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  • U Offline
    utiler
    last edited by 5 Jul 2008, 01:54

    @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 5 Jul 2008, 01:56

      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 5 Jul 2008, 05:22

        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 5 Jul 2008, 07:30

          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 5 Jul 2008, 07:45

            @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 5 Jul 2008, 09:06

              @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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                utiler
                last edited by 6 Jul 2008, 07:12

                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 6 Jul 2008, 15:18

                  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 16 Jul 2008, 12:29

                    HELVETICA!

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                      utiler
                      last edited by 18 Jul 2008, 00:15

                      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 13 Aug 2008, 15:58

                        Here is a list of :

                        Freeware / Shareware Font Resources

                        http://www.searchfreefonts.com/

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                        EKNP Free Fonts

                        Free and cool fonts for you

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                        Eduardo Recife (www.misprintedtype.com)

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                        Cape Arcona Type Foundry β€” Where fonts come true / Cape Arcona Type Foundry

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                        302 Found

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                        (www.letterheadfonts.com)

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                        Schriftarten Archiv | Fonts Download by shice.de

                        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!

                        90879 free fonts in 51972 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 13 Aug 2008, 19:32

                          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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                            utiler
                            last edited by 13 Aug 2008, 22:31

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

                            purpose/expression/purpose/....

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                              remus
                              last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 06:49

                              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 14 Aug 2008, 09:10

                                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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                                  Edson
                                  last edited by 14 Aug 2008, 11:42

                                  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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