Fonts And Design

[Lee]

I was curious, how do you folks go about choosing the fonts you are going to use on a specific design?

Do you have a preset idea of what you want a sites name/logo to look like and cchoose the font based on that or, do you scroll through all the fonts you have and see which one looks best?

Regards,

Lee

[gaystoryman]

Are you referring to the fonts for graphics, or on text within the page? For graphics, yeah sure I scroll around to see what fits, at times, but not for the actual text within the page... not all browsers have the same fonts, so I play that part safe. :thumbsup:

[barnkin]

I usually have a good idea of what style font I will be using when I first visualize the design. Then I grab a few in that style to see which I like best.

[Lee]

So where do you folks get yoru fonts from, do you use the free font download sites like BlamBot or do you tend to use paid fonts?

Regards,

Lee

[Bec]

Most graphic programs come packed with a bunch of fonts, and when I want more I just grab 'em from the free sites, or look through about 6 discs of fonts I've picked up over the years.

6500 Free Fonts is one I use a lot.

[A_DeAngelo]

As a designer, I have only used a limited number of faces over the years... and have my favorites - most people in my profession will agree that aside form headline faces, body text becomes unreadable - and the younger folks always come up with a lot of unreadable out there - (thank god for us senior creative directors to hold them in check!)

A huge number of faces don't work with web applicactions

and of course, I have designed a few of my own type faces over the years which I use as standards and are used by corporations and institutions like The J. Paul Getty Trust here in LA

nothing like a clean, readable type face for me... (personally speaking)

[mickey]

Most graphic programs come packed with a bunch of fonts, and when I want more I just grab 'em from the free sites, or look through about 6 discs of fonts I've picked up over the years.

6500 Free Fonts is one I use a lot.

hehe thank you. bookmarked..