What's your favorite font foundry?

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  1. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    I absolutely love Letterhead Fonts; I'm still trying to figure out how they make those amazing logos and signs with their fonts, but each one is complex and detailed. What's your favorite font foundry?
     
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    FullMetalBabe Zealot

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    Each and every font that I use is from dafont.com
     
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    Rocket 442 Ambitious, but Rubbish

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    Usually the same here, unless I'm looking for something specific that isn't on dafont, which is rare.
     
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    FullMetalBabe Zealot

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    Yes, but usually if it's specific I'd check first on dafont, as you said, it's rare.
     
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    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    Those are great sources for free fonts, but foundries tend to concentrate on the work of one or a few font designers, usually with a common style.

    Another great one is Scriptorium Fonts, Art and Design , he's got a lot of historical fonts.
     
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    That is indeed a great resource, but I'm finding the overall layout to be a bit confusing - it took me a while to get a "feel" for where everything is located.
     
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    I don't normally go looking for fonts though on the rare occasion I'll visit dafont. I normally stick with the generic type.
     
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    I've been going to the dafont.com for all of my fonts I Love it sooo much. I also love acid font. :)
     
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    Thanks for posting these font resources, guys! I'm not a designer or anything but I do some mini-projects and always have trouble finding just the right font. These foundries definitely will help. :)
     
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  12. Soliloquy

    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    Le font jus can make all the difference in the world in a project; after looking at font after font for a while you really start to notice how badly most people use them.
     
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    Paul M Dr Pepper Addict

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    So a "Font Foundry" is just a place to get fonts ?

    I've never found the need to look for fonts. :)
     
    Paul M, Aug 1, 2009
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    Yup, me too :)
     
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    I use dafont all of the time, my one and only resource for fonts.
     
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  17. Soliloquy

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    BlamBot is another good example of a font foundry; the owner (Nate Piekos) does one thing--comic lettering fonts--and does it really well.
     
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    I typically use free fonts; Dafont is handy, but if I can't find what I want there, I just run a web search for it.
     
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