launched Exclusive Faces Volume 2. The second volume includes exclusive font designs from Non-Format, Research Studios, MWM Graphics, Suprb, and ...
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• Download Free Font

  
  Dr. 5z5 Open Feed Directory — Authority: 181
  Feed Category: Feed Directory / Computers / Fonts Download free font collection of free font for pc
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• Fonts

  
  Library Hacks — Authority: 110
  Even if you think you have no interest in printing, I urge you to listen to this very interesting podcast of To the Best of Our Knowledge from Wisconsin Public Radio, http://www.wpr.org/book/091101b.cfm Interviewees include the designers of Gotham (the Obama campaign font) and Verdana (the Internet font) and Nicholson ...
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• Digital Scrapbooking (Freebies) found on Mon, 09-Nov-2009 ---> Alpha(s),Font(s), Word Art(s) Freebies

  
  Creative Busy Hands Digital Scrapbooking Freebies Search — Authority: 160
  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 Tags: ...
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• 15 Great Websites To Download Thousands of Free Fonts

  
  Web Design Tutorials | Creating a Website | Learn Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Dreamweaver — Authority: 523
  There are so many different websites on the internet that offer free fonts for you to download to use on your PC, Mac or Linuz operating system. I have put together a list of the 15 websites I think offer the best fonts to download. Plus these sites are all very easy to use. If you have found any other font websites ...
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• 35+ Funky Cartoon Fonts for Logos and Headers

  
  Pro Blog Design — Authority: 110
  There are a lot of free fonts available online. Sites like Dafont and 1001Fonts are invaluable repositories for designers, because they give us such a wide range of font options. Cartoon fonts are one type of font that rarely get much praise. The problem with them is that by definition, they’re gimmicks. They ...
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• Free 15 Fonts From ScrapNFonts.

  
  a day of play — Authority: 126
  Just simply add them to your cart and check them out. No purchase necessary. Hurry! This offer may end without notice.
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• Cimatics landscapes

  
  OSP — Authority: 91
  Earlier this year, we were invited to work on the identity of the Brussels-based Cimatics A\V Platform.Cimatics is a framework for initiating and facilitating audiovisual productions, events, publications and workshops.To launch the new identity, we developed a new family of fonts! We hope you’re ready for the libre ...
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• The Standard US Keyboard: Quick Reference

  
  Learn How-to Develop Web Apps plus Entertainment Software and Review — Authority: 91
  Web developers often encounter situations in which it is necessary to preview fonts. As technology develops and the restrictions are lifted on how fonts may be used on the web, web developers will be trying new things, which will require more testing. For English speaking developers who have adhered to the core web ...
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• Links for a Monday Morning

  
  BERG — Authority: 121
  How come I’d never heard of WikiReader before? It’s a $99 device for reading Wikipedia from a memory card. There’s no network connection of any form, just a micro-SD slot, meaning it’ll last for a year on three AA batteries. You can update it at any point by downloading a new dump; if that’s not possible, ...
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• Unique Types - Fonts Inspired by Children with Physical Disabilities

  
  Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials — Authority: 659
  Last Saturday I was in São Paulo, Brazil for the Intercon 2009 , one of the biggest events about the internet culture here in my country. I was super happy as well because I was invited to talk about Abduzeedo to that huge crowd. But what I want to show to you here in this post is this amazing project called Unique ...
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• Over One Million Registered Users Now Buy Fonts at MyFonts Website

  
  MobilityWire — Authority: 419
  iPhone app is the easiest way for people to identify fonts in any printed material from any location at any time MARLBOROUGH, Massachusetts – MobilityWire ® – November 9, 2009 MyFonts ® , the world’s leading online provider of fonts and a division of Bitstream Inc. ( NASDAQ: BITS ), ...
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• Chrome on Debian

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 460
  I just installed google chrome on Debian. It’s really awesome that I can’t believe my eyes at first! I found that most sites I visited usually are well displayed in the layout. More here read more
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• Isosiblia

  
  Impossible world site blog — Authority: 127
  Font Isosiblia with impossible figures by Rodrigo Fuenzalida from Venezuela.
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