March 23, 2007

CDEarth: Cool Fonts from Graffiti to Old English

Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier? Decisions, decisions, decisions.

If you've ever writen a Word document, these have probably been your choices of fonts. If you really wanted to get creative, maybe you'd throw in some bold or italics with an occasional underline to make your point. Heavy stuff.

For most projects such as business letters, a simple, professional, easy-to-read font is actually the best. But did you know you there are thousands of fonts you can choose from to make your more creative writings stand out?

You can download free fonts or purchase an inexpensive fonts cd with 1001 fonts. You can install them on your computer and have them available in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint presentations and in the desktop publishing or graphics editor we discussed yesterday.

You can find specialized fonts for a particular project like a wedding font for your wedding invitations or holiday fonts for your next holiday newsletter. Creative fonts are perfect for your scrapbook captions or even for your garage sale flyer to make it really sizzle.

Many different types of fonts to choose from including:
  • Calligraphy fonts
  • Gothic fonts
  • Grafitti fonts
  • Fancy fonts
  • Dingbats or symbols
  • Script fonts
  • Handriting fonts
  • Old English fonts
  • Chinese and Japanese fonts
  • True Type fonts
  • Mac fonts
  • Retro fonts
  • Cursive fonts
  • Western fonts
The only limitation is your own imagination.

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