6500 Free TrueType Fonts

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6500 Free TrueType Fonts

by Jason Clarke Dec 15th 2005

Who doesn’t love fonts, particularly of the free variety? I remember my first experiences with a Mac – I spent hours, actually DAYS making handouts and posters with as many different typefaces as possible on them. That was my introduction to desktop publishing, and it was good. These days we know that mixing a bunch of fonts on the same page is almost as annoying as the HTML “blink” tag, but finding the right font for a given print or web page is even more critical. If you just don’t feel like you have the selection of fonts you need, check out Webpage Publicity, where they are offering 6500 free TrueType Fonts, a site dedicated to feeding your font craving. Beware though, browsing this site can eat away hours.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tim O. said 8:00AM on 12-15-2005

This looks almost exactly the same as FreeMacFonts (http://www.freemacfonts.com/) that I have been useing for several years.

Diddle said 12:46PM on 12-15-2005

Just don't download and install all of them then wonder why your system is so slow. ;)

whatevs said 2:49PM on 12-15-2005

these days YOU know that mixing as many fonts as possible on one layout is bad.

Unless you were using the royal "we".

Joshua said 1:10AM on 12-16-2005

Sites like this are a dime in a dozen - why this one is special is beyond me. Maybe it's the sheer number of horrible, horrible fonts. But I digress. A much better alternative would be http://www.dafont.com/en

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