9/28/2007

20 Tools For Working With Fonts

It seems you can never have enough fonts at your disposal. We’ve gathered together 20 tools for finding and working with them. But remember: the more fonts installed on your system, the slower font-dependent programs will load.

9800 Free Fonts - Just as the name says, 9800 free fonts for your use.
AcidFonts.com - A collection of free fonts with a focus on those with a more modern look.
AbstractFonts.com - Over 11,200 free fonts for you to choose from.
BestFreeFonts.com - Numerous free fonts that suit many occasions and projects.
BetterFonts.com - Over 10,000 fonts available for you to browse and download.
Dafont.com - Over 7500 fonts for you to browse and choose. Numerous free selections.
Fonts101.com - Over 50,000 free fonts for your use. Even sign up for a daily font email.
Guide to Web 2.0 Fonts - A guide to some of the most popular Web 2.0 fonts currently in use. A great inspirational guide.
Identifont.com - A tool for identifying fonts by name, appearance, similarity and more.
MiniFonts.com - A collection of over 200 fonts specifically for the web, grouped into families.
MyFonts.com - Over 55,000 fonts for sale, but includes a free-to-use font identifier that you can upload a file to or point it to a web page.
Neatfonts.com - Hundreds of free fonts with numerous previews.
PenguinFonts.com - Over 2,000 free fonts sorted by tags and with licenses clearly displayed.
SearchFreeFonts.com - Search over 13,000 free fonts, also has a ratings system for the fonts to see what others like.
ShowFont.net - Approximately 10,000 free fonts, sorted alphabetically with examples of each.
Simply The Best Free Fonts - Site with an alphabetical listing of fonts and with each having a full preview page.
STC fontBROWSER - A handy web tool for looking at samples of all the fonts you have installed on your system. See examples of different sizes at the same time.
TypeNavigator - A tool to help you learn what font was used by giving you graphics to click and find it by memory.
Typetester - Allows you to compare the look of up to three styles of popular fonts next to each other at once.
UrbanFonts.com - Hundreds of free fonts for any kind of project.

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