Free font sites?

August 30, 2004 12:22 AM

What are some good sites for free fonts, both classic and trendy?

I'm on a pc.

I'm looking for free versions of the classics, like Bodoni, Helvetica, etc, as well as some scripty type things, screenprinted style, and anything slick and serif-free.

posted by Espoo2 to media & arts (13 comments total)

www.fontsforflash.com
They work well in flash, but can also be used outside - very slick. A decent amount of free fonts
posted by FidelDonson at 2:17 AM on August 30, 2004

Font Collections

dafont
Fontastic
Font Files
Fonts for Flash
FontFreak
FontGarden
FontPool
FryFonts (free)
Glitch
Insight
Junicode (GPL)
LarabieFonts
Letramania
MastersTech
MS's Core fonts
123Fonts
Programmer Fonts
ProggyFonts
Satio's
Tom7
TypeAround
Type Index
Typographer
dmoz~
MaryForrest~
PCfonts
Typefoundries~
UTF-8 fonts
WebSearches~
wpdfd~
Yamada
Fontifier
FontTools~
Lines and Splines
Sigmund Utility
Sign Language
Think Box
Typographer
Typographica
U&Lc
(My apologies for dead or lackluster links.)
posted by oldmanyoung at 2:32 AM on August 30, 2004

I check FontLover frequently, and I'm also following the fonts tag on del.icio.us.

And googling for a font name + "TTF" + "Parent Directory" will occasionally work wonders. ;)
posted by brownpau at 6:11 AM on August 30, 2004

my personal favorite....is Chank . he (and his friends) do some great fonts.
posted by ShawnString at 6:20 AM on August 30, 2004

Gentium is free.
posted by signal at 6:44 AM on August 30, 2004

Luc Devroye at McGill keeps a good free font archive listing.
posted by zadcat at 10:15 AM on August 30, 2004

My favorite spot for trendy fonts: fontalicious.com. (Sadly, the site seems to have been abondoned by its owner, but the free font archives are still there and still great.)
posted by arielmeadow at 12:10 PM on August 30, 2004

See also.
posted by trharlan at 12:20 PM on August 30, 2004

thanks guys.
:)

That other thread had some good suggestions too.
Don't know how I missed it.
posted by Espoo2 at 2:55 PM on August 30, 2004

Chank's my favourite too!
posted by holloway at 4:36 PM on August 30, 2004

typewriter fonts

personal favorite=1942 report
posted by BentPenguin at 12:36 AM on August 31, 2004

apostrophic labs was a pretty neat free foundry. unfortunately, they closed up shop a while ago... replaced by a with a page holder promising their eventual return, only to be further replaced by a straight-out 404.

well, if you look hard enough, you can find appriciative apostrophic fans posting their collections online. why look, here's one now!
posted by nautone at 2:28 AM on August 31, 2004

Acid Fonts
posted by Witty at 3:10 AM on August 31, 2004