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Old 05-12-2007, 10:05 AM
Perky
 
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Default get more fonts

i am running xp pro fully updated.could someone recommend a good safe site to
download free fonts. my wife designs greetings cards as a hobby and some more
font designs would come in handy. or maybe there is a way to design our own
fonts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
perky
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Old 05-12-2007, 11:20 AM
dobey
 
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"Perky" <alperk47@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>i am running xp pro fully updated.could someone recommend a good safe site
>to
> download free fonts. my wife designs greetings cards as a hobby and some
> more
> font designs would come in handy. or maybe there is a way to design our
> own
> fonts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> thank you
> perky
> --
> thanks a bunch


AFAIK fonts aren't executable, so provided you don't run an exe, bat, com
file etc, you downloaded as a font I can't see a problem. Most font file
I've seen are just stored in zip/rar archives.

It should be noted that having too many font's on your system can slow it
down. At least this was true under earlier versions of Windows. Maybe
someone could confirm/deny that under XP.

I can't recommend a good site though, but I've never had a problem with
downloaded fonts - except you will find the same ones often on different
sites.


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Old 05-12-2007, 02:16 PM
Perky
 
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Default Re: get more fonts

thank you for your help.I will bear the info in mind
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"MAP" wrote:

> >It should be noted that having too many font's on your system can slow it
> >down. At least this was true under earlier versions of Windows. Maybe
> >someone could confirm/deny that under XP.

>
> I have heard this too, in reguards to XP
>
> --
> Mike Pawlak
>
>
>

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Old 05-12-2007, 02:31 PM
MAP
 
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Default Re: get more fonts

>It should be noted that having too many font's on your system can slow it
>down. At least this was true under earlier versions of Windows. Maybe
>someone could confirm/deny that under XP.


I have heard this too, in reguards to XP

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Old 05-13-2007, 02:33 AM
Uncle Grumpy
 
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"MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote:

>>It should be noted that having too many font's on your system can slow it
>>down. At least this was true under earlier versions of Windows. Maybe
>>someone could confirm/deny that under XP.

>
>I have heard this too, in reguards to XP


What is "too many"? I have 982 ... so far.

That said, my system doesn't even show a hint of being slowed by all
the fonts. I'd say what you've "heard" is meaningless BS.
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Old 05-13-2007, 08:12 PM
zerof
 
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Default Re: get more fonts

Perky escreveu:
> i am running xp pro fully updated.could someone recommend a good safe site to
> download free fonts. my wife designs greetings cards as a hobby and some more
> font designs would come in handy. or maybe there is a way to design our own
> fonts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> thank you
> perky

I'm using in my site some GPL fonts, for Mathematics and Freetype for
design. You can download (or know more about), at:

http://freetype.sourceforge.net/download.html

http://web.mit.edu/is/topics/webpubl...fonts-win.html

http://www.educar.pro.br/

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Old 05-13-2007, 08:35 PM
Allen
 
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zerof wrote:
> Perky escreveu:
>> i am running xp pro fully updated.could someone recommend a good safe
>> site to download free fonts. my wife designs greetings cards as a
>> hobby and some more font designs would come in handy. or maybe there
>> is a way to design our own fonts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> thank you
>> perky

> I'm using in my site some GPL fonts, for Mathematics and Freetype for
> design. You can download (or know more about), at:
>
> http://freetype.sourceforge.net/download.html
>
> http://web.mit.edu/is/topics/webpubl...fonts-win.html
>
> http://www.educar.pro.br/
>

A good place to start is the newsgroup alt.binaries.fonts.
Allen
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Old 05-13-2007, 10:47 PM
Perky
 
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Default Re: get more fonts

i have read all the replies and took them on board. A big thank you to you all
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"Allen" wrote:

> zerof wrote:
> > Perky escreveu:
> >> i am running xp pro fully updated.could someone recommend a good safe
> >> site to download free fonts. my wife designs greetings cards as a
> >> hobby and some more font designs would come in handy. or maybe there
> >> is a way to design our own fonts. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >> thank you
> >> perky

> > I'm using in my site some GPL fonts, for Mathematics and Freetype for
> > design. You can download (or know more about), at:
> >
> > http://freetype.sourceforge.net/download.html
> >
> > http://web.mit.edu/is/topics/webpubl...fonts-win.html
> >
> > http://www.educar.pro.br/
> >

> A good place to start is the newsgroup alt.binaries.fonts.
> Allen
>

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Old 05-14-2007, 05:34 AM
MAP
 
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Uncle Grumpy wrote:
> "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> It should be noted that having too many font's on your system can
>>> slow it down. At least this was true under earlier versions of
>>> Windows. Maybe someone could confirm/deny that under XP.

>>
>> I have heard this too, in reguards to XP

>
> What is "too many"? I have 982 ... so far.
>
> That said, my system doesn't even show a hint of being slowed by all
> the fonts. I'd say what you've "heard" is meaningless BS.


Perhaps.

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Old 05-14-2007, 05:39 AM
MAP
 
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MAP wrote:
> Uncle Grumpy wrote:
>> "MAP" <mikepawlak2REM@OVEhotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> It should be noted that having too many font's on your system can
>>>> slow it down. At least this was true under earlier versions of
>>>> Windows. Maybe someone could confirm/deny that under XP.
>>>
>>> I have heard this too, in reguards to XP

>>
>> What is "too many"? I have 982 ... so far.
>>
>> That said, my system doesn't even show a hint of being slowed by all
>> the fonts. I'd say what you've "heard" is meaningless BS.

>
> Perhaps.


But then again:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...ny+fonts+in+xp

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