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Can anybody recommend smarter alternatives to boring Arial and Times New Roman? There are numerous alternative fonts out there but do any particularly catch your eye? The fonts are intended for paragraphs of text, so don't recommend some 3D Gothic font only usable for big headlines.

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Can anybody recommend smarter alternatives to boring Arial and Times New Roman? There are numerous alternative fonts out there but do any particularly catch your eye? The fonts are intended for paragraphs of text, so don't recommend some 3D Gothic font only usable for big headlines.

 

Hi canopus - won't recommend specific fonts as everyone has different opinions about that kind of thing, but a good starting point would be to download '4000 freeware font collection' and a viewing program (I've always rather liked 'Font Thing') both are totally freeware, (with no hitches) and available from most download sites (I always think 'Download.com' is about the safest, or Tucows, but if you have others you use and trust you'll probably find both 4000 fonts and font thing there.

 

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Verdana and Georgia look good on websites but there are more enjoyable fonts for printed documents.

 

Several nice fonts such as Rail Alphabet used for train station signs and in hospitals, and Bell Centennial used in American phone directories are not available for free, but a free version of Transport typeface used for road signs is available.

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