Design novice here
Do you think it is better to have a small selection of classic fonts, or a large selection with something for every eventuality? How many typefaces do you have in your own collection and do you edit it regularly?
I feel like I'm accumulating a shitload of useless and ugly fonts that I'm never going to use or that I have too many that are similar and I'm not skilled enough yet to know the subtle differences. I need license free or otherwise cheap fonts and that is the problem. I can't afford to pay hundreds and hundreds for a single typeface. I downloaded a ton of classics off a torrent a while back to play around with but I can't use any of them commercially so I'm wondering if I should just delete the damn things now that I've decided to take things more seriously.
Also, best free and/or cheap fonts you can recommend for an aspiring GD'er?
Small selection of classic fonts, having too many just fucks up the programs.
If you by chance would need something more exotic, then get something for that specific thing and delete it afterwards (you can keep the font files, to easily reinstall if you need to change it later)
If you do logos and want a unique font, I'd suggest drawing it by hand
About the licenses, you don't technically need the license as long as your client pays for the actual use. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Cheers
>>261677
thanks
I'm thinking to begin with I'll just stick to Open Type and maybe buy 6-10 regular/light weights of other nice affordable type. I can try it on with clients as and when I guess
Also, and this may be a stupid question, but are all the typefaces bundled with Mac free for commercial use? This copyright shit is quite confusing
>>261675
my free fonts :)
>>261685
also, I have tons of commercial fonts (pirated)
some advices:
-learn the classification of typefaces
-learn some font-related history
-try harder to see those subtle differences
then download a new fonts only if:
-it's a classic one
-it's recommended by a source you trust
-you REALLY need it for a project
