Levi-J.Lo

Few Questions
Number One, would anyone offer me their font file, because I only have 30 fonts, and I like customization.

I want the font located here
http://www.dafont.com/en/font.php?fi...0&classt=alpha
But where *(Exactly)* do i put the file I downloaded.

Welles

Number one... probably not. Fonts should be collected for your own collection if you want to use the free sites on the internet such as...
http://www.fontfreak.com/
Font Freak has one of the best collections of freeware fonts. He has been doing it for at least six or seven years so it is a legitimate site and he is careful that the fonts he offers are really freeware or, if they are shareware you are alerted.

Then there is the issue that the best fonts are professionally made, take huge amounts of time to make, and are licensed. Those of us who pay for font libraries have a strict appreciation of the fact that the creators of fonts need to make a living and live up to the terms of the license which say effectively that they are ours to use but not distribute. If you want to purchase one of the best font collections which is legitimately licensed and cheap (very rare that) the FontSite 500 collection is a real bargain.
http://www.fontsite.com/

About using fonts... what operating system do you use? Mac or PC? Which version? For example in Windows XP you navigate Start > Control Panel > Fonts. Once Fonts comes up File > Install New Font and a navigation window is presented so you navigate to the location of your font to install, select them (it) and OK.

I'd say be careful not to go too nuts right away and load up your computer with a thousand fonts. It will bog it down. By the time you start getting a big collection, you need a font manager which allows you to view and turn on/off fonts at need. You shouldn't run your system with more than two or three hundred as a regular load on the system.

Elaray

Heyya welles! I confess I have too many fonts on my computer. ;\ I didn't know there were programs that could disable them to prevent them from bogging stuff down. Could you direct me to a program that does that? Sounds like something I need.

and for Levi - www.larabiefonts.com has a ton of free fonts. You can use them commercially too. Ray is a a nice guy, I bought his whole font library for $10.00.. killer deal. In fact, you'll recognize some of his fonts if you play video games, and some are on TV too.

Welles

Hi Sheba,

On my Mac, which is my primary computer, I use FontAgent Pro and think highly of the product. On my PC, running Windows XP, I use Adobe Type Manager Deluxe 4.1. Unfortunately I don't have much experience with other options on Windows although I've used ATM Deluxe and FontReserve on Macs.

I think your best buy for a new version of ATM Deluxe 4.1 for Windows would be eBay. There are brand new sealed versions sold from England which, even with Airmail shipping, are less than $30.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...spagename=WDVW

Elaray

THAT is cool! I learn something new every day! Thanks for the link/info!

Doc

This Font site offers a couple of pretty nifty free utilities for fonts:
http://letterheadfonts.com/downloads/utilities.shtml

And some tips and tricks too:
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/tipsandtricks/

Doc

Welles

Thanks, Doc for those tips. I looked long and hard at that site when you posted Vintage fonts in the Links section but somehow never looked at the utilities. [righton]