Are your promotional materials still stuck in the early 90′s when italicized Arial font was creative and innovative? Many churches are and that simply communicates to the world that we are behind the times. That’s why I would recommend to you 1001 Free Fonts. They deliver on the promise that is contained in their name. You can go to the site, not be bogged down with ads or external links, and download a ton of great fonts for your publications!
Near the top of the page, you will see categories that are easy to manage. However, the base of fonts that they have is so large, it can seem difficult to navigate through all of the choices. That is a drawback. I have to say that early on in my ministry, when I didn’t know as many people and didn’t have as much to do, I spent almost a whole day, loading fonts from this site onto my computer. The cool thing is that you can just put those on a CD or the shared drive at your church and let everyone have access to them.
Part of what the owner of this site will do, however, is allow you to download 10,000 (yes…10 THOUSAND) fonts for $19.95. The link to this is on the site. Perhaps you don’t want to buy them and you don’t have the time to download all of those in one day. Well, get someone else to do it! Even if that is still not an attractive option for you, this site still offers a great way to download free fonts for that special project or promotional material you’ve been dreaming up!
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5 Comments to 'Beyond Arial and Italics'
May 5, 2009
This is a great site! I'm a bit technically challenged. How do you use the font once it's saved on the computer?
Thanks!
May 6, 2009
I recommend downloading 'the Font Thing' for organizing fonts without needing to them in your systems folder. The program is free and really easy to use. Another great site for free fonts is http://www.kevinandamanda.com/fonts/
There are heaps of really cool free handwriting fonts – you can even get your own handwriting turned into a font.
May 6, 2009
Thanks for the site, lots of good information. I also use http://www.dafont.com for a lot of my font needs.
Dwayne
May 6, 2009
Thanks Guys,
http://www.dafont.com looks like a great site. The Kevinandamanda site is pretty cool too. I didn't know you could turn your handwriting into a font!
Kate,
I'm assuming you are using a Window's based PC. The Font Thing program (http://download.cnet.com/The-Font-Thing/3000-10248_4-127875.html?tag=mncol) may be your best bet for managing your fonts.
Otherwise, you'll need to first download the font file to your desktop. It will probably be zipped, so you'll need to right click the folder and click "unzip."
Just click "OK" or "Finish" and it will produce the unzipped font folder on your desktop. Move the font file from within that folder to the "Fonts" folder in "Control Panel." Depending on your version of Windows you may can right click the font file and click "Install." Hope that helps!
May 7, 2009
I'm a bit of a font fanatic, just be careful about installing lots of fonts into the systems folder, as it will really slow your processing programmes down.
I like the look of dafont too.
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