Comments on: Free fonts that don't suck = oxymoron?

Free fonts that don't suck = oxymoron?

DrJohnEvans — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:02:35 -0800

FontLeech: The Free Font Blog. Searching for free fonts (that don't suck) so you don't have to. Just launched the other day; might be worth watching for us broke designers.

By: furtive

furtive — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:26:40 -0800

Cool site for the bookmarks. Thanks!

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:33:17 -0800

Ooooh. Pretty. [this is good]

By: killdevil

killdevil — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:34:28 -0800

This brings us one step closer to cleansing the world of Arial [gooooood].

By: joelf

joelf — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:50:03 -0800

YAY!

By: blackturtleneck

blackturtleneck — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:18:04 -0800

Thank you for this Doctor. It'll be a timesaver in the future I'm sure.

By: TheNakedPixel

TheNakedPixel — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:24:28 -0800

For similar tunes of "free font" blogs, be sure to check out these timeless classics: Microsoft Typography news FontLover Typographica

By: O9scar

O9scar — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:44:43 -0800

Also see Luc Devroye's free font list.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:50:13 -0800

Wonderful! Thanks!

By: tommyc

tommyc — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:51:14 -0800

Death to comic sans!

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:53:23 -0800

I much prefer Comic Serif.

By: angry modem

angry modem — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:27:59 -0800

wow. a blog with an admirable purpose. (gimme gimme gimme fonts)

By: notmydesk

notmydesk — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:39:58 -0800

Fantastic! I love good, free fonts and hate scrounging around for them.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:43:27 -0800

What separates this blog from other free font resources is that the author knows what he's talking about and seems to have taste.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:06:05 -0800

Ugg... someone really needs to tell them to use a gif or png file for their logo.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:06:43 -0800

I wonder if there's some kind of secret bittorrent tracker for all the crazy expensive Frere-Jones stuff...

By: Sticherbeast

Sticherbeast — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:12:11 -0800

I wonder if there's some kind of secret bittorrent tracker for all the crazy expensive Frere-Jones stuff... Myself, I'd just like to find Sound of Print fonts again. I'd just download 'em and throw the correct amount of money at the creators...just let me find them!

By: mkdg

mkdg — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:18:02 -0800

Nice! Off I go, straight to del.icio.us... That logo does suck though.

By: taz

taz — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:26:58 -0800

"Tomorrow: The U.S. Homeland Security Department's whimsical take on Comic Sans." Fun and funny! Bookmarked — thanks!

By: Down10

Down10 — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:35:18 -0800

Hey, there ain't nothin' wrong with a free font. (plug, plug)

By: squeak

squeak — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:43:09 -0800

Thanks! Now I can fuel my font obession some more ...

By: mullingitover

mullingitover — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:49:48 -0800

Damn, and I just bought Font Folio.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:05:45 -0800

Wow, down10, you did the Muni font! And I remember when you got busted for the McD font. I haven't been to your site in ages but I do remember downloading these all a few years ago.

By: taz

taz — Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:09:48 -0800

Thanks for your munificence, Down10!

By: webmutant

webmutant — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:07:09 -0800

This, like Preshrunk, is one of those head-smackingly retro-obvious why-didn't-I-think-of-that brilliant ideas. Nice execution so far, too.

By: berek

berek — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:22:56 -0800

UM, is it just me, or does anyone else scratch his head in bewilderment grown men getting orgasmic over typeface?! It all looks the same to me! {Now, being into happy sexy furry videos, that is completely understanable!}

By: ninthart

ninthart — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:30:39 -0800

UM, is it just me, or does anyone else scratch his head in bewilderment grown men getting orgasmic over typeface?! It all looks the same to me! You, Sir, are a philistine.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 03:33:23 -0800

Duly bookmarked! Thank you!

By: tvjunkie

tvjunkie — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:02:05 -0800

Did anyone else try the main URL? There's a link to Book Talk - "The books people are talking about now - Beta" This just keeps getting better and better.

By: taz

taz — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:04:33 -0800

I'm merely a grown woman, so maybe I don't count, but "orgasmic over typefaces" = just that many more orgasms! Ta!

By: Grod

Grod — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:13:25 -0800

Thank you! I love fonts, I make fonts, for anyone who is serious about fonts and wants to meet (at least digitally) some of the best in the field and those of us who suck, too, checkout the forums at typophile blasdelf please don't steal fonts, it takes a shit load of very meticulous work, intense creativity, and a fair degree of insanity to create a good typeface, to make an amazing one takes more. mullingitover ... I'm green with envy, I've lusted after font folio for quite some time now

By: dabitch

dabitch — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 07:38:16 -0800

This thread is great for fontnerds, thanks for the blogtip DrJohnEvans, thanks for reminding us of the fab typographica TheNakedPixel, and Down10 oh my god come here I need to smooch you! *mwah mwah mwah* Luurve Muni baby! Love the concept of McD. C'mere! *covers down10 in lipstick marks*

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:30:34 -0800

...ain't nothin' wrong with a free font. (plug, plug) Nothing at all. (cough, cough)

By: sklero

sklero — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:53:04 -0800

Nice stuff, Robot Johnny.

By: halo7879

halo7879 — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:54:25 -0800

cool

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:48:29 -0800

MetaFilter: bringing the craploads since 1999

By: Oyéah

Oyéah — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 18:38:53 -0800

So, is this the reason, they are going to trash the Hubble? Is it the telescope that can see too much. That guy might be schizophrenic, but he certainly can write, and he writes a lot. I have to mention that those winged lizards, are evident in pictographs in Southern Utah. They are more snaky, and don't look like things that walk, more like Loch Ness. I so hope that this is not true, current politics is bad enough, without the addition of cross species, and other sentient species types. The poor humans in cages, maybe this guy was in Guantanamo, or out on Diego Garcia... As for the tunnels under Salt Lake City, well, they were built by the Mormons, and lined with granite, and they are a well known part of our city. Back in the age when Mormons feared government interference, they had escape routes. I know people personally, that have driven ATV's in those tunnels, and never mentioned the very tall people.