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rphbyday: Good Free Font Resources I am very very picky about fonts. I look for typefaces to be well drawn and have good set spacing and kerning, etc. That said, if they don’t, I can fix it, but I don’t want to recommend them to people who can’t or won’t know to do so. So where should you go to look for good free fonts? Please avoid dafont.com, most of those are a no. They are made so quick and dirty and, well, they look it. Instead, try these sites: Lost Type Co-Op http://losttype.com/ The League of Moveable Type http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/ Awwwards Greatest Free Font Collections http://www.awwwards.com/100-greatest-free-fonts-collection.html http://www.awwwards.com/100-greatest-free-fonts-collection-for-2013.html Ultralinx Fonts Tag [constantly updating resource!] http://theultralinx.com/tag/fonts Jellyka Fonts [Note, some of these aren’t super great or fabulously drawn but if used appropriately and sparingly, these are some pretty good handwritten fonts overall] http://www.cuttyfruty.com/enhtml/fonts.php Great Web Fonts Most freely available web fonts have free desktop counterparts floating around. So if you fall in love with one, finding and downloading at .ttf or a .otf should only be a google search away. Google Web Fonts http://www.google.com/fonts/ Font Squirrel http://www.fontsquirrel.com/ Creative Bloq 25 Best Free Web Fonts http://www.creativebloq.com/typography/best-free-web-fonts-1131610 Awwwards Best 20 Free Web Fonts http://www.awwwards.com/best-20-webfonts-from-google-web-fonts-and-font-face-embedding.html If you can’t find a font you want and can use somewhere here, you’re doing something wrong. 
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Good Free Font Resources

I am very very picky about fonts. I look for typefaces to be well drawn and have good set spacing and kerning, etc. That said, if they don’t, I can fix it, but I don’t want to recommend them to people who can’t or won’t know to do so.

So where should you go to look for good free fonts? Please avoid dafont.com, most of those are a no. They are made so quick and dirty and, well, they look it. Instead, try these sites:

Lost Type Co-Op

http://losttype.com/

The League of Moveable Type

http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/

Awwwards Greatest Free Font Collections

http://www.awwwards.com/100-greatest-free-fonts-collection.html

http://www.awwwards.com/100-greatest-free-fonts-collection-for-2013.html

Ultralinx Fonts Tag [constantly updating resource!]

http://theultralinx.com/tag/fonts

Jellyka Fonts [Note, some of these aren’t super great or fabulously drawn but if used appropriately and sparingly, these are some pretty good handwritten fonts overall]

http://www.cuttyfruty.com/enhtml/fonts.php

Great Web Fonts

Most freely available web fonts have free desktop counterparts floating around. So if you fall in love with one, finding and downloading at .ttf or a .otf should only be a google search away.

Google Web Fonts

http://www.google.com/fonts/

Font Squirrel

http://www.fontsquirrel.com/

Creative Bloq 25 Best Free Web Fonts

http://www.creativebloq.com/typography/best-free-web-fonts-1131610

Awwwards Best 20 Free Web Fonts

http://www.awwwards.com/best-20-webfonts-from-google-web-fonts-and-font-face-embedding.html

If you can’t find a font you want and can use somewhere here, you’re doing something wrong. 

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