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    • utilerU Offline
      utiler
      last edited by

      Thanks Guys, never been one for Serif font in architectural documentation; a little over the top for me.

      San Serif for me. lower case in most cases....

      AvantGardBT is my favorite [at the moment].

      purpose/expression/purpose/....

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        utiler
        last edited by

        @frederik said:

        Thanks for the "heads up" regarding Grant and his font, Alan... πŸ˜‰

        Regarding what font I personally use... πŸ˜• Hhhmmm... It's actually not that easy to say... It all depends on the project I work on... But I tend to have some favorites from time to time, but I change "taste" after some time and start using some new ones...

        At the moment I seem to be using fonts within the Handwriting category the most, so Grants font might be the next I use for some projects... πŸ˜„

        I have far too many fonts... πŸ˜† and got many of them at dafont.com and 1001 Free Fonts... πŸ˜‰

        Kim, here are a few freehand fonts you might like to download look at:
        !PaulMaul
        AlphamackAOE
        AndrewScript
        Anke Print
        ArdleysHand
        frankthearchitect [my favorite]
        jayneprint
        LUNABAR

        purpose/expression/purpose/....

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          lewiswadsworth
          last edited by

          I'm really fond of a font called "Poe Nevermore", based on the handwriting of you-know-who.

          Using it on any document is sure to cause your sanity to be questioned!

          col sporcar si trova

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            Stu
            last edited by

            Andrew,
            Ive been using CityBlueprint for years as my main CAD font.....a hint of hand drawing but pretty readable.

            [PS. The fairy lights weren't my idea]


            CityBlueprint.jpg

            http://www.landesign.com.au

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              mateo soletic
              last edited by

              I use a lot of them but mostly Arial and Avantgarde.

              As a freehand font this one called Inkburrow has been
              one of my favourites latelly.


              etiketa1a.jpg

              [Concept Illustrations](http://concept-illustrations.com/)

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                Frederik
                last edited by

                @utiler said:

                Kim, here are a few freehand fonts you might like to download look at:

                Thanks, Andrew... πŸ˜„ That's a very nice list... I already have a couple of them, but just downloaded the "jayneprint" and the "Lunabar" font... πŸ˜„
                (Lunabar is even complete with all signs etc...)

                Unfortunately I'm unable to find your personal favorite "frankthearchitect"... 😞
                I've searched the entire net in vain... 😒

                Cheers
                Kim Frederik

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                  Frederik
                  last edited by

                  @frederik said:

                  Unfortunately I'm unable to find your personal favorite "frankthearchitect"... 😞
                  I've searched the entire net in vain... 😒

                  Bob (aka Greyhead) pointed me in the right direction... πŸ˜„
                  It's funny with these fonts, cause at some places you need to pay for it, while at other sites they're free... πŸ˜•

                  Without breaching any copyright laws or other infringement, you can get the "Frank the architect" font here... πŸ˜‰

                  Cheers
                  Kim Frederik

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                  • utilerU Offline
                    utiler
                    last edited by

                    no problem Frederik, glad you like them...
                    Nice freehand Mateo, will see if i can find it.
                    cheers,

                    purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                      lewiswadsworth
                      last edited by

                      Be sure to scan free font downloads thoroughly before unzipping them...I have heard that this sort of thing is a common vector for distributing viruses.

                      I personally haven't found anything like that, but you always wonder if it could be that my AV program just missed something...

                      col sporcar si trova

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                        chango70
                        last edited by

                        HELVETICA!

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                        • utilerU Offline
                          utiler
                          last edited by

                          For the past week or so I've been playing with fonts for both computer screen and for use in my work.

                          As I mentioned earlier in this thread, I have prefered AvantGardeBT for some time; full bodied, clear and ledgable at typical printing sizes.

                          Then I stumbled on Elementary SF.

                          I find that for use with sketchup [and mostly sketchy output] this font is a nice contrast. Rounded edges and a balanced type similar to that of a stencil [for those who can remember...] I think I have found my new type!!!
                          And I now use Myriad Pro family for screen type, emailing, etc....

                          Cheers to you all!!!:D


                          elementary01a.png


                          elementary03a.png

                          purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                            mateo soletic
                            last edited by

                            Here is a list of :

                            Freeware / Shareware Font Resources

                            http://www.searchfreefonts.com/

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                            Download more than 10,000 free fonts hassle free, desktop and mobile optimized, around for more than 20 years. Categories, popular, designers, optional web font download and links to similar fonts. Check it out!

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                            Schriftarten-Archiv Fonts by shice.de - hier erwarten dich uber 1000 kostenlose Schriftarten / free Fonts zum Download! Viel Spas beim saugen!

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                            http://www.pixelyn.net/fontsampler.html

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                            Download Free Fonts

                            Download Free True Type Fonts from our assortment of over 6000 free true type fonts.

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                            The Power of Typography in Political Messaging

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                            1001 Fonts ❀ Free Fonts Baby!

                            91184 free fonts in 52144 families Β· Free licenses for commercial use Β· Direct font downloads Β· Mac Β· Windows Β· Linux

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                            1001 Fonts (www.1001fonts.com)

                            http://www.momscorner4kids.com/fonts/fonts3.htm ("kid" fonts)

                            http://katsfunfonts.com/ (fun fonts)

                            http://members.aol.com/lcrfonts/ (neat icony fonts)

                            http://www.dingbatpages.com/index.shtml (ding bats)

                            http://www.typenow.net/ (click on the drop down to access the fonts - tons)

                            http://www.freemacfonts.com/

                            http://www.erik.co.uk/font/ (mostly freeware but they have a bunch of cheap shareware fonts-MacBased)

                            [Concept Illustrations](http://concept-illustrations.com/)

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                              Shaun Tennant
                              last edited by

                              Mateo - that's quite a list. Thank you!

                              I often use this: http://www.identifont.com/ to match fonts that clients require when wearing my graphic design hat. It will take you sometimes 20 questions to get your font narrowed down, but it gets great results most times.

                              I still really like architext - Grant's font. I use it lots. And of course Iomanoid (looks like the font used in Arkanoid video game from the 80's.. love that font! πŸ˜„ )

                              Whether they find a life there or not, I think Jupiter should be called an enemy planet.

                              • Jack Handey
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                              • utilerU Offline
                                utiler
                                last edited by

                                Thanks for taking the time to put this together, Mateo!!!

                                purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                                  remus
                                  last edited by

                                  Again, thanks mateo, thats a very good list.

                                  Cool site as well Shaun, it works pretty well, even if you dont know anything about fonts πŸ‘

                                  http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                                    mateo soletic
                                    last edited by

                                    You are all wellcome. I do a lot of graphic design but I dont use
                                    a great deal of them either . I mostly stick to my favourites but
                                    every now and then if a project is kind of special and requires
                                    a certain type of font I go and search for one.
                                    The trouble with that is that when You go looking for one it
                                    takes You hours to find the righ one.

                                    [Concept Illustrations](http://concept-illustrations.com/)

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                                    • EdsonE Offline
                                      Edson
                                      last edited by

                                      i tend to use the futura family, especially the futura light bt, for my cad work and even in print.

                                      edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre β€’ brasil
                                      http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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