Free Resources for Education

FontStruct Website
FontStruct is an online font-building tool using basic geometric shapes in a grid. Fonts can be downloaded as TrueType fonts and used in Mac or Windows applications. FontStruct is also a source of fresh fonts available under flexible, liberal CreativeCommons licenses. An ideal environment to teach the basics of type design.

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WhatFont Tool Website
WhatFont WhatFont lets you easily get font information about the text you are hovering on within a website. Simply install the bookmarklet and click on it to use the tool. Supports: Firefox 3.6+, Chrome 9+, Safari 4+, Internet Explorer 9. Limited support: Internet Explorer 8.

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Google Web Fonts Website
Google Web Fonts lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Web Fonts API. All fonts in the directory are available for use on your website under an open source license and are served by Google servers.

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TypeNow Website
TypeNow provides a total of 6846 fonts, obtained from various sources, which are either freeware or in the public domain. Useful links to other font resources also provided.

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FontForge Website
FontForge is an outline font editor that lets you create your own postscript, truetype, opentype, cid-keyed, multi-master, cff, svg and bitmap (bdf, FON, NFNT) fonts, or edit existing ones. It also lets you convert one format to another.

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WhatFontis Website
WhatFontis lets you identify a font or find an alternative to the font. Submit your example as a jpg, gif or png image. Works best with a grayscale image, letters not touching and light background colour.

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Typetester Website
Typetester is an online application for comparing the look of fonts on screen and can be used to assist in web design. As new fonts are included into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated. Typetester requires JavaScript to be enabled.

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myFontbook Website
myFontbook is an easy to use font viewer that allows you to browse, review and catalog your installed font collection. myFontbook makes it easy to compare different fonts and find the right typeface.

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Open Font Library Website
The Open Font Library is a sister project of the Open Clip Art Library. The goal of this project is to collect free software fonts - those that may be used, changed and shared freely.

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Blambot Comic Fonts Website
Blambot's free fonts are designed with the beginner comic creator in mind. Dialogue balloons and sound effects also available in the resources section.

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Dafont Website
Dafont provides a selection of fonts for use with your application programs. Dafont contains a mixture of freeware, shareware, demo version or public domain fonts.

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