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There are a fantastic variety of free font resources on the Web. These range from traditional designs to the artsy and far-out. Few things can make your computer and your graphics designs come alive more than having a variety of fonts. Click here or here for info on how to install fonts on your computer.
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 FontFace - This is a essential site for anyone in search of the latest and greatest free fonts on the Web. Often imitated, but never equalled, this pioneering site is home of the original "Font of the Day," which shows you, at a glance, what the Web's hottest new fonts are. Font guru Steve Young offers an excellent collection of fonts and font resources, as well as a very helpful FAQ section. Note: FontFace offers Mac fonts, as well.
- 1001 Free Fonts - Jason Nolan's site is a treasure trove for those in search of the latest and most eye-catching free fonts on the Web. Here, you'll find a strong collection of freeware fonts and dingbats. All the fonts featured here are listed with the creators' permission, so you won't find any fonts of dubious origin. Unlike many font collections on the Web, here you'll find links to the sites where each font originated.
 Amazon Free Fonts - This nicely designed new resource offers hundreds of freeware fonts, organized alphabetically. You may preview each font before downloading it (and fonts are compressed for faster downloads). An impressive collection.
- FreePCFonts.com - Here's a well-designed new index of freeware font-related sites, ranked by the number of votes they're received from visitors.
- Front Row Fonts - This well-designed site ranks various free fonts resources by the number of votes they've received from their visitors. Each site is reviewed and the index is updated throughout the day.
- FontLoader - This nifty freeware utility makes it easy to work with fonts on your computer. FontLoader offers a shell context menu extension that lets you load and install fonts by right-clicking on a font file or a folder containing fonts. Note: FontLoader does not support PostScript fonts, it works with TrueType fonts only. 480 kilobytes. (For Windows 98/95 and NT).
- Blue Vinyl Free Fonts - This elegantly designed, well-organized free fonts site manages to do everything right. There's a broad selection of TrueType fonts, listed by category and you can preview each font before downloading a fast-loading ZIP version. Blue Vinyl also offers a helpful mailing list to keep you on top of what's happening in the world of fonts. Categories here include Deco Cafe, Rock Star, Gothic, Modular 2000, Cyber Phonic, Grrlz Stuff, Retrobats, etc.
- Font Frame - An excellent new resource for freeware fonts, this site serves up a new font each day for both PCs and Macs. Each font is rated and reviewed. They also offer a nice archive of over 600 freeware fonts. Other features here include interviews with font designers, typography tutorials and more.
- TrueType Font Library - Excellent German site offering freeware fonts. Here, you'll find lots of TrueType fonts for use in your graphics, DTP and word processing tasks. All Font Samples are 22 points in size. There are standard, design and symbol fonts here.
- 007Fonts & Logos - At this site, you'll find a solid, alphabetized roundup of several hundred fonts. Not all of the fonts here are free (some are shareware, but they're clearly marked as such). (There's a nifty free instant logo generator here that lets you create custom images, using any font).
- The High Site - A well-designed new free fonts site that offers over 1,000 selections. Fonts are organized alphabetically and you may preview each selection before downloading it. The site also offers a roundup of programs that let you create your own fonts.
 FontWiz - Site has been expanded and upgraded. New features include a chat room and a forum for exchanging fonts.
This free fonts site doesn't mess around with eye candy and fancy design. Here, they simply post a big ZIP file containing 100 free fonts every week. The files are generally around 2.5 megs. If you're in a hurry to grab some free fonts, this is the place to go. Note: to get a free unzipping utility, go here.
- Acid Fonts - You'll find over 1,000 free fonts here, organized alphabetically, at this well-designed site. Fonts are in ZIP compressed form for faster download. Each page on the site shows a graphical representation of each font. Be sure to check out the cool "Sci-Fi" fonts, which features such eye-grabbers as "Babylon 5," "Klingon Blade," "Star Trek," and "Tron." The site is updated monthly. Acid Fonts now offers fonts for the Mac.
- Font Freak - A nicely designed, constantly updated resource, Font Freak offers thousands of free fonts for both Windows and Macs, both original and otherwise, organized alphabetically. You can preview each selection and, if you like it, download a ZIP compressed version. There's also a good selection of free dingbats.
- Fonts & Things - A fun site to browse, Fonts & Things is the place to go for a roundup of what's hot in the world of unusual and offbeat freeware fonts. Here, you'll find an eclectic archive of fonts that you may preview and download in ZIP format. Most of the fonts are freeware (and those that are shareware are clearly marked as such). The fonts, which are in PC TrueType format, are arranged both alphabetically and by theme.
- Fontasy - Tilman Schalmey's fast-growing resource serves up over 800 free fonts, arranged alphabetically. Good selection of fonts that we haven't seen elsewhere. (The site is in the German language, but is logically organized, so that even non-German speakers can navigate the site easily).
- Set City's Dingbats - Small but growing set of original freeware, shareware and commercial dingbat fonts from the talented artist Lisa Rohrbaugh, who runs the excellent free graphics site, Set City.
- Kemosabe's Font Source - This site offers a nice roundup of free TrueType fonts for Windows and Macs. Each font has a full character set, with no missing letters. Each preview has been "carefully anti-aliased for your viewing pleasure."
- FontPage - Do you have a bunch of fonts scattered all over your system? Bring order out of chaos, with this essential free font utility. FontPage lets you easily examine and compare all the fonts on your computer. Lots of neat features, including a slick interface and the ability to print an image of any installed font on your PC. (For Windows: 390 kilobytes).
- Divide By Zero - A welcome addition to the Web's free font resources, Divide By Zero serves up a eye-catching collection of original TrueType fonts. They're free to use, but may not be resold (as part of a collection on CD, for example). Webmaster Tom Murphy doesn't beat around the bush on this site; he gets straight to the fonts on the main page. Each font is annotated with interesting commentary about its creation and suggestions for use. For those in a hurry, you can get all the fonts in a convenient ZIP file.
- Font Microscope - Here's a handy free utility that helps you display all fonts and font characters easily (such as commonly used letters, numbers and ASCII characters). It also provides an input/output preview panel. (For Windows).
- Astigmatic One Eye Foundry - A major resource, Astigmatic offers many original TrueType freeware fonts for both Windows and Macs. When you click on a listing here, you're taken to a separate page that helpfully displays the full font set and offers a detailed description.
- Windows 95 Font Smoother - Great, free utility that previously was available only with the commercial Microsoft Plus! package. This program makes text easier to read and more pleasant to look at. Note: This utility will only work on machines capable of, and set to, 16bit (HiColor) color display modes or higher. Note: this utility should not be installed on machines running Microsoft Windows 98. (Win 98 has font smoothing built in).
- Free TrueType Fonts for the Web - This site by Microsoft offers free fonts for use with Windows and Macs. The sets include the new Euro currency symbol. Install these TrueType fonts, and whenever you visit a Web site that specifies them, you'll see pages exactly as the site designer intended.
- Fontopolis - This site recently underwent a major expansion. It now features over 40 pages and a delightful, colorful design. Fontopolis is a site that serves up one or two of the "best free fonts" each week for
PC users, in an attractive, entertaining and amusing way. Also includes archives, links and special font-related features. All fonts are in Windows TrueType formats for Windows 95, although you can make them work with a Mac.
- Font Mania - This is one classy free font site. I almost expected there to be valet parking here! Font Mania offers over 400 free Windows TrueType fonts, conveniently organized. There's a "Top 10" listing and an archive of past favorites. A nice collection, with many fonts that we've not seen elsewhere. This site offers a message board for you to place requests on. There's also helpful tips and tricks on using fonts.
- FontLister - If you have a lot of fonts on your computer, then you need this free essential utility. FontLister allows you to quickly view, browse, print, and work with your fonts. FontLister's latest version is shareware, but you can still get Version 2, which is still freeware.
- Larabie Free Fonts - A popular, well-designed free fonts site, Larabie offers fonts in five general categories: "Fun," "Future," "Rough," "Tidy," and "Style." There's also information on making your own fonts, free fonts links and more.
- KatGyrlr's Fontain of Youth - A freeware and shareware font site that includes many cool
and unusual fonts. Nothing ordinary here. Fonts are available in ZIP format for quicker downloading. Installation instructions available.
- Free Font Fiesta - Do you tire easily of the installed fonts on your computer and yearn to see your words displayed with little feet attached to them or blood dripping off the serifs or as if they have been carved out of hunks of pungent Swiss cheese? If so, click over to this site. A free font to download each week and a very complete link list brought to you by Mary Forrest, "Fontmonger to the Masses."
- Slipknot - A Truetype font is served up every day here. Stuff for Macs, too. Note: not all are free; fonts are marked as either freeware or shareware. Also includes info on the foundry responsible for each font. There's also a font "Tip of the Day."
- Manofonts - Lots of free original Windows TrueType format fonts here. You may download these fonts and do whatever you'd like to with them "as long as you don't make money out of using them." The fonts may be redistributed as long as the text file in the ZIP file is distributed with the font.
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