Free Fonts

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.

• 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 t 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.
  


• Redsun.com - Over 700 Truetype freeware, shareware and "charityware" fonts (mostly for Windows). This site also features many other great typography resources such as a type classification guide (A guide to classifying typefaces with examples). There's also a page layout guide, a logo type guide, a mixing type guide, Windows and Mac typography software and a typography glossary with hundreds of entries.



• 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."



• Looking for Fonts - Lots of free Windows TrueType format fonts here.



• 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.