I think in addition to font recommendations, folks, that Font Unrecommendations should qualify for posting, too.
IOW, places that vend pirate typefaces, broken, ones, who have unreasonable practices such as spamming sign-up members, and so on.
But I don't want to whack a site without giving a reason.
I think a "Font Unrecommendation" that fits my critea for posting is:
•Fontspace.com-Although this site has a good collection, many of the typefaces are rip-offs, some have only been renamed from the original files from Corel Corp. and other sources. If you have a doubt about one of their typefaces, download it and right-click then choose Properties to see the copyright, if any. FontSpace requires an account, which can be overridden if you're clever about it, but if you do sign up, expect your email address to be sold to spammers.
I have never found a resource for high-quality commercial typefaces that have been created free and clear of commercial copyright issues, and I've been trolling the web for fonts for more than a decade. Because I'm a fontaholic and I need a fix regularly.
FontShop and Dafont usually have good knock-offs of classics such as Kabel, Aachen Bold, perhaps even Garamond, but if you want quality fonts for free, forget the notion that you can get commercial knock-offs, and just settle for original cottage industry typefaces.
Hey, there are some fresh new creative authors who offer interesting stuff all the time. Stay tuned to Smashing magazine who does a round-up of free fonts about once a month.
—Gary
Here is a really nice looking font called overlock and a little of what I found out about it.
Copyright (c) 2011, Dario Manuel Muhafara
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. - 26 February 2007
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/overlock
The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves.
Last edited by angelize; 28 February 2012 at 12:54 AM. Reason: fixed typo
Larry a.k.a wizard509
Never give up. You will never fail, but you may find a lot of ways that don't work.
It's an attractive, fresh face!
Generally, the FontSquirrel offerings are intented, although not always, as Font Face (Web Font) media. If anyone looks carefully at the Xara Xone, Barbara and I use three Web Font-enabled typefaces, so the text can always be copied and reading machines can read it for the visually impaired.
I think if the Web Font thing picks up some stream, it will be another renaissance for font creators, who have been in the dumps for a decade because Microsoft and Apple trashed the price of typefaces with the TrueType file format.
Anyone recall paying $40-$60 in 1994 for a cheap font family?
-g-
I featured the Overlock font (actually there is a whole family of about 8 styles) in the January Freebie Friday post, and I agree it is a nice fresh face, and a very generous offering too.
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We've had a little discussion on our forum concerning, "What headline font goes with which body copy typeface?", and although we can make recommendations, it might be more fun for you to learn about typographic compatibilities in the form of an online game, like Type Connection.
This is good, interactive stuff, for discovering what san serifs go with serif fonts, about font weights and other educational stuff that might make you a better designer!
My Best,
Gary
Font Genius is another good tool for font IDentification. It is a Mac OS X app.
http://fontgear.net/fontgenius.html
more info: http://blog.fontgear.net/tag/font-genius/
Apologies if it has been mentioned before, nothing showed up in a quick search.
Hi Gingerbeardman,
Thanks for these links. It's also good to note that this software, as well as the rest of this company's offerings come in both Mac and Windows versions. And while they are not free the pricing seems reasonable.
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My current Xara software: Designer Pro 365 12.6
Good Morning Sunshine.ca | Good Morning Sunshine Online(a weekly humorous publication created with XDP and exported as a web document) | Angelize Online resource shop | My Video Tutorials | My DropBox |
Autocorrect: It can be your worst enema.
Thanks for listing up the font identification tool. One of my client need to identify his website's font style!
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