Fonts
Fonts are an integral part of desktop publishing. Historically, font refers to a specific typeface in a specific point size and style. Therefore, Times New Roman Bold 12 points is a single font while Times New Roman 10 points is another separate font. Today, in common usage font refers to any digital typeface that can normally be rendered in a variety of sizes.
Purchase quality typefaces from commercial foundries. Find fun free fonts for commercial or personal use. Search for just the right fonts by name, by theme, by identifying characteristics.
Purchase quality typefaces from commercial foundries. Find fun free fonts for commercial or personal use. Search for just the right fonts by name, by theme, by identifying characteristics.
Halloween Fonts and Font Packages
While there are hundreds of free Halloween fonts out there, sometimes the perfect font is one you purchase with the full confidence that it will be complete, professionally designed, in the format you prefer, and probably contain a lot more characters than most freebies. Consider some of these delightfully gruesome fonts for your Halloween projects and anything that requires a spooky, creepy, mys…
While there are hundreds of free Halloween fonts out there, sometimes the perfect font is one you purchase with the full confidence that it will be complete, professionally designed, in the format you prefer, and probably contain a lot more characters than most freebies. Consider some of these delightfully gruesome fonts for your Halloween projects and anything that requires a spooky, creepy, mys…
Free Fonts - Find and Have Fun with Free Fonts
Fun with Free Fonts, find 'em, use 'em.
Fun with Free Fonts, find 'em, use 'em.
OpenType Fonts
One of the problems of sharing files cross-platform is font incompatibility. OpenType fonts are Adobe and Microsoft's solution to font sharing. Discover how OpenType fonts differ from other font technologies.
One of the problems of sharing files cross-platform is font incompatibility. OpenType fonts are Adobe and Microsoft's solution to font sharing. Discover how OpenType fonts differ from other font technologies.
The Write Fonts - School Fonts for Teaching Handwriting
One of the most frequent requests I get is for fonts that mimic the various writing techniques including D'Nealian, Zaner-Boser, and Getty-Dubay Italic. So, I've scoured the nooks and crannies of the Web to come up with this massive collection of commercial, shareware, and freeware sources for these fonts. (It's massive compared to other similar lists I was able to find.)
One of the most frequent requests I get is for fonts that mimic the various writing techniques including D'Nealian, Zaner-Boser, and Getty-Dubay Italic. So, I've scoured the nooks and crannies of the Web to come up with this massive collection of commercial, shareware, and freeware sources for these fonts. (It's massive compared to other similar lists I was able to find.)
Porting Fonts Across Platforms
In this series of articles at Mike's Sketchpad, learn how to get fonts from PC to Mac or Mac to PC. It starts with a lesson in the differences between Mac and PC fonts then has tutorials for CrossFont, TransType, Fontographer, and FontLab.
In this series of articles at Mike's Sketchpad, learn how to get fonts from PC to Mac or Mac to PC. It starts with a lesson in the differences between Mac and PC fonts then has tutorials for CrossFont, TransType, Fontographer, and FontLab.