Lists definitely seem to be all the rage. It’s been less than 24 hours since the 30 Fonts You Want To Have list went up, and after just checking Mint it appears like it is going to be a record setting day. With just under 10 hours to go before the books close on today’s unique visitors, we are already at 4,000+. I’m excited to see what the day brings in at the end of the all, and what effect, if any, it will have on subscriber counts and comments / reads on other articles.
30 Fonts You Want to Have
Everyone has their own personal preferences when it comes to deciding what fonts to you one their designs. Depending on the project type and what the design is for, certain fonts make more sense in certain situations than in others. There are millions of fonts out there – not one list could ever list them all. Some are available for free, and others will cost you a little bit of dinero, but in the end, the larger font collection you have the better off you’ll be in ensuring you have the perfect font to meet your clients needs.
We’ve compiled our own list of 30 fonts we think you should have if you don’t already have them. The list is a mix of some popular ones as listed in a “Favorite Font” thread over at Mintpages, and some of them I have added myself because I happen to be a big fan on them. Each font also has a url listed where you can grab it from (damn we make it convenient for you huh?) Enjoy!
The List
1. Rockwell [Paid]
2. Segoe UI [Free]
3. Helvetica [Paid]
4. Calibri [Paid]
5. TW Cen MT [Paid]
6. Bello [Paid]
7. Myriad [Paid]
8. Century Gothic [Paid]
9. Fat Love [Free]
10. Decker [Free]
11. Non Serif [Free]
12. Interstate [Paid]
13. Lane Narrow [Free]
14. News Gothic MT [Paid]
15. SF Arbocrest [Free]
16. SoopaFresh [Free]
17. Ubahn [Free]
18. Vrinda [Paid]
19. Babel Sans [Free]
20. Bitstream Vera Serif [Free]
21. Bold Bold [Free]
22. Franklin Gothic Demi [Paid]
23. GoodOT [Paid]
24. Din Regular [Paid]
25. Sansa 2 [Paid]
26. Marcelle [Free]
27. Avant Que [Free]
28. Stag [Paid]
29. Apex New [Paid]
30. Arrival [Paid]
Your Thoughts?
What fonts would you like to see on the list? Obviously like I said, we can’t list them all. I’m sure I missed plenty of great ones. These are just a few that come to my mind. Feel free to use the comments to let us know what you thought of this list – what shouldn’t have been on it and what should have.
Friday Focus #45
Another weekend is upon us. This was a fairly busy week in terms of site changes around here, most of which have been received fairly well. Now that school is beginning to calm down and settle back into the usual “pattern” I can expect to be in until June, I should hopefully be able to get writing again over the weekend or at the beginning part of next week. Watch for it, because it is about damn time I write something other than these focuses!
Anyways, enjoy the weekend everyone!
Sites of the Week
This week was rather scare, and there wasn’t too much of anything that really caught my eye this week. One site that I did stumble upon and found pretty nice was Cabedge. Cabedge is a Nashville based web design and development studio. Besides offering design and development help, they also offer hosting to any of their clients.
Design Float / Digg Weekly
Design – 30 Secret Photoshop Shortcuts
A collection of Photoshop shortcuts aimed at boosting your productivity. From WebDesignerWall.
Programming – Creating Google Custom Search Engines
A custom search engine (CSE) tells Google which sites to search and which to avoid when dealing with a search query. This makes it much easier to get specific, guided answers to questions about a specific subject area. If you create a CSE you can use your expertise in a subject to control where Google looks for information about that topic.
WordPress 2.3 Beta 3 Released
Just thought I’d put up a quick note before everyone else starts posting about it. The latest beta build of WordPress 2.3 is now available for download. Everything I’ve tested so far with 2.3 has been working superbly, and I’m really excited to see 2.3 go final and get it in use here on Devlounge. The first release candidate is due out next Monday (continuing with their new released every Monday pattern that’s been going on over the last few weeks), so we sure to watch for it. You can grab the beta here if you are interested.
And The Tweaks Continue
Round two of the homepage updates have now been completed. You’ll notice that the homepage sidebar is now a little bit more populated than before. Header images have been added for each section, to give some visual identification to each section. You’ll now find the four latest news briefs and side notes in the sidebar as well. Lots to click on, but it is all leading on into the site. That’s good, right?