Fontaholics Anonymous, first step to recovery is self awareness Options

[superstitious]

Hello. My name is Rebecca and I'm a fontaholic. I spent over an hour this morning downloading, unzipping, organizing and installing fonts.

On my list this morning (just the last batch of downloading, unzipping and so on) was:
1980PORT
CAELDERA
cramps__
Dymo
Friday13v12
indiestarbb_bld and indiestarbb_reg
octin spraypaint free
ParaAminobenzoic
Punkins
Rabid Science
sketchy
Skullz
Stamped DSG
strenu3d and strenuou
Voodoo-Doll-Regular

Oh it feels so good to get that off my chest. See you next meeting! *hugs*

[aaayotiffany]

my name is tiffany and
you are not the only one, lmao.

i actually have three of the ones you posted:
1980PORT
Dymo
indiestarbb_bld and indiestarbb_reg

people can try these, i use them a lot:
cac_pinafore
honey_script
complete in him
angelina
fg april
windsong

[Melie]

my name's melissa and i WAS a fontaholic

unfortunately my laptop crashed about a month ago so all of my fonts are gone and i just got a new computer yesterday. so i'm definitely going to work on getting some new ones very very soon.

my favorite font of all time is pristina.

[Teesa]

my name is teesa and i, also, used to be a fontaholic. like melie, my computer crashed a while ago which had most of my fonts, so i'm slowly downloading them back again.

i used to be obsessed with all of the pixel fonts, like 04b_03, redensek, and silkscreen. but i think my ultimate favorite is all the types of kravitz.

[Heathasm]

my name is christy. i used to be a fontaholic. i don't download them anymore unless i really really need it.

now that dafont is open- im gonna fall of the wagon. it's been two months since my last font download. >.<

pretty much the same story here .. ill post my fonts later XD

[austinoutloud]

Oh wow. This should be turned into a club.
I am a fontaholic. I went "font shopping" yesterday and still have to install these on my computer

Smalltypewriting Medium
Raspoutine
VTKS Estilosa
Phaisarn
Jackinput
Apple Garamond
Daisy Script
Gauntlet

I have a thing for sans-serif fonts.

[ForgiveTheSinner]

my name is Ariel and I am kind of a fontaholic...in a sense lol.

I can go for months without downloading new fonts but then I'll hit a day and then my whole desktop is filled with font folders that needs to be unzipped.

My favorite ones would be the elegant types.

I just can't stop when that happens >.>

[Stefanny]

Handwriting fonts

I spent about an hour yesterday, looking through fonts. I forgot which ones I downloaded, but I usually install them on my computer as soon as they finish downloading onto the hard drive.

[libertie]

Aww Rebecca. <33

I used to download fonts all the time, but now it seems like I'm too lazy until I absolutely need them.

Usually when I'm in the process of making a layout I realize that I have no interesting fonts, so then I go ahead and look for one. Doing this, I usually end up with one or two new ones. xD

[Insurmountable]

Oh I use to love looking up fonts and downloading and unzipping and everything. I guess after a while I found something else to do and now I waste my time doing that xD

I do have to say whenever I make something new I always go on the quest for a new font though, or when I go to a website or something and I'm just like "AHH I NEED THAT FONT!" xD

[miyashu]

i'm usually very picky when going through this stuff xD. i love grungy, handwritten, and some serif fonts.

my favorites are:

3rd Man
bebete
Bison
Carnivalee Freakshow
epoXY histoRy
formfound.com
guilty
handy00
hawaii killer
hurryup hurryup
Julies
Marcelle Script
Misproject
Nasty
Porcelain
Scriptoria Small Caps SSi
Silkscreen
TRASHED
turbo ripped
wide awake black
Y2K Neophyte

[austinoutloud]

i basically live in the font thread in graphics help.

[iDecay]

Hello, my name is Tina and I'm a former fontaholic. I got over my addiction about 2 and a half years ago, and since then had a relapse half a year later. I've been fully clean for almost 2 years now.

TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS!

[aaayotiffany]

....what if i don't want to get over this addiction?
lmao.

i love downloading fonts. although, i have to say i haven't downloaded any for about three months now. not because i don't want to, but because i don't have time.

[emberfly]

so many fontaholics.........INTERVENTION

[superstitious]

I've been a bad, bad girl. Star Wars Fonts oh myyyy!

I tried, but the addiction proved too powerful.

[aaayotiffany]

lmao. i just downloaded like ten fonts.
*shameful*

[michellerrific]

I admit, I am an addict.



my current obsession is probably this one called Citrus 2008. It's by some guy named Eric. gahhh

[marielamuneka]

my name is Ariel and I am kind of a fontaholic...in a sense lol.

I can go for months without downloading new fonts but then I'll hit a day and then my whole desktop is filled with font folders that needs to be unzipped.

My favorite ones would be the elegant types.

I just can't stop when that happens >.>

haha same here, i dont need to download everyday but when i do, it's not just one. its more like a million on my desktop ready to be moved into my font folder..lol

[synatribe]

my name is kevin, my fontaholic problems occur everyday, today I downloaded
Dymo
Plastic No. 29
Das reicht ... something
and silkscreen:]

[LostinaJungle]

Hi, my name is Syd, and I'm a fontaholic.
I love finding new fonts, especially grunge and handwritten ones.

[venti-anemoi]

Hi, my name is Zephyr and I used to be a fontaholic. But recently I've been really obsessed with using serif fonts for everything. In my opinion, you can do more with them without going overboard.

I love cursive-type fonts, though. :D

[The-March-Hare]

Does it make me sad that I think Comic Sans is fun?

[Tung]

lol comic sans feels so kiddish. i use to like it back in elementary school.

but i agree with loquat, as I love arial for some reason.

and edit your title, you're stretching the boards lol.

[manny-the-dino]

i edited the topic title & edited it back? please don't do that. like it said, it stretches out the boards.

[manny-the-dino]

k i don't see why you'd have to get so mad about this. it's just a topic. i told you i edited it & then you change it back. if you would have asked if it was okay to make it long again but in a way that it didn't stretch the boards, i would have been okay with that.

[Tung]

@manny - stop being a hypocrite, telling her "it's just a topic title". if it's just that, then why care so much to edit her title. leave it the f**k alone, if she wants it left alone. don't you got some stuff to do in the queue.

[manny-the-dino]

guys, i'm just trying to do my job. the title was stretching the boards so all i did was fix it, k?

[Gigi]

I love News Gothic MT. I don't know why. I like Verdana when it's 8 pt or smaller. I generally like Arial because it's an easy to read, no-fuss font.

Comic Sans has its own situations where it can be used, appropriately. However, whenever I see that font nowadays, I'm just reminded of my high school math notes. What is it with high school math teachers and Comic Sans? I think they like to try to add some fun to an otherwise emotionless subject.

[ernestprongs]

Personally I love arial, and usually don't ever use anything else, too lazy to look at other fonts.

I remember using comic sans for an english paper back in junior high. Oh, and double spacing with it also.

[nikx618]

Hi, to be perfectly frank, I don't need permission to edit MY OWN TOPIC TITLE, regardless of length, and had you looked at it on the board index after I had edited it back, you would have seen that it didn't stretch the page, as I had James (The-March-Hare) look over it for me and help me out, being as how it didn't stretch the boards on my resolution the first time either. And also, me? Mad? Over this? Ha. Get over yourself, and again, get over it.

YOU GOO!!!
i feel for you[:
people reject my layouts, &im like wtf?
what if i want it like that!
&they are like, the music player
should be placed somewhere else. etc.

ughh.
haha

[nikx618]

i'm a fontaholic.
but im not really sure on where to find good font sites.

i know

dafont.com which is pretty good.
what else sites are good for downloading fonts?

[Insurmountable]

Basic fonts, I love georgia and arial, it has to be set just right though.

I hate cosmic sans, I remember taking a computer class in high school and that's the only font she ever used. Annoyed the hell out of me and I would get a head ache having to read the ugly font >_>


lols at least you didn't get warned for editing back your topic title. XD Not that it has happened before, but it would have been funny.

^Dude, that's because we have something called standards and we know what looks right.

[nikx618]

^i see. but, some staff are just unreasonable.

[freeridefight]

Arial and Tahoma and I think Georgia sans is another one I like.

[Melissa]

I dislike script fonts in general. If i had to use a scripty font, it'd be Mistral, but probably because it's always my fall-back script-plan font.

I like Arial; I use it all the time. I just found Nyala (i think that's how it's spelled), too, and I really like it.

and wtf @ spelt not being a word? :(

[MzMali]

i think arial is the best font; it looks nice on any site. [=

[arcanum]

Does it make me sad that I think Comic Sans is fun?

Uhmm... yes................


I like georgia, times new roman, arial, trebuchet ms...
I dislike comic sans, and a ton of downloadable fonts. I don't feel like looking them up right now, and I don't feel like getting on the other computer to look up some more of my favorites.

[moninja]

lol 50% of my teachers love comic sans. so ugly :[

i love arial, times new roman, georgia and a whooooole bunch of pea fonts :]

[aaayotiffany]

lol 50% of my teachers love comic sans. so ugly :[

that font is disgusting, lol.

tahoma, arial, and trebuchet ms. ALL THE WAY.
i love times new roman and georgia for headings/titles.

[superstitious]

least fave font is scriptina . hands down.

I don't know that I hate scriptina itself, I'm just sick of seeing it. Of course, I don't see it all the much anymore but for a while it was just everywhere.

I used to use Black boys on mopeds a lot. joeHand as well.

For something simple, I prefer sans types of fonts (comic sans excluded. I truly dislike that one, always have). I think that Expressway is clean, has some meat to it without being too blocky and easy to read.

[loveOURworld]

I like Arial, Tahoma, Georgia, Times & Verdana.
I don't like Comic Sans D<

[Gigi]

When it was first used and wasn't so freaking popular, Scriptina was quite pretty, I thought. And then everyone and their mother started using it, and Scriptina started showing up on clothing labels, perfume bottles, you name it...and I just started hating the font. It's gross.

[CelestialAbyss]

Hmmn.... for coding layouts, Times New roman is good at about 18 or more pixels. It looks even better when spaced about 4 px. I like arial at about 8px.

For designing layout and images, I like using Ibleum, Violation, Black Jack, Lainie Day, and Dear Joe. I used to like Scriptina a lot but it's been getting a little over used... but I still like using it for first letters because it fits nicely with other fonts.

[libertie]

When it was first used and wasn't so freaking popular, Scriptina was quite pretty, I thought. And then everyone and their mother started using it, and Scriptina started showing up on clothing labels, perfume bottles, you name it...and I just started hating the font. It's gross.

Agreed, that's pretty much how it happened with me. Overexposure to anything makes it lose its appeal, I guess. Although I tend to have a higher tolerance level for repetition than most people. xD

I tend to lean towards Tahoma and Georgia, sometimes Verdana. I hate how different operating systems (PC/Mac) display fonts differently, though. I always think fonts look beautiful on my macbook and then look at the website on a PC and all of a sudden it's all pixely and choppy looking. :<

P.S. what happened to the topic Rebs made that was like this? O_o

[lawlietta]

When it was first used and wasn't so freaking popular, Scriptina was quite pretty, I thought. And then everyone and their mother started using it, and Scriptina started showing up on clothing labels, perfume bottles, you name it...and I just started hating the font. It's gross.

My thoughts exactly!

I've always loved Violation though. :3

[etchasketch]

eh. i like lots, but mostly really simple, typewriter ones for stories, a fun, simple type for myspace, and a small one for websites.

i don't like most of the 'Pea' ones. like, Pea Carrie, Pea Elizabeth, etc. they come in a pack on Dafont of about 100 different script fonts, and i downloaded them a while ago and they rule over my font's section now :[

[synatribe]

my favorite font is century gothic :]

[emmijane]

Favorite fonts? Least favorites? Styles? Etc. etc. etc.

I particularly like Arial and Georgia, and Times (at certain spacings). Also, as of late, I've been liking Hannibal Lecter.

Least favorites of course would be the overused ones--Comic Sans, Scriptina,.. I've been seeing Matisse ITC on signs around town lately, and that bugs me a lot. D:

Edit NO.

for my divs i like to go with arial or tahoma for the div boxes

and for the banners i like to use script like jey or jane austen

for funky type layout banners cocaine sans or got heroin
are good fonts to be used. =).. Old London on the other hand
is a nice font for headers like about me's and such. =)

but when it comes to banners a nice font
in my eyes would be Jellyka Castle's Queen

[swan]

For formal assignments and school papers, I prefer Times New Roman. Come to think of it, I don't feel comfortable using any other font. Strange, eh?

My favorite, however, is Georgia. I also favor Arial and Verdana, although primarily at smaller sizes.

Comic Sans never fails to remind me of my 8th grade science teacher.

[Simba]

I love typography.

[firechild]

I like using georgia.

[schizo]

Georgia is probably my favorite font, standard or decorative. I don't know what it is, but I just love it. Other favorites would probably be Jane Austen, Teaspoon, and Complete in Him. I love those.

[swan]

I love typography.

Sweet; thanks for the link. Plumero is a pretty eccentric font.

Hooray for Georgia lovers!

[superstitious]

Lady here uses comic sans all the time in her emails. I think that it looks so unprofessional.

Oh and font topics merged.

[gelionie]

I don't download new fonts often but ever since I changed my laptop and losing all the installed fonts on my old one, things don't feel the same.

Fontaholics are also characterised by their superb skill in identifying fonts and remembering the complete names for each of them. : P

[moorepocket]

hi i'm ryan and i have 1140 fonts in total.

[schizo]

^

I think I only have about 200.

Nevermind. I actually have 933. Sweet Jesus....

[Blaqheartedstar]

i got about 641 fonts. most are downloaded fonts...

[moorepocket]

^

I think I only have about 200.

Nevermind. I actually have 933. Sweet Jesus....

yah, and most of it aren't freeware.

[gelionie]

^ So you actually purchase fonts? Cool!

I really need to go on a font-downloading spree and get back my fav fonts on this laptop.

[superstitious]

I don't download new fonts often but ever since I changed my laptop and losing all the installed fonts on my old one, things don't feel the same.

Fontaholics are also characterised by their superb skill in identifying fonts and remembering the complete names for each of them. : P

You didn't copy your font file?

I'd be sad, sad, sad.

[gelionie]

Can't be bothered to look through the list of fonts on my old laptop to and fish out those ones I installed. I guess if I need them again I can still be able to find them online.

[sierraxcatherine]

oh my god. i thought i was the only person who was crazy to spend hours looking for the PERFECT font for whatever project i was doing, whether it was a title on vellum from a birthday card or the header of my website. my friends think i am crazy but now.. i feel accepted :]
thank you...
lol

[bijou]

I have tons of fonts; some freeware, some not. I probably have about 1500 but they're not all installed. Many I will never use on a regular basis so when I need one, I will install and then uninstall. Otherwise, it takes too long to load.

Some of my current favorites.

Adobe Caslon Pro
Adobe Garamond
Am Typewriter
Avant Que
Bickham Script
Cocktail Shaker
Coopa Blacka
Daniel Script
Donatora
Franklin Gothic
Georgia
Herr Von Muellerhoff
ITC Avant Garde
Jellyka Castle's Queen
Kingthings Trypewriter
Love Ya Like A Sister
Ministry Script
Mr. Blaketon
Mrs. Eaves
NickerbockerNormal
Penman Script
Pill Gothic
Pointy
Prestige Elite STD
Rough Typewriter
Sweetie Pie
Teletype
Times New Roman
Traveling Typewriter
Valentina JF
Velvet Script
Walk Around the Block

[Designsby1103]

wow i guess u are a fontaholic!