Finding fonts online is quite simple. 1
And you probably have, might have, some experience already with downloading and looking for some fonts online. 2
There are many different paid and free options, so let's go over some of these options. Sites like Dafont.com 3
have a big selection of free fonts. 4
The problem with free fonts is that they can be designed by amateur designers, who created them for 5
fun or to gain some font design experience. 6
You could end up with anything from badly spaced font to something like a kitty font. Avoid this sort 7
of free fonts until you gain good experience in typography. And even then, it's just best to keep away 8
and stay away from this sort of free fonts. Because often they are overused. Which means there is a lot 9
of different designs or websites that they have been using them. And they have been using them wrongly 10
and it just has a really bad reputation. 11
Paid fonts obviously are more superior option. 12
One benefit of a premium font is that it can give you your project more unique feel. Because they are 13
not as popular and they're not as overused. With individual paid fonts you pay for each style. Usually 14
around 20 to 50 bucks. 15
So if you want an entire family with all the weights, then it can get costly. 16
Also, you have to buy a license for each project separately. 17
So best approach with individual paid fonts would be to buy one or two styles for a headline text. And 18
as the main body text, where you need a lot of different weights, like bolds and extra bolds and 19
all that stuff, then you can use places like Google fonts and some other options that I will 20
mentioned. There is a cheaper way to get hands on a lot of premium fonts and that's by using subscription 21
based sites. 22
The most popular being Adobe Fonts, their old name is Typekit. 23
Adobe Fonts is included in their creative cloud subscription. 24
These are subscriptions to Photoshop, Illustrator and other Adobe software. 25
So if you're subscribed to that, you get more than 7000 Adobe fonts with it. 26
The cheapest plan is about ten dollars a month, I think, so it's a pretty good deal. 27
Personally my favorite place is Google fonts. 28
It's free, no licensing worries, they are well designed, it's curated by Google. And both Figma and Webflow 29
already come with it, so that just saves me from so much installation and all that headache. 30
My advice for you, in the beginning, is to stick with the Google fonts or Adobe fonts. 2 together provide 31
more than enough fonts that you will need for any project. 32
One important note about fonts, generally is that fonts are actually a regular computer file, so that 33
means they can be copied and redistributed countless times. 34
So if you have a file for a particular a font, that doesn't mean you can actually use it. To use a font 35
for a website on your project, 36
either you need to have a license that you paid for or the font itself has to come (with a free commercial) 37
FREE for Commercial Use License. 38
Here's a cool browser extension that I frequently use. 39
It's called FontFace Ninja and it lets you see the font that any website is using. 40
I'm a type geek. 41
I love the look of an attractive type face. 42
So when I see a website, that uses a beautiful font and typography, I want to know what it is and save 43
it as an inspiration for my future projects. 44
Which basically means, so I can steal it and then use it on my projects later. 45
Link is in the resources. Install this extension and start noticing different fonts on websites that you 46
visit. 47
Getting curious is a designer's best teacher. Noticing designs around you and examining them closely, 48
it will teach you a lot and will actually improve your design skills.