Standard printing fonts are serif and sans serif and all fonts are classified under this. They are used in classic typography like publishing books, magazines, electronic articles and the like. They lend a formal tone to the subject and provide great clarity without any interference that may come with the use of fancy fonts. These fonts are suitable for CV applications also. There is a set standard for the use of these fonts in the printing and publishing industry.

Elegant fonts include calligraphy and ornamental like fonts that are created to give a nice formal feeling to the projects. They can include fonts like wedding fonts or even fancy fonts. Fancy fonts can be used on kid’s invitations to parties and are a nice informal touch to anything. It creates the feeling of fun.

Ethnic fonts are from other languages and Chinese script or Indian scripts that do not use the English letters to form the written text. There are many categories available under this also.

Fonts

For those of you who may not know what script fonts are, these are typefaces that are similar to handwriting styles. As with various styles of handwriting, script fonts convey many moods to suit whatever occasion you may have in mind. You will want to consider your occasion, as a script font used for sending a formal invitation to a wedding or another such formal event may not be suitable for a kids birthday party.

When you decide to use a script font for anything, there are a few things other than the occasion you will to think about, a common mistake made by many is the use of script fonts in all capitals, this should be avoided under any circumstance, not only does it imply your lack of desktop publishing knowledge but it looks very messy.

Script fonts can be broadly classified into formal, casual and quirky types of fonts. The formal variations usually convey elegance and are appropriate to use with ornate decorations of invitations, some examples are Edwardian Script and French Script. Casual script fonts as the name implies are for casual affairs, fonts like freestyle and Bradley hand. Quirky fonts may be symbols or used extremely creatively.

Fonts based on the title lettering used in television shows and movies are collectively known as movie fonts. All fonts have an identity and market for the movie fonts are ever increasing with the popularity of shows and movies like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Tomb Raider.

The font itself is created for the movie based on the plot and of course the entire story, so for example if a movie is created for a family, there is no way that a font will be designed using spikes which would actually be more appropriate for a vampire action movie.

Probably you do not pay enough attention to the fonts, but imagine the name of your movie without that style; it definitely adds a new dimension to your watching the movie. The fonts allow the movie goers to identify any following products or releases with that. For example let us consider the Harry Potter font, just thinking about Harry Potter without that the name written with that specific golden lightning bolt typeface is not possible. 

Fonts

Fonts are a complete character set of a part of typefaces available in desktop publishing software such as Microsoft word or star office and are used to write in different styles. Fonts can be broadly classified into two categories which are serif and sans serif.

Serif fonts can be identified by the ‘tag’ or ‘tail’ attached to words. For a clearer idea, the popular font ‘times New Roman’ is an example of a serif font. Serif fonts generally appear more formal and are easier to read. Some popular serif fonts are Algerian and Baskerville Old face.

Sans Serif fonts are characterized by their lack of serifs. They are generally typefaces used to highlight headings and to guide the eyes to an intended direction. Gothic fonts were actually used to represent these types of fonts before the term sans serif was coined. Some popular sans serif fonts are Arial, Century gothic and Berlin Sans FB.

Fonts are characterized by their font weight and character width. Usually the widths are thin, normal and bold. Naturally it varies from font to font which is why some fonts appear bolder than others even in normal mode. The character width as implied by the name gives the width of a particular. There are usually a maximum of ten different fonts in a typeface.

Fonts

Free fonts as the name suggests are fonts that are available for downloading without paying anything to use it, there are a number of these kind fonts available on the internet. They are usually created by amateur font designers who have no inclination of making a profit off their designs.

These fonts are also put up by designers who want to test on the public to gain a feedback on their font or style of font creating. There are usually two types of free fonts available for downloading: completely free fonts, which charge absolutely nothing and you can continue using it for a lifetime without any copyright permission in any way you may want to use it.; the second type is free-for-trial downloadable fonts which are as the name implies are free to download for a specific period of time say for 15 days to a month after which you will be required to pay for the license of usage.

Usually with trial basis downloadable fonts certain features are restricted to licensed individuals such as all the letters are available and the numbers are not or a few of the letters and the numbers are available, never giving the complete package. All in all, free fonts are a good way to experiment with things without having to pay for the package deal.

You can let your imagination go wild when it comes to selecting fancy fonts; there is literally a font for everything you can imagine. If you want to put a poster about a horror movie why not use the horror movie font, it will convey the ’scariness or creepiness that the words cannot convey by it.

There is also the option of using certain fonts on sites like myspace and in chat programs like yahoo messenger where you can make all of few of your characters stylized in a certain fancy font. Fonts that use symbols like wing dings come under this category also. There are fonts for all occasions like wedding fonts, calligraphy fancy fonts, cursive fancy fonts and so forth. You have options galore when it comes to this and to start off download some available online.

Fonts

There are numerous fonts available for downloading on the internet free of charge. You can use these fonts in any way you like once you have downloaded it without any worry about copyright infringement, and after you have finished downloading it you are given a license usually identified by the registration number.

One to be wary or when downloading free fonts is to check whether it is a trial based download as in free for a specified period of time and if the font you are downloading contains a complete set of characters. Generally the numbers are missing or a few characters per set. Though with trial based downloads these may be restricted to persons who have bought a license to use the fonts.

There are many different styles available and more and more being invented and put up online everyday. Some popular sites for downloading fonts for whatever occasion you require.

These free for download fonts are generally compatible with all desktop publishing software like Microsoft word or star office but there are some that can only work with a particular software so be sure to check the system requirements before downloading.

Now depending on what font for which software you select, you may or may not be charged for the download. If there is a charge for downloading the particular font then of course after the download is complete you are a given a license to use the font as you see fit for it. But this is more for professionals who require specific fonts in their line of work.

For the others who are simply looking for a funky font say to decorate a poster or for an invitation there are tons of fonts available online for downloading for free. You will want to check though before you download them that it is not a trial based option as in free for a specified number of days and that all the characters of that font set are there, sometimes only the numbers may be available or the letters or the punctuation and various symbols are eliminated completely

Digital fonts may also refer to a computer data format. These are classified under three categories that are Vector, Bitmap and Stroke fonts.

Vector fonts are generally faster and much easier to use with vector based software as these use mathematical formula to give instructions for any scaling and resizing that has to be done. They are also known as Outline fonts. Some vector softwares are Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw.

Bitmap fonts actually stores data as a grid of pixels and it is by far the most common format that is used with desktop publishing softwares like Microsoft office word and star office.

Stroke fonts use a series of specified lines and additional information to define the character and size and shape of the line in a specific typeface, which together describe the appearance of the image of the font.

Fonts that are not for printing but are restricted to the computer screen are known as screen fonts.

If you do not want to go through the process of buying it online, there are software cds also available that can be bought and installed into your computer. Popular font developers include adobe Photoshop, Corel draw, Microsoft office collection, and many more but these remain the best. To buy fonts, you can simply surf the website and enter you software registration code and your credit card number and follow the instructions as given.

These are not the only ways in which you can buy a font, other websites also create fonts to your specifications and make them available for your downloading for a fee of course. The main thing one has to keep in mind while buying fonts is the reputation of the site that you are buying from. Otherwise buying fonts is a good way of stopping any copyright infringement details from worrying you.