9/28/2009

Da Font-astic Place

Apologies for the title of this blog but hopefully you can understand why this particular website deserves its place as a source of inspiration - DaFont.

For any keen typographer out there, it's a free download website, and one that has helped me a number times over the past few years. It has thousands of specimens to choose from and, more importantly, cheap as chips.

I'll be the first to admit that when I first started this course I didn't care much for typography. I had all the books; I knew all the terminology; but at the end of the day I thought Helvetica would save the day. Thankfully, I'm no longer that naive.

Sites like these are just as important as Dirty Mouse or Made In England; everyday I go online to see how typography is changing and modifying themselves to become more functional and enticing.
As with any creative website, you'll come across some truly diabolical creation but every once in a while, you'll come across a gem.



Hype For Type is another similar website like DaFont but one minor detail: you need to purchase their typefaces. But, and a big one at that, a great deal of them are worth every penny. I'm not ashamed to say that I've bought quite a few from here with the hope of using them on some projects I have in the works at the moment.


Those of you who collect Creative Review might recognize Press Gothic V2 in the September 2009 issue.

3 comments:

  1. Dafont.com is my absolute go to website. That and the couple of blogsites you noted which I recommended..good to see you pay attention to what I say!!
    Not sure I understand why you purchase them when the point of the site is that the typefaces are FREE to download. Heck, I didn't even know there was an option to pay for them!

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  2. DaFont is a pretty amazing resource. Hype For Type is the site where you have to pay, pity you don't pay attention to what I've written!

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  3. I swear that was not hyperlinked yesterday, hence why I didn't notice.. I apologise. Never did find that font you were after last year as freeware did we.. did you pay out for it in the end?

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