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The links below contain information about OpenType, TrueType, PostScript Type 1 fonts, font editors, font design, type tutorials, font conversion, managers, viewers, newsgroups and more.

Custom Font Services

Create a font based on your own handwriting YourFonts $14.95 Generate a font with this easy to use online font generation service. Also includes your signature. Personalize your font collection Fonts In Bloom $14.95 This is an automated font generation service that converts your handwriting into a font in minutes! Make your own handwriting font FontGrinder $14.95 This is a fully automated font creation service enabling you to design your own font on paper and have it quickly converted to an OpenType font. Convert your handwriting into a font Acrotype $14.95 Your very own font in 15 minutes! Convert your signatures into a font Sigfonts $19.95 Your own signature font with 16 signatures.

Custom Font Services

Go Font Yourself Chank $199.00 Fill in a form and you will receive your personal font within 10 days. Limited character set. Custom handwriting font conversion FontGod $29.95 Will convert your handwriting to a Truetype font for Windows or Mac.

Free Font Sites

1001 Free Fonts  the most popular free fonts archive online. Font Freak one of the largest and most visited free font archive on the net. Acid Fonts has a large amount of free fonts. Larabie Fonts free fonts by Ray Larabie. Iconian Fonts more than 100 free fonts created by Dan Zadorozny. Speciality Fonts download free Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Party fonts and more.

Commercial Font Foundries And Stores

Phil's Fonts Sells fonts from all major font vendors, like adobe and linotype. My Fonts Find, try and buy fonts. Over 50,000 fonts available. Adobe Type Library More than 2,200 typefaces - serif, sans serif, display, ornaments. VintageType Celtic, Contagious and Classic brewers fonts. Linotype Library more than 6,000 original, high-quality fonts from classic to cool in TrueType, PostScript and OpenType. FontHaus over 70,000 fonts from $9.95.

Font Editing Software

FontCreator 5.6 High-Logic July 2007 PC $79 An advanced and easy to use TrueType font editor. It can also convert images to TrueType outlines, thus enabling you to create your own signature, logo and handwriting. Scanahand 2.0 High-Logic October 2008 PC $49 Generate a font based on your handwriting in just a couple of minutes. FontLab Studio 5.0.2 FontLab May 2006   PC and Mac $649 A professional but complex tool for creating fonts. It supports all major font formats, but has a 5000 character limit. Fontographer 4.1.5 FontLab March 2006 PC and Mac $349 A decade ago this was the best font editor, now it is outdated.

Font Design & Type Tutorials

My First Font Read this tutorial in case you want to make a font based on your own handwriting. Make a font based on your own handwriting Another tutorial about making your own font with Font Creator. This tutorial also includes solutions to common problems that might arise. Creating a Pixel Font from scratch An excellent guide to creating cross platform pixel fonts with Font Creator. How to make fonts Describes how to create a font with Photoshop and Fontographer. Chank's Guide to Making Fonts Explains how to make your own fonts with Fontographer. Gaultney Font Hints Another tutorial about making fonts with Fontographer (and Photoshop). Font making tutorial - tips General tips on how to manipulate shapes into characters. Font creation tutorial - advanced techniques A collection of interesting ideas and tips to create fonts.

Font Conversion

CrossFont 3.7 Acute Systems July 2004 PC $45 Converts TrueType and PostScript Type1 fonts between Macintosh and PC platforms. TransType 2.1 FontLab August 2002   PC and Mac $97 Converts fonts to almost any other format on Mac and PC.

Font Managers

MainType 2.1.1 High-Logic May 2007 PC $49 A powerful and easy-to-use font manager that supports all popular font formats. MyFonts 5.2 MyTools.com July 2002 PC $35 This font manager used to be very popular. The Font Thing 0.80 Sue Fisher December 1999 PC free Manages TrueType fonts. Typograf 4.8f Neuber April 2004 PC $35 Font manager for OpenType, TrueType, PostScript Type 1 and printer fonts. Printer's Apprentice 7.57 Lose Your Mind Development October 2004 PC $25 A tool for managing font files on Windows systems. Font Xplorer 1.2.2 Moon Software November 2002 PC €19.95 A font manager for TrueType and OpenType fonts.

Font Related Newsgroups & Forums

comp.fonts access via Google and search posts since 1988 Non-binary newsgroup related to fonts and typography. alt.binaries.fonts Binary newsgroup mostly used for finding fonts. microsoft.public.word.general access via Google and search posts since 1996 General questions on using Microsoft Word. Typophile Forums Typophile is an open typographic community with discussion forums and resources for type design, theory and technique for professionals and beginners.