Free Fonts!

Carefully, now....

NO!  Just... no. Law firms are serious business.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. When it's knowledge of how to download and use fun fonts, the potential for abuse (choosing a font just because "you like it", without regard to how well it fits the project) is always there for new designers.

Still no. Traditional blah fonts don't fit Jimi.

So, to make me feel better about directing you to sites where you may download free fonts at will, I first present you with some advice. Always put thought and care into choosing fonts for your project. Fonts communicate a lot just on their own - apart from the actual letters and words they form.

The following sites contain good advice for choosing the perfect fonts for a project.

• “What Font Should I Use?”: Five Principles for Choosing and Using Typefaces (smashingmagazine.com)
• Font Design - How designers choose which fonts to use (canva.com)
• On Choosing Type (ilovetypography.com)
• Choosing the Right Font: A Practical Guide to Typography on the Web (tutsplus.com)

NOW go get 'em!

Here's a nice collection of free fonts I ran across recently:

101 best free fonts, fall 2015 (Webdesignerdepot.com)

Mrs. Lofquist found another compilation here:

100 Greatest Free Fonts Collection for 2015 (awwwards.com)

 

Choose fonts wisely you must.

Great Font Tool for Web

This is a really convenient and useful tool for finding out what fonts are used in websites!

WhatFont is a free Chrome or Safari extension and a Firefox bookmarklet. When activated you can point to any text on a web page to find out what font family it is, as well as size, line height, and color. I use it quite often!

It's available from the developer at his site: WhatFont Tool

Free Textures

Some nice free textures (and fonts and photos) are available for download at this site:

http://designinstruct.com/category/free-resources/  


More good leather textures here:

http://designmodo.com/leather-textures/

2 Free Fonts for Graphic Design

Here's a nice bold one called "Intro":

http://fontfabric.com/intro-free-font/     

And, for contrast, something very different. I'm really liking this font - It's ornate, but in a grungy sort of way...

http://www.cuttyfruty.com/

Free Icons

Here are some nice collections of free icons for your websites or other projects:

20 Glyph, Symbols and Minimalist Icon Packs

Web Developer Toolbars

Web Designers:
You must try this great tool - the Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox or Chrome.

It's very very useful!


http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/