(Wildly OT) Looking for royalty free fonts?

[apelly]

Afternoon guys,

I'm wondering if any of you have bookmarked any favourite sites for acquiring royalty free fonts? Googling for this is like googling for health or accommodation advice; a gajillion shit results.

Would you mind sharing if you have something?

[tautech]

When our kids were little they used MS Publisher for all the wacky fonts they needed and a quick Google shows there's some free versions available.
Maybe one of the Clipart packages has something that'll turn you on.

[Brumby]

I have used www.dafont.com a few times.  They have fonts that are free for personal use, 100% free, ones that invite a donation to the author and so on.

The fonts are arranged in categories and have a filter:



Occasionally there are some comments that might be worth a read ... Some people seem to have the occasional problem - but I haven't (as yet).

[Brumby]

I also downloaded a font to do some graphic work for Dave.  It wasn't on dafont and I don't recall where I grabbed it.

[zapta]

Some fonts are available here. I think they are open source but am not sure. You will need to check if the terms fit your need.

https://fonts.google.com

[CatalinaWOW]

You are right.  The whole font thing is a morass.  Often you are trying to match a font for a restoration or a model.  Font identification sites can be a help here, though I often am frustrated here too.

Try things like

http://www.identifont.com/

Once you have a name for a font you still have the problem of finding a reliable source.  I have used dafont more than others, but have no real recommendations.

[apelly]

Thanks guys.

dafont will be good enough.

identifont is kind of interesting. I have scripting off, but I've seen a v. similar, cool place that identifies fonts by image. Maybe it's the same joint.

[Watth]

I heart FontSquirrel : https://www.fontsquirrel.com/.