Typography is very important in designing a website. It allows you to express your feeling in your text so people know how you feel when you are writing something. Using regular fonts in images does not convey what you are trying to say as much as a custom font would. You can use curly fonts to make something look more feminine or you could use blocky, grungy fonts to make something look more masculine. You can make something look childish and goofy or you can make something look professional and elegant. You can do all of this and more with a simple font.

We have complied a list of our TOP 10 fonts for 2010. All but 2 of the fonts are FREE can be downloaded using the link we provided. Of course you should read the usage policy for the fonts before using them in a professional manner to prevent from abusing the font. Some of the artist that provide the fonts ask for nothing in return unless you use them on a professional level, so I would check with the artists to see. I hope that we provide you with a few options you may have not seen yet.

Create Your Own Font On line
I use a on line font creator to create my own fonts. This is a great way to get cool fonts that you imagine, and it is a lot easier then you think. You can download a PDF with all characters you need, you manually draw or write the font in the PDF, then lastly you upload the PDF to their site and you have a completely custom font. I used it to generate my handwriting font so that I could sign documents in my handwriting on my computer easily and effortlessly. Here is what I created by using their website:

1. Scarlett London -- $24.99

2. Calluna -- $21.95

3. Diavlo -- FREE

4. Arista -- FREE

5. HVD Poster-- FREE

6. Tiza-- FREE

7. Tribbon-- FREE

8. Orbitron-- FREE

9. Master Plan-- FREE

10. King & Queen-- FREE

Conclusion

We may have left out a few of your favorite fonts but don't worry, we are always open to suggestions. If you think that a font should have been included but wasn't, please add it to your comment below. Thanks for reading.

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Comments -- Add Your Own

1

Bubba

March 4, 2010, 5:20 pm

Great fonts. Glad to see you are posting again, I was beginning to miss the articles.

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Unknown Coordinates

March 9, 2010, 8:32 am

I love the Master Plan font...very grungy looking. I could definitely use it on my site, would fit in nicely.

3

Eric

March 9, 2010, 11:35 am

Thanks for noticing. I have used the Tiza font a few times, but the Master Plan is new to me. Glad you liked it.

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Mike

March 10, 2010, 11:18 am

Tribbon is retro yet forward thinking. Might be effective in small amounts.

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Eric

March 10, 2010, 11:24 am

I agree Mike, I included it because of the way it was made. It was a very cool process of creating such an original font. Click the Tribbon link to see what I am talking about.

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Suzy

March 11, 2010, 6:42 pm

I love your hand writing font. I wish my hand writing was that goood.

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Unknown Author

June 15, 2010, 3:27 pm

Thanks for listing some of my favorite fonts.

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Unknown Author

July 10, 2010, 8:25 am

Thanks for the very good article! Well done.

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Unknown Author

July 11, 2010, 8:31 am

Great article Thank you so much!

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bh8921

July 24, 2010, 3:57 pm

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