hi, i was wondering how do designers find all these specific fonts for site types? i see all kinds of fonts available for free on the net but you have to search through them to find what you like and there can be thousands. i was wondering. take this site for example http://www.grumpysgarage.org/ if i wanted to make a site like that and had in my mind the type of font i wanted, i didnt think i could find it in the huge font lists on the net. so i was wondering what they do to find it? any help greatly appreciated. thanks. derek

Everyone wants, his or her website to be unique
There are different blogs and websites over internet where you can find templates and fonts of your choice. And to be more specific go for custom or customizes templates and fonts. they give you great look for a bit of money, and are valued.

you cannot actually put the "non default" font's on your website. Well you can, but they will not be visible unless that user has that font installed on their computer

You can put the on a site inside a picture. That is very bad for SEO but you can do it. many good fon'ts can be found here:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=free+fonts

You can use http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/
This will allow you to upload an image of a font(take a screenshot or whatever) then they match it to their database. I can't tell you how many times that program has saved me! People always forget what font their logo was made from and don't know who designed it, etc. Try to get a clean picture of the font(without much background, etc.) The clearer the font "image", the more accurate their system.

I could of sworn I had that font, I'll look again, I have tons installed, so it takes me a while to go through them!

This example site does use a very bad method for images as menu items. As Economist says, there is no way for a spider know that is a list of links, extremely bad for SEO. Your question was about obtaining the fonts, so I won't ramble on about menu items!

Good luck!

PS - I'll post here if I find the font.

Originally Posted by silverglade

hi, i was wondering how do designers find all these specific fonts for site types? i see all kinds of fonts available for free on the net but you have to search through them to find what you like and there can be thousands.

Designers stay up to date with new fonts, what's popular, and so on. I know a few who pay attention to "designer" blogs and resources, which frequently put out posts about new and popular fonts, most of the time for free download. I guess after a while, you start to learn the font names and understand the family names, which makes it easier to "find" a font you might see on a new site.