Archive for free fonts

Bleeding Cowboys Font

by KayCee
July 23rd, 2010

Today’s font is called:

The Bleeding Cowboys font was first seen on the DaFont website in 2007, but it has since been updated. It was created by Gyom Séguin, a graphic designer, illustrator and artist from Canada. Gyom claims, “I am a graphic designer that listens to rock music and designs rocking fonts!” Gyom also has over 40 fonts available.

While researching this font, I found out some interesting things regarding Gyom. I went over to is website which is as plain and simple as his payment philosophy. His hope is that you like his work. So, if you DO like it and you think that it is worth anything to you, simply send him a donation via PayPal. You can find that link on the download page that the above links will take you too. Now, how cool would that be to have Gyom wake up tomoorow and find a few extra dollars in his bank account because of this post?

In addition to typography (fonts) Gyom also creates logos and apparel design. Let him know how you learned about him and thank him for his contributions!

Remember that although we take you to places that offer free font downloads, there are still copyright laws that cover them. Please make yourself aware of HOW you can use the free download by reading and becoming familiar with the extra files that are always available with a free download.

If you need additional font installation instructions, we have some available for you at How to Download Fonts.

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Please Show Me Love Font

by KayCee
June 18th, 2010

Would you like to be able to download our featured fonts right from the CCAS site?

Creative Crafts and Stickers is considering implementing our own font download area. We would like to offer free font downloads right here on CCAS but only if we have enough interest. I know that the free font feature is one of our regular’s favorite areas. We would continue to feature a font each week and in addition, you would be able to download it right from from our site.

Please email us let us know what you think of the idea.

Today’s featured font is:

When I first saw this font, I was half tempted to place each letter in a different color. I tend to go with the fonts that show more definition. The ones that have creativity within themselves. This particular font, reminds me of the type of doodling that I used to do on my high school notebooks. Inevitably, I would go back through with different colors to fill in the solid areas. I would often fill in the lined areas making stripes or even different patterns.

Please Show Me Love font is another free font offered by Andrew2.  This font features what appears to be hand drawn letters with doodling in the letters. Some letters have stripes, some include scribbles some are solid and some are outlined. The complete set includes only lowercase letters.  You may download Please Show Me Love font in TrueType font, as well as OpenType font formatted files for your installation.

Visit our  How To Download Fonts article if you need a little extra help to remember all of the steps.

Categories Fonts

A Charming Font

by KayCee
May 14th, 2010

Today’s featured font is:

As I was searching for a new font this week, I came across “A Charming Font”. As soon as I saw it, it reminded me of the television series that I used to watch called Charmed. It is an ongoing saga about three sisters who happen to have special powers. Throughout the series the sisters learn how to use their powers to help others as well as each other. Growing up the oldest in a family of three girls, it was inevitable that Charmed would end up being one of our favorite television shows.

“A Charming Font” is offered by 1001 Free Fonts. 1001 Free Fonts has created thousands of free fonts available for both Windows and Mac. You may visit 1001 Free Fonts to preview and download “A Charming Font” custom font. But, if you are anything like me (I love to have my own collections), you will want to go ahead and purchase the Ultimate Font Download. It contains over 10,000 fonts, including “A Charming Font” and the 1001 fonts from – 1001 Free Fonts, plus many, many more. It is NOT expensive and it saved me a ton of time compared to downloading each individual font. The selection is fantastic and now they are all at my fingertips for use.

If you need some additional info on downloading and installing fonts, click here: How To Download Fonts.

Categories Fonts

Scriptina

by Tara
February 26th, 2010

It’s Font Friday and time to share another Font-astic Font!!

I was searching for a nice, fancy script font to use on some Bridal Shower Invitations. I found this lovely font to share with you today.

It is called: Scriptina

It can be found here: Free Fonts

If you need some directions on downloading and installing fonts, click here: How To Download Fonts

If you have a favorite font you would like to share please send me a link and if I post it you will earn a ballot for the monthly draw sponsored by weScrap! Just click on the Email Tara link at the top.

Enjoy your new font!

~Tara~

Categories Fonts

Christmas Fonts and Dingbats

by Tara
January 1st, 2010

Well… it’s another Font Friday. Most of you know how much I love new and interesting fonts and I search the web for them all the time.
I found these ones that are truly Font-astic!

With Christmas behind us I thought it was time to focus on scrapping all the holiday pictures I took so that I don’t fall too far behind.

Here is a cool font called: Santa’s Sleigh. You can download it here: Dafont.


I also came across this more traditional font called: St. Nicholas. You can download it here: Dafont.


Check out and download the great Christmas images in the Dingbats and clip-arts section here: Christmas Dingbats.

If you need instructions on downloading your font visit How to Download Fonts in our resources area.

Hope you enjoy this collection of fonts and images!

~Tara~

Categories Fonts

How to Download Fonts

by CCAS
December 31st, 2009

Free Fonts – Tips for Downloads

In order to add new fonts, you will have to download it to your computer. Once downloaded, you will then have to install. If you have installed it correctly, it will become available to you in the various software packages you have on your computer.

Most fonts and dingbats available are True Type Fonts (TTFs). The True Type font is the most common font format used by both Mac OS X and Windows platforms. However the process to download them and be able to use them is different. The following is provided as guidance in hopes it will help you with any arising issues you encounter. If these examples are not helpful we suggest typing your question into a Google search; Google knows everything!

FOR PC:

Unzip the files you have downloaded.

Details: Click on the “Download” button, save the zip somewhere on your hard disk, go to the place where it is saved, double-click on the zip to open it, then either click on “Extraxt all files” or drag and drop the files elsewhere from the zip window (hold down the CTRL key to select several files at once)
For the 20th century versions of Windows you must install an unzip tool first.

Under Windows Vista:
Select the font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) then Right-click > Install

Under any version of Windows:
Place the font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts
(can be reached as well by the Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Fonts).

Note that with the internal unzip tool of Windows (unlike Winzip), you cannot install a font by a simple drag and drop of the .ttf from the zip window to the Fonts window. You must first drag and drop it anywhere (for example on the desktop) then into the Fonts folder.
You can also go through: File > Install a new font… in the Fonts folder menu then browse the fonts, instead of drag and drop the fonts into the window. Although this method is laborious, it would seem that it functions better in some cases.

There are some videos on YouTube if that helps.

Tip: If you need a font immediately, you don’t need to install it. Just double-click on the .ttf file, and while the preview window is opened you can use it in most of the programs you’ll launch (one exception being OpenOffice).

FOR MAC:

Mac OS X recognizes TrueType and OpenType fonts (.ttf and .otf) but not the PC bitmap fonts (.fon).
Files are compressed, you may need an utility like Stuffit Expander.

Under Mac OS X 10.3 or above (including the FontBook):
Double-click the font file > “Install font” button at the bottom of the preview.

Under any version of Mac OS X:
Put the files into /Library/Fonts (for all users),
or into /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for you only).

Under Mac OS 9 or earlier:
The old Mac fonts are not typically supported anymore. You must convert the font files (.ttf or .otf) you have downloaded.
Then drag the fonts suitcases into the System folder. The system will prompt you to add them to the Fonts folder.

Categories Resources

Where to Find Fonts

by CCAS
December 25th, 2009

There are many wonderful sites that have hundreds of free fonts available for download. Here are some of our favorite websites that we visit to find unique fonts:

1001 Free Fonts – If you’re looking for current eye-popping free fonts on the Internet, this site has it. Links to the font creator are provided on the site and all are listed with the artist’s permission.

Ace Free Fonts – Find over 20,000 free TrueType fonts for Windows and/or Mac.  full character maps and customizable previews are available.

Acid Fonts – Find more Windows and/or Mac freeware fonts and dingbats at this well-organized site. Over 4,000 freeware fonts and dingbats, a selection of font utilities and a very informative “frequently asked questions” section.

Blue Vinyl Free Fonts – Unique free fonts. TrueType fonts, browse and download by category or alphabetically by name.

Car Fonts – A nice niche selection of car-related free fonts, sorted alphabetically.

DaFont – A huge collection of over 10,000 free fonts by numerous artists and designers. Links to creator’s site available.

Divide By Zero – A collection of original TrueType fonts. Each font has unique commentary about its creation. No new fonts since 2005.

Eagle Fonts – Search over 20,000 free fonts for 115 languages. Preview fonts in a typeable preview area. Download TrueType format for Windows and/or Mac. A “Download Box” (free registration) lets you easily organize your fonts for downloads.

EKNP – Free fonts, sorted alphabetically. Arranged by categories in various styles, including 3D, alien, computer, decorative, futuristic, handwriting, horror, retro, etc.

Ele-Fonts – Thousands of free fonts, sorted by category or alphabetically. Preview available.

FFonts – Font artist’s and designers can submit their own fonts. Offers over 10,000 free fonts, sorted into bunches of categories. Preview function available.

Font Face -  a top pick for the most current free fonts on the Internet. Features the original “Font of the Day,” which shows you what the hottest new fonts are. Over 800 fonts and a JavaScript preview “FontFirst” feature. Fonts available are for Windows and/or Mac.

Font Freak – A featured free font every day. Thousands of original and otherwise free fonts for Windows and/or Mac organized alphabetically. Preview and download a ZIP compressed version. Additionally offers an adequate selection of free dingbats.

Font Garden – A good collection of free “handwriting style” fonts. Appears to no longer be updated. Find fonts and dingbats for Windows and/or Mac.

Font Mania – Over 1000 free TrueType fonts alphabetically organized. Simple clean easy to navigate site.

Font Maniac – Over 10,000 fonts offered. Alphabetical search. Simple site navigation.

Font Stock – A good selection of regularly updated free fonts and dingbats for Windows and/or Mac. Search alphabetically with previews also available for each font.

Font Village – Over 6,000 free fonts, sorted alphabetically. Most of the fonts here are for Windows, but there are selections for the Mac.

Fonts 101 – Over 2,200 freeware TrueType fonts, sorted by categories. A search engine for specific fonts and a unique random font search with text preview.

Fonts For Flash – A selection of free, original pixel fonts, suitable for use in Macromedia Flash. Select “Freebies”.

Fontasy – Over 1,600 free fonts, arranged alphabetically. Download in English and/or German versions. A unique selection of fonts that haven’t been seen elsewhere.

Fontsy – Over 4,000 free fonts in 68 font categories, including basic, dingbats, grunge, holidays, script, techno, etc. New selections are added regularly. Each font can be previewed in various sizes.

Get Free Fonts – Easy navigation to many free fonts to download. Search alphabetically or choose from random fonts provided on the homepage.

High Fonts – Offers over 3,000 selections. Fonts are alphabetical and offer preview.

Jabroo.com – Over 16,000 free fonts and an online custom graphics generator. Search for fonts by category. A bookmark fonts option to download later.

Mickey Avenue – The free Disney fonts. A font collection of fonts used throughout the Magic Kingdom and other Disney attractions.

Schriften.com – This German portal offers a collection of freeware fonts, as well as font utilities, editors, tools, and more.

SearchFreeFonts.com – A collection that contains over 13,000 free fonts and over 91,000 commercial fonts.  Search fonts alphabetically or by category. FAQ area is useful and very informative. New fonts are added here daily.

Urban Fonts – A good selection of free fonts and dingbats for PC and Mac. Search over 8,000 fonts, sorted alphabetically. The site also includes a useful font related FAQ.

WebFXmall – Over 1000 free TrueType fonts alphabetically organized. Simple clean easy to navigate site.

Other cool text sites:

Cool Text – Free graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work.

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