The Fonts Paradise: dafont.com

26 Responses to “The Fonts Paradise: dafont.com”

1. Eli on April 18, 2008 9:22 am

   Yep, definitely a good source.

   I also use UrbanFonts and recently found a website called Font Space.

2. Chris Blackwell on April 18, 2008 9:26 am

   Wow! I’ve been looking for a site just like this. Thanks!

3. Chris on April 18, 2008 10:16 am

   DaFont is one of the biggest and best site for free fonts and also a good source.

   You do a good job with this Blog!

   Greets from Germany

4. a husband on April 18, 2008 10:23 am

   Wow! Thanks so much for this site! I’ve been looking for something like this.

5. Tim Dierkes on April 18, 2008 11:17 am

   Dafont is very cool, but be careful of permissions before using fonts. Most are not free for commercial use, which I think is what most of us would be doing. Most font authors are pretty reasonable but you wouldn’t want that coming back to haunt you if your site got huge and you never got permission.

6. Martin on April 18, 2008 11:19 am

   It’s really a great site – I also switched to sending clients there to search for a font they like, instead presenting one after the other…

7. Thinkjayant on April 18, 2008 11:40 am

   Thanks for the source. A good font goes a long way for getting a perfect design.

8. Martin on April 18, 2008 12:06 pm

   I didn’t know about dafont.com either until recently. I heard about it through Smashing Magazine, which is another wonderful blog:

   http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

9. James Mann on April 18, 2008 12:42 pm

   I have never seen this site either and I am always looking for the perfect font and usually end up settling for something close. Sometimes I can’t even find anything close.

   thanks for the link. I can see I will be on the site for a while.

10. Tad Chef on April 18, 2008 1:20 pm

    I don’t like Dafont. Why? It’s about quantity not quality. You do not need 7000 fonts when most of them are either wacky, only useful for certain occasions or other issues. Just look at the “Tiza” font above! Can you imagine using it for your site without burning in design hell?

    Even the sans serif fonts over there are mostly useless.

    This here is a good list instead:
    http://www.rewardprograms.org/thefreegeek/features/101-awesome-downloadable-fonts-for-designers.html

11. Aravind on April 18, 2008 1:37 pm

    DaFont is a great site and i’ve been using that for months..
    Great collection.
    But, as Tim Dierkes pointed out, keep an eye on the license. Most of them are free for personal use. But, when you’re gonna’ do something professional, use only those permitted or contact the font author..

    Do we need to run into troubles, huh??!!!!

    And Daniel, i wanted to congratulate you on your new book.

    There’s already GREETS FROM GERMANY by Chris..
    And here comes CHEERS FROM INDIA by Aravind
    

12. Daniel Scocco on April 18, 2008 2:08 pm

    @Tad, thanks for the input, I will check that site as well.

13. Patricia Müller on April 18, 2008 3:16 pm

    Hi, Daniel.

    dafont.com has been my favorite font resource for a few years now. The preview text feature is unbeatable. A designer’s font heaven.

14. Make Money Online on April 18, 2008 7:39 pm

    hey cool font’s wow I never heard of that site either thanks for the tip, I’ve been going crazy trying to make a logo for my site, I think I’ll just hire someone but I’ll pick the font from here, thanks!

15. Hannah on April 18, 2008 8:10 pm

    Dafont is the one and only place I go to for fonts.

16. fitzheim on April 19, 2008 12:16 pm

    I’m surprised to know that you haven’t come to this site. I used to visit them whenever I’m in search of new fonts. Almost all fonts are free. My favorite? Problematic Secretary.

    Indeed a true source, especially if you are thinking about sifr.

    Recommended.

17. Jason Marsh - Website Designer on April 21, 2008 8:03 am

    Thanks for the resource!

18. Geo on April 21, 2008 12:05 pm

    I used this site few times – it’s very useful.

19. evden eve on May 22, 2008 12:55 pm

    thanks.

20. Fernando Souza on July 31, 2008 12:28 am

    Great tip, thanks!

21. http://www.limograbber.com on August 7, 2008 11:46 pm

    Thanks for the source. A good font goes a long way for getting a perfect design.

    if you have limousine company add your service to directory.

    http://www.limograbber.com

22. john miler on September 2, 2008 8:38 pm

    thanks

23. Tay on March 6, 2009 8:30 am

    da font anit that good.. its got some good fonts but most of them are crap, like you cant find the type of font you need

24. Paisakamana on January 9, 2010 4:33 pm

    Hi and thanks for sharing this with us all
    Keep posting more great stuff