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AceFreeFonts: Free Font Archive

kaly — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:10:07 +0000

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 a particular font takes you to a page where you can preview the font with your own text and rate. The additional info such as font size, ratings and the number of downloads is also shown.

Features:

Free fonts collection.
Lists over 20,000 downloadable fonts.
All fonts are organized into categories.
Search fonts and browse by tags.
Free and no sign up.
Also see earlier MakeUseOf article, 5 Sources To Download Free Text Fonts“.

Check out AceFreeFonts @ www.acefreefonts.com

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Typekit: Online Font Library For Your Website

israeln — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:20:53 +0000

Typekit is a crafty web design tool that gives you quick access to online library of free and commercial fonts. All Typekit fonts are hosted online and can be easily added to your site. You can find fonts by browsing through tags and styles, choose from serif, sans serif, script, and exotic styles. Some tags in the library include clear, clean, geometric, business, extended, and more.

Once you have selected a font set, you can customize it using provided online editor to a desired size and weight. Then it is just a matter of putting the appropriate code in your CSS file to get the font display on your site.

This tool can change how web designers use fonts. Designers are currently limited to images and Flash to come up with visually pleasing designs. But with Typekit, web designers can have access to a large selection of premium fonts without the legal clout. And since text is more usable and indexable than images and Flash, this tool will free up a lot of things that designers couldn’t do before.

The site provides free and paid accounts. The free account supports more then 200 free fonts, but comes with 5 GB bandwidth and 2 fonts per site limit.

Features:

Mix and match fonts before adding them to your website.
Try any font with any text that you want.
Tag-based navigation makes it easy to find fonts.
Kit editor lets you preview your fonts before applying them to your website.
Advanced style control allows you to change the weights and styles of your font.
Fonts are hosted in redundant servers for a guaranteed 100% uptime.

Check out TypeKit @ www.typekit.com

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FontTrainer: Learn To Recognize Common Font Types

kaly — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:29:43 +0000

If you want to able to tell apart commonly used font types without using any font identification software, FontTraner can quickly train you. It is an online utility which randomly generates sentences composed of different fonts and then asks you to identify each font type by picking a correct answer from a list of possibilities. There is also a help section showing you hints.

FontTrainer provides a range of options that let you customize generated sentence variant, color highlighting and characters.

Features:

Learn to recognize font type without using font identification tools.
Generate random sentence and pick a correct answer for each font.
Customize variant, highlighting and characters.
Get additional hints by viewing help section.
Similar tools: IdentiFont and WhatTheFont.

Check out FontTrainer @ www.ft.vremenno.net/en

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FontCapture: Turn Your Handwriting into Font For Free

kaly — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:36:23 +0000

FontCapture is web based tool that lets you turn your handwriting into font for free. The whole process consists of five easy steps and only requires a basic printer and scanner.

Here is how it works:

Download and print provided font template.
Fill in the template with your own handwriting following simple guidelines.
Scan completed template and save it in PNG or GIF format.
Upload the scanned image to FontCapture.com
Finally preview the template and get back your own, ready to use font.

Features:

Create fonts from your own handwriting.
No download or installation needed.
Scanner and printer required.
Create as many fonts as you like.
No sign up required to create the font.
Similar web tools: YourFonts, FontStruct and BitFontMaker.

Check out FontCapture @ www.fontcapture.com (via Lifehacker)

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Typedia: Online Encyclopedia Of Typefaces

abhijeet — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:32:10 +0000

If you love typography then you would definitely love Typedia. Launched recently by well known graphic designer Jason Santa Maria, Typedia is a web based shared encyclopedia of typefaces.

You can search and explore font arts, designs, learn about typography, participate in the forums, add and share your own creativity and print the nice typefaces you come across. Other features include the ability to edit designs and subscribe to RSS feeds.

Features

Online encyclopedia for typefaces.
Upload and share font designs and typography.
Learn about the art of typography and participate in forums.
Choose from a wide range of designs and print them out.
For more similar sites see MakeUseOf “fonts” section.

Check out Typedia@ www.typedia.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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MyFontBook: Free Online Font Viewer

abhijeet — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:20:48 +0000

MyFontBook is an innovative website which acts as an online font viewer and organizer. It helps designers save time by providing a number of tools to manage and preview different fonts installed on their computer.

Users can quickly apply different fonts to text and see how it looks. Advanced font management features include the ability to print a selected font with several style samples, tag typefaces, switch between different kinds of views (list, swatch, metrics…) and more.

See the video demo:

Features:

Web based font viewer and manager.
Organize all fonts, rate and tag typefaces.
Print a selected font with several style samples.
Use sample text view to see how your text looks in the selected font.
View font collection in list and swatch views.
Use the metrics view to check the letter spacing.
Similar sites: FontPicker and FlippingTypical.

Check out MyFontbook @ www.myfontbook.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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ffonts: Free Fonts Directory

srikanth — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:25:04 +0000

ffonts is a free fonts directory which provides you with an amazing collection of cool text fonts. It enables you to search and browse for a wide range of fonts, based on categories and alphabetical listing. You can see details about each font like encoding, version and view the font in upper and lower cases.

There is a custom preview feature which lets you preview fonts before downloading. You can also check out the newly added and top fonts.

With an optional registration you can save fonts to your online wish list, submit your fonts and add comments. You can even rate the fonts and share them with friends easily.

Features:

Directory of free amazing fonts.
Browse fonts by alphabet, category and search.
Save fonts to your wish list.
Check out top fonts and new fonts.
Custom preview and download fonts with one click.
Free to use, with optional registration.
Similar sites: Fawnt, Dafont and Fontex.

Check out ffonts @ www.ffonts.net (by Srikanth AD from Techonaut)

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BitFontMaker: Online Pixel Font Creator

kaly — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:52:06 +0000

BitFontMaker is a dead simple pixel font creator that allows you to create your own true type fonts online. You can either create a font from scratch or import and edit an existing one. The site provides you with an easy to use pixel editor that is used to make text font characters individually with an option to preview them along the way.

Ready fonts can be downloaded or published on BiTFont Museum for others to see. BiTFont Museum is a large text font gallery that hosts fonts created by users like you. The fonts are free to download.

Features:

Ue pixel font creator to create your own font online.
Create fronts from scratch or import and edit existing fonts.
Preview each character as you go along.
Save ready fonts to your computer.
View fonts of others and download whatever you like.
Similar websites: FontStruct and YourFonts.

Check out BitfontMaker @ www.pentacom.jp/soft/ex/font

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Fontex: Amazing Free To Use Fonts

azim — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:09:25 +0000

While there are many sites that offer free text fonts for download, it’s often hard to sort through all those free to use fonts on your own and pick the one you would actually want to use. You can either learn how to make a text font yourself or use Fontex that has done the hard work for you and hand-picked amazing free to use fonts on its website.

On the Fontext you may browse fonts by style, by font popularity among users or search for fonts using related keywords and download whichever ones you like with a sinlge click.

Features:

Directory of free amazing handpicked fonts.
Browse fonts by style, by popularity or search with keywords.
Download with one click.
No sign up.

Check out Fontex @ www.fontex.org

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TypeTester: Tool For Comparing Fonts Online

azim — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:27:43 +0000

Most of us use the default fonts like Times New Roman, Arial, Comic Sans etc. for text documents or web pages. While these fonts are considered standard by many, you might want to check out and compare them to other text fonts. Enter TypeTester, a website for instantly comparing fonts and typefaces side by side.

You can apply different fonts to the text sample and compare them in plain view, bold, italic and more. Change the sample text, text size, alignment, colour, decoration etc., in each of 3 text columns and see the difference.

Features:

Compare fonts side by side online.
Edit the sample text in the text area or insert your own text.
Change text size, alignment, color, decoration, word space etc.,
Apply settings from one column to another
Free, instant comparison.
Similar tool: FontPicker.

Check out TypeTester @ www.typetester.org

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1001FreeFonts: Free Quality Fonts For Windows & Mac

srikanth — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:53:59 +0000

1001FreeFonts is a font resource that lists free quality fonts for Windows and Mac. The site allows you to search and browse through a wide range of fonts, based on categories and alphabetical listing. There is also custom preview feature which lets you preview fonts before downloading.

Features:

Search free quality text fonts for windows and mac.
Option to custom preview a font, before downloading it.
Similar sites: Fawnt, What The Font?! and Fonts 500.

Go to 1001FreeFonts @ www.1001freefonts.com (by Srikanth from Techonaut)

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FontBurner: Add Fonts To Your Website

Kinshuk Sunil — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:13:35 +0000

FontBurner is a website enhancement service that enables you to add new and stylish fonts to your website. Websites are basically can only use a certain fonts and this is because of limited number in default fonts that come with all computers. FontBurner bypasses this limitation by providing an easy way of embedding over 1000 fonts on a website. All you need to do is add some lines of code provided by FontBurner and transform your website’s simple fonts to really cool ones.

Here is how it works:

First you have to browse through font collection and select a font you want to use on your site.

When you select a font, clicking on its index will take you to description page, where you will see an embed code, just copy it onto your clipboard.

Finally paste this code on your website just before the body tag of your HTML. That is it!

For all WordPress self-host users, FontBurner has a wordpress plugin that simplifies the whole process of font embedding.

Check out @ www.fontburner.com (by Kinshuk Sunil of kinshuksunil.com)

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FlippingTypical: Preview Fonts Installed On Your Computer

azim — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:34:16 +0000

FlippingTypical auto-detects fonts on your computer and displays them all on one webpage. This online font viewer is useful for comparing and picking fonts for your design projects. Default font is displayed on top of the page and can be easily changed by typing another font name or clicking it on the page. You can also make fonts go bold or italic using shortcuts ctrl+b for bold and ctrl+i for italic.

Features:

Online font viewer.
Detects fonts you have installed on your computer.
Set default font by typing it or by clicking a font name.
Preview fonts by entering some random text.
Make fonts bold or italic.
Free and instant.
Similar sites: FontPicker

Check out FlippingTypical @ www.flippingtypical.com

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YourFonts: Creating Fonts Online From You Own Handwriting

kaly — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:01:37 +0000

Fed up from usual fonts like Arial, Verdana, Times New Roman? Want something more original? Head to YourFonts.com, it is a free tool for creating fonts online from your own handwriting. The whole process involves 7 easy and clearly explained steps.

You simply download and print provided font template sheet. Fill in each character in your own handwriting and then scan and upload the template on to YourFonts.com. After that you can preview your own font online and if you like it download and use it on your computer. As simple as that.

Features:

Free font creator for creating fronts from handwriting.
Create as many fonts as you like.
Easy to follow seven step process.
Download and use created fonts no your computer.
Check out gallery of fonts created by other users.
Free and no registration.
Similar sites: FontStruct as well as our recent article, Two Free Tools To Make Your Very Own Fonts.

Check out YourFonts @ www.yourfonts.com

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FontPicker: Online Font Comparison Tool

ROW — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 02:57:17 +0000

Font Picker is a free online font comparison tool that shows you all text fonts that are installed on your computer. But more importantly it helps you choose the most appropriate text font based on your requirements.

It is an excellent utility for designers who frequently need to test fonts for their landing pages. Or even for students looking for the right text font for their project or paper.

It’s very easy to use. Simply start typing text in one of the edit boxes and all the other boxes will have the same text in corresponding fonts. There is also an option to add fonts to favorites by clicking on the tick mark on the right To delete a font from the list use the cross (X).

Features:

Web based tool to help you compare fonts online.
See the total number of fonts installed on your computer.
Install Font Picker on Windows or Mac using AdobeAir.
Free and simple to use.
See more apps to work with fonts at MakeUseOf’s font section.

Check out FontPicker @ www.richardsprojects.co.uk (via LH) (by ROW from reviewofweb.com)

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IdentiFont : Identify Font Type

kaly — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:14:39 +0000

Saw a cool font type but can’t find out what font it is? Wandering what font type does apple or iPhone use? Try IndentiFont – this tool asks you a number of simple questions about a font that you want to identify and then tells you which one it is. It lets you identify fonts by appearance, name and similarity. You can also get information about font publishers and their work.

Features:

Identify fonts by appearance, name and similarity.
Search for royalty-free pictures and symbols.
Browse latest added fonts and top 10 fonts.
Get information about font publishers and their work.
Contains information about fonts from 517 publishers and 145 vendors.
Submit your fonts to be added to IdentiFont directory.

Check out IdentiFont @ www.identifont.com

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FontStruct : Create and Share Text Fonts

kaly — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:53:51 +0000

How about your own text font? FontStruct is a web-based font generator where you can create your own text fonts. FontStruct is quite flexible and lets you specify the appearance of each letter. Creating fonts doesn’t require any technical knowledge, although it does take some time. Once the font is ready you can instantly save it to your PC and use it on your computer (i.e. office documents) or optionally publish them on FontStruct and share it with others.

Features:

Create, download and share text fonts.
Interactive and easy to use font editor.
Browse, download, copy, comment on and rate fonts created by other members.
Browse fonts by type (pixel, display etc.) and popularity (i.e. highest rated).
Show off your font to others by embedding it onto your blog or webpage.

[Video] FontStruct screencast

Check out FontStruct @ fontstruct.fontshop.com

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My Live Signature : Online Signature Generator

Aibek — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:03:59 +0000

Ever wanted to spice up your emails with a unique personal signature? Check out MyLiveSignature – an online signature generator where you can both create the signature and learn how to integrate it into your emails.

How it Works:

1. Enter signature text and select preferred font stye
2. Select the text size and signature color
3. Set the slope for the signature
4. Download ready signature to your computer and/or generate the embed code for emails, blogs or forums.
5. Copy signature code and learn how to add it to the email.

There is also a premium service where you can request a custom signature generated for you from the scanned image. This service costs $10.

Visit My Live Signature @ www.mylivesignature.com

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Cool Text : Create Customized Logos and Buttons

kaly — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:27:19 +0000

Need a quick and logo ? Check out CoolText. This simple no registration logo builder lets you create custom logos and website buttons with only a few mouse clicks. Simply select the logo style you want, enter logo text and set background and border settings, and click “Render Logo”. Wait for about 30 seconds until your newly generated logo appears on the screen.

CoolText Features

Create custom text logos and website navigation buttons.
Download and save ready logos to your PC. No registration required.
Customize: logo text color, select font style, background Color, text fize, add order outline, glow effect, etc.
Free font archive: Over 1200 downloadable text fonts for use in Photoshop or Office programs (i.e. Microsoft Word).

Check out CoolText @ [ www.cooltext.com ]

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WhatTheFont: Recognize the Font from any Image

kaly — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:29:30 +0000

Web based font recognition tool that identifes the font type (Arial, Times New Roman, Tahoma etc.) by scanning font image. The app only requires a few letters to identify the font and accepts both colored or black & white images.

How it works ?

1. Upload the font image (or enlarged screenshot) from your PC or URL.
2. WhatTheFont will highlight and identify each character in the uploaded image and ask you to confirm whether the valid character is highlighted.
3. See a list of matching fonts.

Once the font has been identified WhatTheFont will list some links from where you can purchase it. Don’t feel like paying? You can try looking it up on one of the free font directories that were profiled earlier. The only thing you need is the font name.

Additional Details

Recognize fonts from any images.
Supported images formats: GIF, JPEG, TIFF or BMP.
The number of characters in the images, should not exceed 25 characters.

Check out WhatTheFont @ [ www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ ]

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Fawnt: Free Text Fonts

kaly — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:11:00 +0000

Fawnt is a free font resource for designers, developers, and anyone looking for free quality text fonts. You can use these fonts either in your logos or office documents.

Feature Overview

Search and Browse free quality text fonts.
Download fonts from their respective developer / owner pages.
Note: While all of the listed fonts are free, some might have restrictions, i.e. free only for personal use. So make sure to get familiar with usage guidelines.

How to install fonts ?

1. Windows: Download desired font -> Go to ‘Start’ -> ‘Settings’ -> ‘Control Panel’ -> ‘Fonts’ -> Click on ‘File’ > Install New Font -> Point explorer to the location of the font -> click OK.

2. Mac: See How to Install Fonts on a Macintosh (eHow.com)

3. Linux: Download and Copy the font files (.ttf or .otf) to ‘fonts:///’ in the ‘File manager’.

Check out Fawnt @ www.fawnt.com

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Dafont: Free Text Fonts

kaly — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:57:51 +0000

Dafont is an ultimate destination for free text fonts. It lists hundreds of excellent text fonts which can be downloaded and used in your office documents or logos. No-registration required.

Features Overview

Search, preview and download text fonts for free.
Use fonts in office (Word, Powerpoint, etc.) or image editing (i.e. Photoshop) tools.
Browse fonts by alphabet, category (Gothic, Basic, Holiday, Bitmap, etc.) and popularity.
Also check out fonts by ‘newly added’, ‘top 100′ and ‘font authors’.
Submit your own fonts.
Fonts can be installed both on Windows and Mac computers.

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Check out Dafont @ www.dafont.com

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DDfont

Aibek — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:17:38 +0000

DDfont is a huge repository featuring hundreds of original text fonts that can be used in your documents. So if you are looking for something completely different from standard set i.e. ‘Arial’, ‘Times New Roman’ definitely check it out.

How to install fonts ?

Download and Save desired font -> Go to ‘Start’ -> ‘Settings’ -> ‘Control Panel’ -> ‘Fonts’ -> Click on ‘File’ > Install New Font -> Point explorer to the location of the font -> click OK.

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