Best License-Free Quality Fonts

elabdesigns
27.Dec.2005 10.04am
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Im looking to gather everyones top list. What license-free fonts would you say are on top right now.

Im looking for some the best serif fonts out. Do any of you know of any great quality fonts.



dave bailey
27.Dec.2005 10.18am
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Check out Lido from Storm Type Foundry: http://www.stormtype.com/free.html


Stephen Coles
27.Dec.2005 10.20am
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Gentium is probably the best, most complete free serif. More here:
http://www.alvit.de/blog/article/20-best-license-free-official-fonts


elabdesigns
27.Dec.2005 10.25am
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Thanks guys. Keep’em coming.

David, nice find. I like that one.

Stephen, great site, I saw that blog a while back. Kinda inspired me to post this thread. Curious to see what other serif fonts are out there.


paul d hunt
27.Dec.2005 11.12am
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FAQ_Free

http://www.identifont.com/free-fonts.html

and FontShop periodically offers a freebie, but i don’t think they’re license-free. I don’t think Lido is license-free either, if you’re going to be using it commercially.


dave bailey
27.Dec.2005 12.12pm
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I don’t think Lido is license-free either, if you’re going to be using it commercially.

I was just about to come back and post this, sorry for the mis-informed reply.


Stephen Coles
27.Dec.2005 1.03pm
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Curious to see what other serif fonts are out there.

Due to the labor involved in creating such a work, I think you’d be hard-pressed to find any complete serif families beyond that list.


garyw
27.Dec.2005 4.29pm
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http://www.fontfont.com/downloads_right.html

’Maiola’ is sweet. Pick up ’Dingbests’ while you’re there.


Thomas Phinney
27.Dec.2005 5.36pm
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Almost none of these fonts are “license-free” - they have a license, even if there is no charge for the font.

If you do find “license-free fonts” you are unlikely to find a usable serif family of decent quality. Even in the broader category of no-charge fonts, you’d be hard-put to find a really high quality serif family, with the entire family available, that would be great for general text usage.

Regards,

T