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Where to Find Fonts for Desktop Publishing

With thousands and thousands of fonts available, finding a specific font can be an arduous task. These resources help to break down the font search job into manageable chunks. Find a font when you know the name, identify a font you have only a sample, find substitute fonts and lookalike or font aliases when the original is out of reach.

Best Place to Get Free Fonts

Here are the free fonts sites deemed the best sources of free fonts by our readers.

Best Place to Buy Fonts

Find out where reader's get their fonts. Explore the top sources for commercial fonts.

FontExchange ONElist

Email list for collectors of truetype fonts for scrapbooking, crafts, etc. Discussions and font exchange. High volume. Some email will contain attachments (fonts).

Identifont - Find a Designer

Enter the name of the designer and see a list of the fonts they have created.

Identifont - Find a Font

Type in a font name and see a sample.

Phil's Fonts Database Search

Searches for commercial fonts. You can locate them by name, family, foundry, designer, or classification.

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