View Full Version : Does anyone actually buy fonts?
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 11:30 AM
I have to admit that the only font I've ever bought was Helvetica. I'll usually make due with what I can find on free font sites.
I do only visit font sites that appear to have user-created fonts. At worst, they may mimic existing fonts. Does that make me a bad person? :D
InsaneSimon
07-23-2008, 11:32 AM
I have to admit that the only font I've ever bought was Helvetica. I'll usually make due with what I can find on free font sites.
I do only visit font sites that appear to have user-created fonts. At worst, they may mimic existing fonts. Does that make me a bad person? :D
Isn't Helvetica free? I remember it was free
abostonboy
07-23-2008, 11:32 AM
Not a bad person. But, I do buy fonts. I think I have spent over $2,000 on fonts over the past years.
I love House Industries.
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 11:36 AM
Isn't Helvetica free? I remember it was free
Damn! I hope not! Lol. I paid a lot of money for that font.
InsaneSimon
07-23-2008, 11:39 AM
Damn! I hope not! Lol. I paid a lot of money for that font.
Uh, it's a paid font. Sorry, my fault! :bang:
BabyMaker
07-23-2008, 11:47 AM
Uh, it's a paid font. Sorry, my fault! :bang:
It is free I think, gotta open up something and check but it's a default font as far as I remember???
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 12:23 PM
It is free I think, gotta open up something and check but it's a default font as far as I remember???
It is a default font for Macs only.
nickbaer
07-23-2008, 12:24 PM
helvetica has always been on my Macs, since my first one in 1985.
AlexManifestMan
07-23-2008, 12:47 PM
Yep I have. Two. Not including the 1000 free font packages for 29.95 kind of thing.
HunkMoneyLuke
07-23-2008, 01:52 PM
i have bought fonts when designers use them making up our sites, but other than that, no
... you have to pay for fonts?!?!
wow
http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html
http://www.fontmagic.com
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 02:44 PM
helvetica has always been on my Macs, since my first one in 1985.
It isn't a standard font on Windows PCs though.
basschick
07-23-2008, 02:45 PM
i've bought fonts - not a lot, but some fonts aren't free and make a page look great :)
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 02:46 PM
... you have to pay for fonts?!?!
wow
http://www.webpagepublicity.com/free-fonts.html
http://www.fontmagic.com
Yep, that's where I get some of my fonts. In fact, you're probably who gave me those links in the first place. ;)
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 02:48 PM
I think Geneva is the other common Mac font that isn't standard on PCs. If you want that one, you'll have to pay for it.
abostonboy
07-23-2008, 03:14 PM
I thought Helvetica came with office?
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 03:20 PM
I think I bought Helvetica after I got Office 2007... hmmm... maybe it was before. At least I know I didn't have it on my old computer with Office 2004.
InsaneSimon
07-23-2008, 03:21 PM
I thought Helvetica came with office?
Nope. At least not with my version of Office XP, 2003 and 2007.
InsaneSimon
07-23-2008, 03:22 PM
Btw I love Calibri! It's so fancy! :D
xstr8guy
07-23-2008, 03:41 PM
Btw I love Calibri! It's so fancy! :D
That's funny you should mention that. It looks like Microsoft is pushing to make Calibri and Cambria standard fonts. They seem to be my default Outlook fonts and I don't ever recall them before Office 2007.
Yep, that's where I get some of my fonts. In fact, you're probably who gave me those links in the first place. ;)
no doubt !! I've put those links up quite a few times over the years. I'm allergic to buying a font if I can get one free. rofl
abostonboy
07-23-2008, 05:47 PM
Then how did I get Helvetica?
basschick
07-23-2008, 05:49 PM
it isn't supplied on any of our 3 windows boxes, and i recall having to buy it for my old 98 box back in the day when a client wanted us to use it.
Then how did I get Helvetica?
abostonboy
07-23-2008, 05:57 PM
I did it buy it now that I think about it. Bought it in a Linotype pack. UGH!
AnthonyDeAngelo
07-23-2008, 08:58 PM
there are certain cuts of Helvetica and thousands of other faces that don't come FREE with anything! I buy fonts - but then, I also design them so I know what kind of time and $$$ goes into designing them
I think its horrible that people grab them - its like snitching © copyrighted images or clips or published works or SOFTWARE as far as I am concerned - reprehensible in fact!
font packages can be inexpensive but as far as I am concerned, and most of the designers I've worked with, there are only a few really good type faces - lots of junky and unreadable ones around cluttering up the environment
Fister
07-27-2008, 05:36 PM
I've managed to find free fonts. Another free-font source is http://www.1001freefonts.com/