There are free fonts available, but as someone who worked in print for about 10 years I'll tell you in that the free ones don't generally work as well.
First off, you should only use Postscript fonts. TrueType can work, but I'm willing to bet a fair amount of money that if you talk to your print vendor they will tell you that they much prefer Postscript. Second, the reason why the expensive fonts work better and look better is because they have better code. Postscript is code and even though the tools to make the fonts are visual, a good font designer knows how to make fonts that have the most efficient code. Font ripoffs usually are high-res scans that are then converted to vectors. This conversion process creates bad Postscript code that on a good day just doesn't look as good and takes longer for the print vendor to output and on a bad day can choke their rip and make your job unprintable. But look around. Google is probably your best bet. Another option is buying the bulk packs of fonts in some of the software catalogs. The site I use to find fonts is http://www.myfonts.com. They are generally the more expensive ones though. I'm not trying to lecture you or be condescending. I'm just sharing years of experience. Fonts can make a job go bad in so many ways, and it's just not fun fixing it. Good luck, -Kevin Graeme > -----Original Message----- > From: BethF [mailto:dawg@;alaska.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:21 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: folks who know about publishing > > > I am working as technical and layout advisor to a PRINT product (weird > huh?). > Apparently, we need to use only "free" fonts. Where can i find out what > fonts are "free" and how to obtain them. > Someone please, give me a clue > > Beth F, cluless in Anchorage, AK > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
