Free Fonts (and how to get them!)

Before we get into fun free fonts let's just look at this cuteness here:

 

 

I've seen all these fabulous free fonts pop up on Pinterest and finally decided to do something about the ones that I've been eyeing for a while when PicMonkey wanted to start charging me to use my faves (like Channel or Jellyka Delicious Cake, both found below).

 

In the past I've had some problems getting the fonts to download but found these two sites, DaFont and 1001 Fonts, to be incredibly easy to download from. I wrote down the directions for you... (hopefully it is the same, or very similar, for each person reading to download them).

 

 

 

Here is how I downloaded these fonts (it was the same for each website):

1. Go to www.dafont.com or www.1001fonts.com
2. After searching for your font click the download button.
3. Click Open (not Save).
4. When the screen comes up after the font has downloaded you'll see one or more options for a version of that font. Choose the TruType Font one (they may have different versions of it so you can click on each one and see the sample). Click the one you want and then hit Install on the top left of the dialog box.
5. It should be in Word after that but you may have to start and then stop Word again.

Easy, right?

 

 

 

After making Drew's sign yesterday I was thinking how fun that would be to try with various fonts. What do you think? OR playing around with these fonts could make for a pretty fun Valentine's Day card... hmmm card for AJ?

Hope it's as easy for you as it was for me!