“Content is king”, but can it be read? Finding and choosing the right fonts can be a hassle, not just when creating a visual identity, but also when designing for the web or print. This collection of websites offers a wast source of fonts and materials to make the design process spent more efficient.
To many times I had to spend hours in search for the right font. Does it work with the symbol of that logo? Is it readable? Is it a web safe font? Can the audience understand what is written there? Questions that I put on every single project. But why not crate my own font? Well, because I’m focusing on other aspects of the design process. This is why I’ve put this list together, to help me with this aspect.
Hyperfortype
HypeForType is a growing hotbed of top typographic talent. Born out of the (slightly) obsessive quest for fontal perfection and more respect for the art of beautifully crafted type of one Alex Haigh. This is the place where I hunt for special fonts, as I found my second love on this website, Bella.
Fontfabric
Fontfabric is an independent type foundry , which was launched at the close of 2008 by designer Svetoslav Simov who is based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Our goal is to create high-quality fonts which stand in a unique class of their own, and which will serve as a good base for any designer project whether it be web, print, t-shirt design, logo etc.
Every week, a new and totally unique font will be rolled out of production, which you can easily buy or download free of charge.
Myfonts
MyFonts is a division of Bitstream Inc., located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. Our mission is to make it simple for everyone to find and buy fonts. A huge collection of fonts under on roof.
Fontshop
Founded by Erik Spiekermann and Neville Brody in 1989, FontShop is the original independent retailer of digital type with 100,000 fonts from dozens of expert-selected foundries, incur house brand: FontFont.
A vital source of inspiration when it comes to typography. A rich source from where you can chose, not just fonts, but really good work that can be integrated in your projects.
Fontsquirrel
Free fonts have met their match. We know how hard it is to find quality freeware that is licensed for commercial work. We’ve done the hard work, hand-selecting these typefaces and presenting them in an easy-to-use format.
Free, quality fonts and hand selected … you can fall in love now. A good aspect, that I like, is the support for @font-face attribute.
Fontex
A font source that always keeps me engaged. Found it while searching for handwritten fonts. Since then we never go on an graphic design project without consulting each other. A free and qualitative perspective on fonts.
Dafont
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