25 favorite fonts
I like fonts. I suppose that makes sense as I do design things that require the use of them. I’ve put together a list of my favorite ones – the fonts I use most often – and thought I’d share them. There are so many amazing fonts available, but most of what I use either came with my computer or were downloaded for free {I’m a little cheap like that}. By clicking on each font name below you will be directed to its source where you can either download or purchase. Enjoy!
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What good is a downloaded font if you don’t know how to install it? So here is a quick tutorial on how to add a font. Keep in mind I am working on a PC, so there may be variations on a mac {if this tutorial doesn’t work for your set-up, I’m sure there are others you could find by googling ‘installing a font’}.
Select the font you wish to download and click the download button.
Click OK to open with the default program.
It will automatically pop up. Now you need to export the file {extract}, so click on that button.
You can decide where you want the font to open up {I chose my desktop} then click ok.
When I go to my desktop, there it is.
Now open up your control panel, and then your font folder.
Now drag and drop the new font into the font folder.
Now you can use the font. I opened up a word document, selected the font tab and found my new font in the list.
Natalie
i was just wishing for new fonts, but wishing for suggestions. thanks so much!
jennifer
thank you! i have had such a hard time trying to find some of these specific fonts! soooooooooo excited!
karajo
thank you so much for these links!! so wonderful.
nell ann
I also love fonts! Have you seen the children’s book Alphabeasties? I think you’d love it! There’s even a special word for people who love fonts but I’ve forgotten it and as soon as my little wakes up from naptime I’ll tell you what it is. You know, since that is what we are. : )
Tiffany
I love that you did this. I was just going through a bunch of fonts this last week saying there are so many that I love and want to use! Great post idea!
Alison Fournier
Ahhh! I am so thankful for this post! I am familiar with quite a few of these fonts, as I love to work with them, but there are a couple that I have been dieing to find!!!
Lynne
Wow, what a great thing to share. There was a tv show on recently with a little nine or ten year old boy that dreamed of sharing his favorite font with his valentine(as part of his perfect date.) I don’t know what show it was-not one I usually watch, I just happened to that night. This post made me think of it. It was too funny. Love the step by step today-thank you!!
stephanie
thank you, thank you, thank you for this great post. i’m a fontaholic and you fed into my addiction
Kelly
What a fantastically generous post! love love love this!
thank you soooo much for sharing.
Erin
Thank you so very much! Love love love this!
Melissa
thank you so much for this post! I’ve downloaded nearly all of them!
Kim
Oh! Thank you so much!!! I love them all and can hardly wait to get using them!! There are so many great possibilities just waiting!!
Emily Humphries
Thanks so much for sharing those are great fonts. I do a lot of scrapbooking and am always looking for a fun font to use for my boys books.
Jenny K.
I’ve been a fan of Bickham Script for a while now and I love the others you shared as well. It’s always nice to find pretty fonts that are free! Thank you!
{darlene}
Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing your good taste with us!
Kristin S
These are so many of my faves too!
I just wish I had a clue how to change the font on my blog.
Maggie Nunez
Thanks for the fonts and the tutorial…i just installed several.
Brooke Darrohn
Thanks so much for the fonts and tutorial, seriously made my night! I love your blog and your style
Jesse {Good Girl Gone Glad}
There isn’t much better than pretty paper and pretty fonts! Thanks for sharing! I have a mac, but am going to do some googling. =)
Brittany Hubbell
Thanks for sharing. My sister and I often e-mail each other about fonts we have found or are inspired by … kinda dorky, but that’s what sisters are for. We like the website http://www.fontsquirrel.com/. It has fresh, hip fonts, and all are free. Plus there are categories on the right side of the page to help you find what you’re looking for (handrawn, script, sans serif, novelty, etc). You can even do a “test drive” on each font page… it’s like seeing your name in lights!
Just a hunch, but I bet you would like Mountains of Christmas: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/mountains-of-christmas
Thanks again!
Shannon
Great post – I always love finding new fonts. My wedding invites were a combination of Bickham Script and Engravers. It was fun to look at your favorites!
Jess
Oooo these are beautiful!!! I love them all. Thank you so much for the tutorial…I am so excited to try it out!
Megan
You made my day! Thanks for sharing!
kim
Thank you SO much for this.
Ariel Fishel
You are amazing! I just love your blog
Thanks for this!
CeeCee
Thanks so much! Love the fonts and now I know how to download! Question…the picture on your desktop…what is that? Are those flower pins? Where can I get one?
emily
The flower pins on my desktop are the gorgeous work of EmersonMade. Love them. {www.emersonmade.com}
Michele
Thank you for sharing these fonts and the tutorial to download them. I can’t wait to play around with them.
Stacie
Thanks so much for the tutorial. I’m so excited to use these.
melissa*320 sycamore
Emily~I love fonts and LOVE the fonts you use, so this is a gold mine for me. Thank you so much for sharing them! xo
Lisa
Hi Emily, Thank you so much for this! What might seem to others an obviously easy thing to do, wasn’t for me, so I’m SOO excited to be able to do this now!! I am the “publisher” of our Church Bulletin, and I’m thinking I may be able to use these new beautiful fonts now. Yeah!
Aimee
Thanks so much for sharing these fonts! I downloaded almost all of them! You’ve been inspiring me in the past few months and I’ve done a bunch of projects using your tutorials which have been super-helpful! Thanks again!
Brittney
Holy cow, you read my mind!! I was JUST about to ask you about your favorite fonts.. no, really.. haha thanks so much for this post!!
Stephanie
Thanks so much for sharing your personal favorites. I’m always on the lookout for new ones. I heart typography
Pat
Emily-Thank you so much for sharing these. I always love all of the fonts you use. Thanks also for sharing the tutorial. But, thanks must of all for your beautiful, Wonderful, and MARVELOUS blog.
Amy
Oh my goodness, this is a delightfully helpful post! Thank you! Also, I see you must love Emerson’s flowers like I do…check this out:
http://www.playingsublimely.com/2011/02/perfecting-emersons-flower-a-tutorial/
Hugs,
Amy
Roxanne
Hi Emily,
I love your blog, follow it daily!! Thank you for the fonts!! Sooo Cute!!
Hanni Go
Thank you so much! I love your blog and appreciate you sharing things like this.
Diane@InMyOwnStyle
Hi Emily-
xoxoxo Thanks for posting this list. I always get overwhelmed when I pick out fonts on font sites. Your list is just what I needed.
My best- Diane
Lisa
thank you so much! i had most of these fonts before my hard drive crashed and when i lost them i just never tried to hunt down where i downloaded them from. thanks to you i have some of the good ones back!
Faith
Emily! Thank you SOOOOO much!! What a huge help to me and my novice font-ing.
You’re awesome!
kari beth
love fonts too! i work at an embroidery shop, so i’m always trying to find new fonts that will work good for embroidery. i have loved “circus”, but i feel like it is a little over-used these days. but, LOVE the PEA LOVEY DOVEY font. precious!
Chrystal
Thank! You! I have been trying to figure this out forever.
susan
this is so helpful! i wonder if those fonts will load to pse?
jessicakiehn
gosh, you little genius. you rule. thanks for sharing:)
Jenna
What font do you use on your blog title? It looks a lot like the Nelly Flourish, but it seems like the “flourish” is on the lowercase letters on that one. Also… what about the font you used on the “love letters” in the previous post?
Love your blog!!
Nikki
I’m a designer myself and am always looking out for new free fonts! Thanks so much! These are great!
Hayley
Hi! I am friends with Jen Jones (we were roommates in college:) and she showed my friends and I your blog. I LOVE it. We are making a small event/party hostess company and blog right now. And i love the fonts you shared. so Cute!
sara
thanks for this…i have been bored with my fonts and this is just what I needed….on another note…did you make the flowers in the picture on your desktop?They are darling! Tutorial in the future?
Mandolyn
Thank you so much for sharing! I just added tons of these to my favorites list–can’t wait to use them!!
Ophelia
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! Continue to love your site!!