Jessica shares a font every Friday, her posts are aptly named Font Friday. Each Friday, she generously shares a new FREE font that you download.
A little about Jessica:
She is 23 and a freelance graphic designer for my own company. She works primarily with designers, retailers, and other small business owners doing everything from print design to websites. She is very creative and believes designs should be affordable, so her rates are substantially less than other designers due to my low overhead. Her blog, The Love List, has been featured in many national publications.
Showing posts with label fonts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fonts. Show all posts
Friday, May 22, 2009
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Your Own Handwriting Font
Make Your Own Handwriting Font for Free
I searched and searched and searched and found it! I don't know how long it is free but for now it is. (It's a Beta version.) It's easy and fast and I love it. Currently, there is no limit on how many times you can do it or redo it.
Go to Your Fonts and download the template. Write out the alphabet. Scan your template and upload it. Enter YourFont2008 in the coupon code. It will show it's free. It takes about a minute to download to your computer.
There are directions at the site on how to install the font onto your computer. There are instructions available for MACS too.
Isn't that fun?! Now you don't have to choose between being able to compose on the computer or having your own handwriting. :)
Great Tip
Have your kids do it so you can have their childhood handwriting preserved.
I searched and searched and searched and found it! I don't know how long it is free but for now it is. (It's a Beta version.) It's easy and fast and I love it. Currently, there is no limit on how many times you can do it or redo it.
Go to Your Fonts and download the template. Write out the alphabet. Scan your template and upload it. Enter YourFont2008 in the coupon code. It will show it's free. It takes about a minute to download to your computer.
There are directions at the site on how to install the font onto your computer. There are instructions available for MACS too.
Isn't that fun?! Now you don't have to choose between being able to compose on the computer or having your own handwriting. :)
Great Tip
Have your kids do it so you can have their childhood handwriting preserved.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Fonts, Fonts, Fonts
About.com Free Font Library
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/fonts/p/free_fonts.htm
Very helpful how-to on downloading fonts from the always helpful About.com site.
Do Not Delete Fonts (article)
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16029.asp
There are fonts on your computer that are necessary for it to run right! This is a list of fonts to keep on your computer when weeding through all the downloads to clean up some.
Fonts
Here are 1,000s of free fonts in a variety of styles.
Blue Vinyl Fonts
http://www.bvfonts.com/
Cool Archive Fonts
http://www.coolarchive.com/fonts.php
Famous Fonts
http://famousfonts.smackbomb.com/
Fonts used in TV shows, movies, publications, etc.
Font Diner
http://www.fontdiner.com/main.html
Font Fiesta
http://www.maryforrest.com/fonts/fonts.html
Font Freak
http://www.pcfonts.com/index.php
Fontifier
http://www.fontifier.com/template.html
Make a font out of your own handwriting.
Font Garden
http://www.fontgarden.com/
Font Paradise
http://www.fontparadise.com/
Fonts & Things
http://www.fontsnthings.com/holiday/various.shtml
Holiday fonts.
Fonts for Scrapbookers
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/3119/
Freeze
http://.freeze.com/
Larabie Fonts
http://www.larabiefonts.com/
Scrapbooking Fonts
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Forest/9800/fonts.html
Many links and descriptions of fonts.
West Wind Fonts
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/westwind/index.htm
Font Managers
These are programs for managing fonts.
Font Thing
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
This is a freeware program.
FontLister
http://www.theill.com/fl/
Font Viewer
http://www.creativebox.net/software/fontviewer.html
This is a font viewer that allows you to preview all fonts in your fonts folder.
Font Creator
http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html
This font editor allows you to create and edit fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require and an intuitive interface that allows beginners to become productive immediately.
http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/fonts/p/free_fonts.htm
Very helpful how-to on downloading fonts from the always helpful About.com site.
Do Not Delete Fonts (article)
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16029.asp
There are fonts on your computer that are necessary for it to run right! This is a list of fonts to keep on your computer when weeding through all the downloads to clean up some.
Fonts
Here are 1,000s of free fonts in a variety of styles.
Blue Vinyl Fonts
http://www.bvfonts.com/
Cool Archive Fonts
http://www.coolarchive.com/fonts.php
Famous Fonts
http://famousfonts.smackbomb.com/
Fonts used in TV shows, movies, publications, etc.
Font Diner
http://www.fontdiner.com/main.html
Font Fiesta
http://www.maryforrest.com/fonts/fonts.html
Font Freak
http://www.pcfonts.com/index.php
Fontifier
http://www.fontifier.com/template.html
Make a font out of your own handwriting.
Font Garden
http://www.fontgarden.com/
Font Paradise
http://www.fontparadise.com/
Fonts & Things
http://www.fontsnthings.com/holiday/various.shtml
Holiday fonts.
Fonts for Scrapbookers
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/3119/
Freeze
http://.freeze.com/
Larabie Fonts
http://www.larabiefonts.com/
Scrapbooking Fonts
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Forest/9800/fonts.html
Many links and descriptions of fonts.
West Wind Fonts
http://www.moorstation.org/typoasis/designers/westwind/index.htm
Font Managers
These are programs for managing fonts.
Font Thing
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
This is a freeware program.
FontLister
http://www.theill.com/fl/
Font Viewer
http://www.creativebox.net/software/fontviewer.html
This is a font viewer that allows you to preview all fonts in your fonts folder.
Font Creator
http://www.high-logic.com/fontcreator.html
This font editor allows you to create and edit fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require and an intuitive interface that allows beginners to become productive immediately.
Do Not Delete Fonts
Do not delete the following fonts:
Arial (TrueType)
Arial Bold (TrueType)
Arial Bold Italic (TrueType)
Arial Italic (TrueType)
Courier 10,12,15 (VGA res)
Courier New (TrueType)
Courier New Bold (TrueType)
Courier New Bold Italic (TrueType)
Courier New Italic (TrueType)
Marlett (Windows 95/98)*
Modern (Plotter)
MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Roman (Plotter)
Script (Plotter)
Small fonts (VGA res)
Symbol (TrueType)
Symbol 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Times New Roman (TrueType)
Times New Roman Bold (TrueType)
Times New Roman Bold Italic (TrueType)
Times New Roman Italic (TrueType)
Wingdings (TrueType)
Any font with a red A for its icon
Any font that begins with the letters MS.
*Marlett is a hidden system file and it will not show up in a search; however, it may show up in your program font lists.
Arial (TrueType)
Arial Bold (TrueType)
Arial Bold Italic (TrueType)
Arial Italic (TrueType)
Courier 10,12,15 (VGA res)
Courier New (TrueType)
Courier New Bold (TrueType)
Courier New Bold Italic (TrueType)
Courier New Italic (TrueType)
Marlett (Windows 95/98)*
Modern (Plotter)
MS Sans Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
MS Serif 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Roman (Plotter)
Script (Plotter)
Small fonts (VGA res)
Symbol (TrueType)
Symbol 8,10,12,14,18,24 (VGA res)
Times New Roman (TrueType)
Times New Roman Bold (TrueType)
Times New Roman Bold Italic (TrueType)
Times New Roman Italic (TrueType)
Wingdings (TrueType)
Any font with a red A for its icon
Any font that begins with the letters MS.
*Marlett is a hidden system file and it will not show up in a search; however, it may show up in your program font lists.
Finding and Downloading Fonts
Fonts are glorious things. Choosing the right font can set the mood for your layout just as much as choosing the right color.
Word processing programs usually come with a several fonts already installed. As a matter of fact some of the previously installed fonts are necessary for computers to run correctly. See my list of Do Not Delete Fonts here: http://365-days-of-memories.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-not-delete-fonts.html
Good news is that you can also find many free fonts on the Internet!
After finding a font you want, you must then download it. To download a font, click the download button on the website, and then click "save" to save it to your computer. Then you need to go into your word processing program and install the new fonts.
I use Microsoft Word, so I will give instructions using that program. First, download the font and save it to your Desktop so it will be easy to find. Then, when you download the fonts, they are sometimes zipped, and you must unzip them. Save the unzipped files to your Desktop as well.
Now find your "Fonts" folder by doing a search of your computer's files. I have this file as a shortcut on my desktop for easier access.
If you have a Fonts folder on your Desktop, you can drag and drop the font files you have downloaded onto your desktop directly into the Fonts folder and this installs them immediately (if the file is not corrupted)!
Word processing programs usually come with a several fonts already installed. As a matter of fact some of the previously installed fonts are necessary for computers to run correctly. See my list of Do Not Delete Fonts here: http://365-days-of-memories.blogspot.com/2008/05/do-not-delete-fonts.html
Good news is that you can also find many free fonts on the Internet!
After finding a font you want, you must then download it. To download a font, click the download button on the website, and then click "save" to save it to your computer. Then you need to go into your word processing program and install the new fonts.
I use Microsoft Word, so I will give instructions using that program. First, download the font and save it to your Desktop so it will be easy to find. Then, when you download the fonts, they are sometimes zipped, and you must unzip them. Save the unzipped files to your Desktop as well.
Now find your "Fonts" folder by doing a search of your computer's files. I have this file as a shortcut on my desktop for easier access.
- Open the Fonts folder.
- Go to "file" in the top left corner of the window.
- Click "Install New Fonts." When the dialog box comes up, there will be a list of files on the left and you need to find where you put the font.
- Select the fonts you want installed.
- Click on "OK" and your fonts are installed. They will be in your drop-down list in your Word program, ready to use!
- When you are finished you can delete the folders and files of the downloaded fonts from your Desktop.
If you have a Fonts folder on your Desktop, you can drag and drop the font files you have downloaded onto your desktop directly into the Fonts folder and this installs them immediately (if the file is not corrupted)!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
