Freebie Friday: Whiteboard Modern Font

I love a good font. In fact those who know me probably consider me a font-a-holic, but I guess it is just the designer in me. Nevertheless the only thing better than a good font is one that is good AND free.

I stumbled upon the free Whiteboard Modern font from BittBox and quite like it a lot so I thought I’d share the link with you.

Image provided by bittbox

Image by bittbox

Happy downloading!

Freebie Friday – Manage Your Fonts

If you are a fontaholic like I am, or just need a pretty good variety of fonts because you work in graphic and print design, then chances are you’ve been frustrated trying to find just the right font for a project. Choosing, comparing, and analyzing fonts is serious business. You could just keep selecting a different font in your document and see how it looks, only to do that about 50 more times, OR you can manage your fonts and save yourself a lot of headaches.

Font management you ask? Yes, of course! There is a really good – and free – font manager out there called AMP Font Viewer. Besides allowing you to get a quick overview of both installed and non-installed fonts, this program can also install and uninstall fonts on the fly as well as organize them into categories. I can feel your excitement already!

fonts1So why would you want a font manager you ask? Well for one thing, the more fonts you install on your computer, the better the chance of your computer programs slowing down, errors happening, or possibly even crashing. They use up a considerable amount of resources on your system that reduces efficiency and productivity. With AMP Font Viewer, because you can get an overview of non-installed fonts, you can keep all your extra, non essential, everyday fonts in a separate folder and install them only when needed, thus keeping your computer happy. And we all know that a happy computer makes a happy user!

AMP Font Viewer supports TrueType, OpenType and Type1 fonts, so you get the maximum use out this great little manager. Want to test the look of any font with your own text? No problem. Want to print a list of all or just some of your installed fonts with sample text for each one? Yep, you can do that, too.

It’s so easy to use you might even have a little fun while choosing the perfect font for your next project. So stop letting your font fetish take on a life of its own and start managing your fonts with ease.

Freebie Friday – Douglas Vitkauskas Fonts

As a designer, fonts are certainly at the top of my list of needs. A font can make or break a design, so good, quality fonts are a must in my world. Of course some of the best fonts are only for purchase and can be quite pricey. So when I come across a great font that just happens to be free, I’m pretty excited. But when that same designer also happens to offer several font designs that are just as tasty – for free – then I’m just plum tickled.

Douglas Vitkauskas offers a slew of free fonts, 63 at the time of this post, over at FontSpace. He also has a collection of fonts for purchase on his website that are really nice.

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A few of my favorite free ones include his Choice, Revolt, Blank, and Good Luck for You fonts. What’s your favorite?