If you're going to print out things for the players to use, and you want to make them look interesting or believable, it doesn't hurt to use some variant fonts.
Here's a link to a load of free fonts, some are cool, some are almost impossible to read and some look like those awful unreadable klingon fonts.
http://cooltext.com/Fonts-Science-Fiction
The link goes to the 50 sf fonts available as I like SF, there are plenty of gothic and script style fonts for you dungeon divers.
Seriously? One link? Are you trying to goad the resident font wonk into a wall of text comprised solely of links to various font foundries and collections?
Quote from: StormBringer;379245Seriously? One link? Are you trying to goad the resident font wonk into a wall of text comprised solely of links to various font foundries and collections?
When one link has 50 SF fonts and many more fonts that could be used for various game settings, one link is generally enough.
Quote from: Cylonophile;379252When one link has 50 SF fonts and many more fonts that could be used for various game settings, one link is generally enough.
Ah, I remember when I was that naïve.
Quote from: StormBringer;379245Seriously? One link? Are you trying to goad the resident font wonk into a wall of text comprised solely of links to various font foundries and collections?
I sure hope so, can always use more fonts. I generally like to have a number one less then required to prevent my OS from loading. :D
Quote from: CRKrueger;379256I sure hope so, can always use more fonts. I generally like to have a number one less then required to prevent my OS from loading. :D
Sorry, CRKrueger.(Any relation to Freddy?) but the one link was all I intended to put up, and I found it while looking for type 1 fonts to use in blender after being instructed in how to turn them into 3d objects.
Quote from: CRKrueger;379256I sure hope so, can always use more fonts. I generally like to have a number one less then required to prevent my OS from loading. :D
No shit. I have been there.
OK, I'll bite.
I, too, am a font freak. Here are the sites I most frequently visit.
DaFont (http://www.dafont.com/)
Fonts101 (http://www.fonts101.com/default.aspx)
FontCubes (http://www.fontcubes.com/)
Abstract Fonts (http://www.abstractfonts.com/)
Fontex (http://www.fontex.org/)
1001 Free Fonts (http://www.1001freefonts.com/)
Dafont is my reference because it's well organized and since I speak french, I often need to find fonts that include accented letters. Dafont let me filter fonts to do just that. It also clearly specifies if the font can be used commercially.
Here are two sites that offer professional-grade fonts that you can use commercially (for all you designers) :
Font Squirrel (http://www.fontsquirrel.com/) (the best)
The League of Movable Type (http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/)
The following site is ugly and badly organized, but you can ofter find fonts that you shouldn't find freely online... Which is great if you want to produce a house-rule document that match the design of the original game (told you I was a freak...)
Font Yukle (http://www.fontyukle.com/en/)
Finally, here's a site where you can build your own font online. Never tried it, though...
Fontstruct (http://fontstruct.fontshop.com/)
And that's it for the main font sites I browse on the web. Hope you found something new!
Shit, I knew I shouldn't have said anything.
Excuse me, I have to call my therapist for the font OCD medication again. ;)
This is a nice list of resources. Thanks.
Quote from: winkingbishop;379328This is a nice list of resources. Thanks.
Always happy to help my kindred gamers.
But where is the Traveller font?
Quote from: Stainless;380365But where is the Traveller font?
Not easy to come by, and virtually impossible to find for free.
Optima Font locations (http://www.fontseek.com/fonts/optima.htm)
Quote from: Stainless;380365But where is the Traveller font?
Re-read the thread... Specifically my post... OK, I'll save you time. I told everyone that you could find fonts at
Font Yukle that you
should not be able to find...
Here it is (http://www.fontyukle.com/en/1,optima).
Also legally nebulous, you can download the OSRIC sans, which is an exact copy of Optima. Go here and scroll down (http://www.usherwoodadventures.com/support/html/downloads.html).
Have font! er... fun!