Image by geishaboy500 via FlickrI’ve all but given up on AbstractFonts.com. It’s become so heavy with Ajax that, for the most part, i can barely navigate the interface,..maybe that’s down to incompatible DOMs but it’s certainly not my first port of call anymore, despite the large collection of free typefaces they have to offer. Today, I’m here to tell you about DaFont.com! They have a few less fonts that abstractfonts but I’d hesitate to call over 7000 typefaces a small collection!
For starters, you don’t need to register to get access to the fonts, only to add and manage new fonts. All the fonts are categorised and browse-able through a number of means; by theme (fancy, gothic, simple etc…), alphabetically, new fonts or top 100. You can customise the preview of each font by size and text so you can see exactly (specific formatting aside, like line spacing or kerning) what you’re gonna get from a given phrase.
It’s worth mentioning that there are some licencing issues with some of the fonts but they clearly state ‘for personal use only’ if that is the case.
Hopefully you’ll get some use out of them
