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What fonts do you use?!
Mar 19^th, 2010, 10:56am

Hiya,

I was just wondering if anyone has found any good free fonts? I have photoshop and I'm very unimpressed with the fonts that come with it, the curvy handwriting fonts look jaggy and pixelated. Maybe I'm just being fussy!!

I have seen ones on Zazzle I really like and my boyfriend has searched online to download them for free but he can't find them. I can buy it but it's $29..this is the one i like- http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/liorah/

Claire Cool

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Andi_140318 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 10	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #1 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 11:02am Hi there, Try http://www.dafont.com/ Lots of cool free fonts & inexpensive fonts
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Gillean_137778 Junior Member artist Posts: 94	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #2 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 11:06am Hi Claire I've collected hundreds of fonts over the years, some with software I've bought and some from free font sites. There are lots of royalty free fonts out there. http://www.1001freefonts.com/ I love your photos. Best wishes Gillean
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Re: What fonts do you use?!
Reply #3 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 11:11am

Quote from Claire_139850 on Mar 19^th, 2010, 10:56am:

Hiya,

I was just wondering if anyone has found any good free fonts? I have photoshop and I'm very unimpressed with the fonts that come with it, the curvy handwriting fonts look jaggy and pixelated. Maybe I'm just being fussy!!

I have seen ones on Zazzle I really like and my boyfriend has searched online to download them for free but he can't find them. I can buy it but it's $29..this is the one i like- http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/bitstream/liorah/

Claire Cool

Hi Claire, when you give me your email, I'll send you the font

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Claire_139850

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Re: What fonts do you use?!
Reply #4 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 11:47am

Thanks very much for all your help, those sites look really good! I will be dowloading lots from them

I have just realised something, when in photoshop if viewing the text at the wrong scale then the font looks pixelated. It's only when you double click on the magnifying glass that it looks ok...ooops so maybe the fonts i already have are ok it's just that i wasn't viewing them at the correct display scale!!

Claire

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Re: What fonts do you use?!
Reply #5 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 12:17pm

Quote from Claire_139850 on Mar 19^th, 2010, 11:47am:

Thanks very much for all your help, those sites look really good! I will be dowloading lots from them

I have just realised something, when in photoshop if viewing the text at the wrong scale then the font looks pixelated. It's only when you double click on the magnifying glass that it looks ok...ooops so maybe the fonts i already have are ok it's just that i wasn't viewing them at the correct display scale!!

Claire

i was just getting ready to tell you about this when i read you had figured it out.

i don't know how many things i threw out using shapes brushes and text when i thought they looked jaggy.. only to find out later i was viewing them low resolution.

here is how that works. if you view your image, text, card what ever at 16.5% ,33%, 66% that is low res and that is when you have jaggies.

If you view at 12.5%. 25%, 50%, 75% or 100% then you are in high resolution and it will be smooth. IF you take a shape, or brush higher than it was designed it will go jaggy no matter how you look at it. some text will if you go way above 72 for the font size.. but on a card that is unlikely.

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Claire_139850 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 15	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #6 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 12:24pm Cool thanks Denise, that really helps hopefully all my fonts will now look much better!! I thought it was odd that all my fonts looked rubbish Claire
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Jean_139825 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 3	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #7 - Mar 19^th, 2010, 2:29pm I like http://www.fontspace.com/ for free fonts. Good luck!
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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #8 - Mar 20^th, 2010, 5:32am I use optima a lot because it is one offered and I like the continuation of style for the inside of my cards. I would like it if GCU expanded their listing of fonts,,, Linda
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Claire_139850 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 15	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #9 - Mar 21^st, 2010, 4:37am Thanks very much for all your help! I've found lots of free ones now that are pretty good. Linda that's a good idea to use the same font on the outside as the inside! I wouldn't have thought of that! Claire
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Re: What fonts do you use?!
Reply #10 - Mar 23^rd, 2010, 8:33pm

Quote from Claire_139850 on Mar 19^th, 2010, 11:47am:

Thanks very much for all your help, those sites look really good! I will be dowloading lots from them

I have just realised something, when in photoshop if viewing the text at the wrong scale then the font looks pixelated. It's only when you double click on the magnifying glass that it looks ok...ooops so maybe the fonts i already have are ok it's just that i wasn't viewing them at the correct display scale!!

Claire

Hi Claire,
Just a note: when you add text in photoshop to a picture, and you open a text box you will see a text layer open in your layers palet. At this time when you type photoshop is creating vector type. Which will allow you to resize, change fonts, colors ect and the text will stay crisp and sharp with no jagged edges.

Once you "simplify, merge, or flatten your layers" the text that you typed will be rasterized or converted by photoshop into pixels. Once this is done the text may look jagged when resized.

This may not be what you meant but i thought it would be worth mentioning that about photoshop.

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Michelle__137594 GCU Newbies artist Posts: 16	Re: What fonts do you use?! Reply #11 - Apr 10^th, 2010, 5:52am I try to aim my fonts towards the person its going to male, female,older, younger, etc. I also will use larger size fonts incase it is going to someone who is older and has limited eye sight.....
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