Question: Where is the Best Place to Find Free Fonts for Desktop Publishing?
Readers chose 1001 Free Fonts in the 2011 About.com Readers' Choice Awards.
Answer: Free fonts are all over the Web. The best places to get free fonts offer a great experience, excellent presentation, top quality, huge selection, or easy searching — or, ideally, all these things.
About.com Readers' Choice Winners and Finalists
- 1001 Free Fonts (2010 and 2011 Winner)
- dafont.com
- ffonts.net
About.com Desktop Publishing Guide Choice
What I'm looking for in a free fonts site and what you are looking for might not be the same thing. So, let me just tell you want I like (pros) and what I don't like (cons) about each of the sites chosen by readers. Decide which site to use based on the pros and cons that mean the most to you.- 1001 Free Fonts
Pros: Quick and easy to use site. Alpha and category browsing. Mac and Windows fonts. Custom text previews.
Cons: No font details (author, terms of usage, character set unless you download the archive and look in the readme file).Read my full profile of 1001 Free Fonts
- dafont.com
Pros: Download from lists or from individual font description pages. Font details include author, character set, and terms of use. Custom text previews (including size).
Cons: Windows downloads only. - ffonts.net
Pros: Alpha and category browsing. Greater variety of categories than other sites. Download from list or from the font details page (includes character set). Custom preview.
Cons: Windows downloads only. No indication of personal vs. commercial terms of usage. - fontspace.com
Although not a finalist or recommended site by a lot of our readers, I find this to be a good font download site for those of us who like seeing licensing information before downloading. It clearly states on each font page whether or not commercial use is allowed.
