How do you pick the font you're gonna use..?

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:42 am

Just a minor question. As of now I have more than 30,000 fonts to pick from. I used to have 1500 and I was a bit lost. But now I'm totally lost.. So I was just curious how do you select them?

aazumak · Post by **aazumak** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:43 am

uhhh

whered u get 30k?

i got less than 100...

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:45 am

look up text tut at tech GFX

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 4:49 am

aazumak wrote:uhhh

whered u get 30k?

i got less than 100...

A font pack of 800mb

Dys would you mind pointing it out for me. When I search for Text or Text tut i get a lot of hits.

exality · Post by **exality** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:00 am

can u linky me to ur massive text packet???

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:02 am

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/370979 ... k_(30_000_).3709791.TPB.torrent Torrent, but here you go..

Doesn't accept the url..

rek · Post by **rek** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:09 am

For most of the time it should b common sense. If you have a dark grungy sig you choose something that matches. For most of the time its not the font but its how you place the text.

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:13 am

Yeah, but do you scroll the 30k fonts? Or do you select it with some special method?

rek · Post by **rek** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:15 am

Hmmmm... Scrolling seems to b the only way.

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:43 am

All I can say is Shit!

Ps pay some attention to my new NSR ~ Cloud

Snudge · Post by **Snudge** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:55 am

Smudge, smudge, smudge, render, text.

I'm sorry, but that's what I see >_> 5/10 for the effort ^^' Good to see you're trying several other things though

Post by **dom** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 5:48 pm

Unless the sig is a Farking poster, chances are that the Farking text is small. And if the Farking text is small, a non-serif font WITHOUT any Farking antialias is the best choice.

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:07 pm

My suggestion, scew the 30k fonts, delete them all! download the fonts you will need for each style at dafont, you will never use all 30k fonts..

DarkJackal · Post by **DarkJackal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:37 pm

I don't have many fonts myself but I just scroll through them and use w/e looks nice, also now and then I goto http://www.dafont.com/en/ and look around for some.

Rizla · Post by **Rizla** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:46 pm

Dystopia wrote:My suggestion, scew the 30k fonts, delete them all! download the fonts you will need for each style at dafont, you will never use all 30k fonts..

+1 you will waste alot of time looking for fonts, at the expense of the possibility of not finding a good one at all :/

Snudge · Post by **Snudge** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 6:56 pm

Whenever I need a font for a specific subject, I just go to http://www.dafont.com and type in that subject. I also have some of the more popular fonts of each type downloaded and ready for easy access ^^

feba · Post by **feba** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:07 pm

Agreed with dafont, one of my family members used it to help design their business' logo.

Cinema · Post by **Cinema** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:10 pm

Its useless to have 30,000 fonts.. When only about 200 of them are any good..

It just slows down your Photoshop..

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:25 pm

My com is fast enough to handle photoshop, so that isn't a problem

feba · Post by **feba** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:04 pm

TwelveEleven wrote:My com is fast enough to handle photoshop, so that isn't a problem

Uh, my comp is three years old and it could handle photoshop. Having over 30k fonts will slow your entire computer down.

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:00 pm

feba wrote:
TwelveEleven wrote:My com is fast enough to handle photoshop, so that isn't a problem

Uh, my comp is three years old and it could handle photoshop. Having over 30k fonts will slow your entire computer down.

Mine's new, and I don't notice it at all

feba · Post by **feba** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:21 pm

TwelveEleven wrote:
feba wrote:
TwelveEleven wrote:My com is fast enough to handle photoshop, so that isn't a problem

Uh, my comp is three years old and it could handle photoshop. Having over 30k fonts will slow your entire computer down.

Mine's new, and I don't notice it at all

yes, it did, even if you didn't.

TwelveEleven · Post by **TwelveEleven** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:52 pm

It does everything instantly, so why should it matter to me?

Dugu · Post by **Dugu** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:11 pm

I have a couple of favorites as I think everyone that use photoshop or illustrator does. Obviously different situations calls for different fonts but there are also a couple you should know that is a success for each piece. However if you want to go with a completely new font you have never used before and do not know that well, then I think you'll have to scroll through all of them, or maybe google a font almanac for easier viewing.

@ Feba
If he doesn't feel the lag I don't think it really matters until he starts seeing the effects of the large choices of fonts, and then it won't be too late to delete and resolve the problems.

Post by **dom** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:36 pm

Dystopia wrote:My suggestion, scew the 30k fonts, delete them all! download the fonts you will need for each style at dafont, you will never use all 30k fonts..

That's what I do. But I typically only use arial/tahoma/verdana since they're standard for webpages.

Dystopia · Post by **Dystopia** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:26 am

Cinema wrote:Its useless to have 30,000 fonts.. When only about 200 of them are any good..

It just slows down your Photoshop..

whered u get the stock for ur 1st siggy?

Elikapeka · Post by **Elikapeka** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:30 am

I've got a select few I go to first, but usually it's browsing through the font window or keeping http://www.dafont.com open and taking a quick peak there in case I find something I like better.