Getting beautiful and killer font for that your web project usually come with a price as most fonts are commercial in the sense that you have to pay before you are granted permission to use it.
i stumbled on Font Squirrel while in search of free fonts.
Font squirrel contain handpicked free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses. it scours the Internet in search of FREE, highest-quality, designer-friendly, commercial-use fonts and presents them for easy downloading. though they claim not to have most font, certainly they have the best.
F.A.Q
- ARE ALL THESE FONTS REALLY FREE FOR COMMERCIAL USE? – As far as we know, yes. Please read the license on each font before you use them to be sure. And if you happen to find one that you think is not commercial, then let them know. Also, some licenses may allow more uses than others. They have tried their best to mark fonts for different common uses.
- CAN I JUST DOWNLOAD ALL THESE IN ONE SHOT? – No, not at this time because: Some of the fonts feature have a restriction in the license that prohibits us from redistributing the fonts. In those cases we send users to the foundry’s website to download.
- I GET AN ERROR WHEN I TRY TO INSTALL THE FONT. IS IT SAFE TO USE? – Both Windows and Mac haven’t tightened up their standards for fonts and many older fonts are being flagged for various reasons. When these operating systems flag a font, they make it seem like the end of the world if you continue with the installation. Here is our opinion: WE CANNOT guarantee that the font IS safe. However, the word on the street is that everyone is ignoring these warnings. We have yet to hear of any problems as a result of ignoring errors. So, for what it is worth, we think that you can continue using the older fonts. Keep in mind, that this is just an opinion and please let us know if you find any information to the contrary.
- CAN THESE FONTS BE EMBEDDED IN WEB PAGES, PDF, EBOOKS, OR APPLICATIONS? – Each font has a row of symbols indicating what typical uses we think it allows for free. Please read the license though on any font you plan to use just to make sure.
- Read the FONT SQUIRREL full F.A.Q
Installing Font Squirrel Fonts
Instruction on installing font from font squirrel is same as regular font. follow the few step below to learn how to install fonts.
- Head over to Font Squirrel, download the any font of your choice
- Assuming you are to use RobotoCondensed-Bold font on your Web site. Create a folder named “fonts” and place the RobotoCondensed-Bold.ttf files into the folder.
- Create a CSS style sheet and add the below lines of code:
[css]
@font-face {
font-family: RobotoCondensed;
src: url(‘font/RobotoCondensed-Bold.ttf’);
}
[/css] - When you want to use that font anywhere in your site, simply build a font stack like you would normally, using your custom font identifier at the beginning. for example:
[css]h1 {
font-family: ‘RieslingRegular’, Arial, sans-serif;
}[/css]
Resources
- The Essential Guide to @font-face
- Embedding Fonts in your Web Site with CSS and @font-face
- A Beginner’s Guide to Using Google Web Fonts