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(Page 2 of 2 pages for this article < 1 2) Filed under: Motion Graphics • Font ResourcesA compendium of resources for finding, buying, using, and being inspired by fonts.
Commercial Font FoundriesPlaces that create fonts, which you can purchase for commercial use: 2Rebels (make sure you click on “Enter” to get the English version of the site) Don Barnett Typography (very stylized) Chank (they also offer free fonts, and a custom font design service) Cool Fonts (big into grunge) Emigre (a classic foundry for design-oriented fonts) GarageFonts (one of the original grunge collections) ITC Fonts (another classic foundry) LetterHead Fonts (vintage looks) MiniFonts.com (specializes in fonts for web and mobile devices) P22 (another classic) +ism (warning: the web site is stylized to the point of being near-unusable) T.26 (another classic) Commercial Font DistributorsThese folks distribute fonts from multiple foundries (including those listed above): Freeware & SharewareNote: The distinction between free fonts and paid fonts are beginning to blur, as many previously freeware site are now charging for at least their new fonts (such as Blue Vinyl and Misprinted Type), or for the media or bandwidth required to deliver larger collections. If you’re using a freeware or shareware font for commercial purposes, be sure to read any Read Me file: many licenses are for personal or non-profit use, requiring payment for commercial applications. Also, if you’re a Mac user, many freeware fonts come as PC Truetype only. They should be readable under OS X if placed directly in the Fonts folder, though a converter like FontLab’s Transtype (see the previous page) is nice to have around. Astigmatic One Eye Typographic Institute FontFreak (a gateway to other free font sites, but beware the tidal wave of ads you may unleash…) HPLHS Vintage Fonts (we used their OldStyle in the opening titles for Cold Mountain) And if those are enough to explore, also check out A+ Font Links and the Fontlover.com site. Identifying FontsFinally, if you’ve already seen the perfect font, but don’t know its name or foundry, there are a couple of “font finders” you can try:
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Following is a linked list of places where we to go browse and buy fonts. First we’ll list the commercial foundries both big and small, as they tend to be more stable (some free sites disappear, or become overrun with ads), and the fonts tend to be of higher quality. Note that many commercial foundries may have a few freebies (such as the 
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