To help have fonts identified, and instead of repeating them in individual posts, here is a starter a "mega post" of resources.
It should be said that there are literally millions of fonts out there, and many are slight variations of other existing fonts (look up Akzidenz-Grotsek, Helvetica, Univers, and Arial if you want to have fun). Also from experience, designers like to customize fonts for specific applications.
We'll start off with commonly used fonts and go into identification tools. Also bear in mind, that typefaces can come in many alterations, shapes, weights, and sizes. In addition to Regular, Italic, and Bold, you can also find condensed versions, extended versions, demi bolds, black, lights, and extra light weights to name a few.
Sans Serifs
A sans serif font usually lacks the little "feet" at the ends of letters like i, t, l, and so forth. The most common of all sans serifs has been Helvetica for many years, showing up in famous logos like American Airlines, Target, and Energizer.
Serifs
A serif font usually has the little "feet" at the ends of letters like i, t, l, and so forth. The most common include Century Schoolbook, which many of you unknowingly used to learn to read children's books. Others include Bodoni, Garamond, and Times New Roman.
Identification
Font Sites:
So hopefully this helps a few people out. Please feel free to add more resources as you find them!
It should be said that there are literally millions of fonts out there, and many are slight variations of other existing fonts (look up Akzidenz-Grotsek, Helvetica, Univers, and Arial if you want to have fun). Also from experience, designers like to customize fonts for specific applications.
We'll start off with commonly used fonts and go into identification tools. Also bear in mind, that typefaces can come in many alterations, shapes, weights, and sizes. In addition to Regular, Italic, and Bold, you can also find condensed versions, extended versions, demi bolds, black, lights, and extra light weights to name a few.
Sans Serifs
A sans serif font usually lacks the little "feet" at the ends of letters like i, t, l, and so forth. The most common of all sans serifs has been Helvetica for many years, showing up in famous logos like American Airlines, Target, and Energizer.
- Akzidenz Grotesk
- Avenir
- Bell Centennial
- Bell Gothic
- DIN
- Franklin Gothic
- Frutiger
- Futura
- Gill Sans
- Gotham
- Helvetica
- Meta
- Myriad
- Trade Gothic
- Univers
- Vag Rounded
Serifs
A serif font usually has the little "feet" at the ends of letters like i, t, l, and so forth. The most common include Century Schoolbook, which many of you unknowingly used to learn to read children's books. Others include Bodoni, Garamond, and Times New Roman.
- Adobe Caslon
- Adobe Garamond
- Bembo
- Bodoni
- Clarendon
- Courier
- Excelsior
- Lucidia
- Minion
- Perpetua
- Sabon
- Stempel Schneidler
- Times New Roman
- Trajan
- Walbaum
Identification
- What the Font - Preferred font ID site. You can upload an image (pro-tip: make it solid black and solid white if you can, and darken out any irrelevant details) and the site will do its best to find a matching font.
- Identifont - If your image isn't of good quality, Identifont uses more of a question/answer system to narrow down the possibilities. Works best if you have a good selection of letters and characters to work from.
- Bowfin - Another Q&A identifier, like Identifont.
- TypeNavigator - Yet another good Q&A identifier.
- What Font Is - Great new ID site that allows you to upload an image and search through paid and/or free font options.
Font Sites:
- DaFont - https://www.dafont.com/
- BrowseFonts - https://fonts.google.com/
- Free Font - https://www.behance.net/search/projects/?sort=appreciations&time=week&search=free font
- UrbanFonts - https://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/new-fonts.htm
- FontSpace - https://www.fontspace.com/
- FortSquirrel - https://www.fontsquirrel.com/
- Fonts2U - https://fonts2u.com/category.html?id=63
So hopefully this helps a few people out. Please feel free to add more resources as you find them!