babuci opened this issue on Oct 20, 2008 · 10 posts
babuci posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 3:13 AM
Hello to all!
I have cs3 wonderful program, but I don't realy like a fonts what cames with it. Not so much dislike I use a fgew regularly, am looking for some nice almost handwriting type and it is not in. Any chance I can download extra font for cs3 from somewhere?
seeya Tunde
spedler posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 4:25 AM
One thing the net isn't short of is free fonts. Any Truetype or Opentype font will be fine in CS3. Just Google for 'free fonts'.
Here's one to get started with: http://simplythebest.net/fonts/. They've got a number of handwriting fonts.
Steve
babuci posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 4:43 AM
Thanx Steve that was quick...so, question No2. How to "put" it into cs3?
seeya Tunde
Lucie posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 5:58 AM
Attached Link: http://www.dafont.com
You don't need to put them in CS3, just unzip them in **Windows/font**, you may need to restart photoshop for them to show up though.Dafont is another site with loads of fonts...
spedler posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 7:17 AM
While we're about it, a couple of font utilities I find very useful are:
Font Xplorer - lets you see what fonts you've got installed (or not installed but in separate directories) and load and unload them. Freeware.
Extensis Suitcase - professional font manager, allows you to load and unload fonts on the fly, plus a lot more. Not cheap ($99) but very useful.
Steve
bobbystahr posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 9:14 AM
To install fonts so they are easily found in any app I generally:
1. create a font extract folder on my C Drive where I unzip any fonts I want to install.
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babuci posted Mon, 20 October 2008 at 5:35 PM
Thank you guys and girl for a help and links. Good stuff!
seeyus Tunde
retrocity posted Tue, 21 October 2008 at 8:35 PM
one font site i use a lot is:
dafont.com
you can look up fonts by catagories (...i.e. hand written) or alphabeticaly by name...
check em' out
retrocity
babuci posted Tue, 21 October 2008 at 11:43 PM
Thak you, now I just need a bit more time to pick a realy suitable text for my project
seeya Tunde
bonestructure posted Fri, 24 October 2008 at 9:36 AM
I get a lot of fonts from alt.binaries newsgroups. Not everyone is into newsgroups, but the thing is, you can request a font you want, or post a picture of a font you can't identify, and someone will usually come up with something close. Sadly, I'm a font freak, and have close to 2000 fonts installed. I also have a CD with close to 5000 fonts on it I picked up at the store a few years ago, and if I really need something I don't have, I can generally find something approximating.
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