There are many places that you can download fonts, including free fonts. Just do a search on your favorite web search site, and you should be pleased with the results, perhaps even overwhelmed. Table 6.1 includes a few sites here to get you started. However, for your reference, we include sites other than ones with just downloadable fonts.
Table 6.1. Font-Related Websites
Website | URL | Content |
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iFree Top Font Sites | http://www.ifree.com.au/top/fonts/index.html | Lists many links to font sites. |
WebFontList | http://www.webfontlist.com/ | Lists many links to font sites, both free and shareware. |
Karen's Koncepts Free Fonts Resources | http://www.netmegs.com/koncepts/freefont.htm | Lists many links to sites with fonts, both free and shareware. |
MyFonts.com | http://www.myfonts.com/ | A site where you can buy fonts through participating foundries. Provides some font utilities to help you find the right font. Has links to other font sites and font utility sites. |
MyFonts.com: WhatTheFont | http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ | The direct link toMyFonts.com's WhatTheFont utility. This interesting utility can be used to try to identify a font from a scanned image. |
Identifont identify fonts and typefaces | http://www.identifont.com/identify.html | A site that helps you identify a font by asking a series of questions about the font. |
Apple Fonts/Tools | http://fonts.apple.com/ | Apple's technical site on fonts and font development. |
TrueType Typography: TTF fonts & technology | http://www.truetype.demon.co.uk/index.htm | An informative site onTrueType typography. Includes info about history and specification. |
Adobe Solutions Network: OpenType Specification | http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/type/ | Lists the Adobe type specification, including OpenType. |
Free Fonts, TrueType, OpenType, ClearType Microsoft Typography | http://www.microsoft.com/typography/default.asp | Microsoft's Typography site. Includes technical information as well as a link to Microsoft's free fonts. |
Microsoft Typography Fonts and products | http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp | Provides a listing of what fonts come in what Microsoft products. Does not include images of the fonts. |
Unicode Home Page | http://www.unicode.org/ | Includes information on Unicode and the Unicode standard. |
