45 Outstanding Free Vintage Fonts

office politics · 10-11-2009, 10:36 PM

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In his famous 1908 essay, ‘Ornament and Crime,’ modern architect Adolf Loos wrote: “The evolution of culture marches with the elimination of ornament from useful objects.” This pronouncement banished many of the frilly, decorative fonts of centuries past from the realm of High Design. Fast forward to the present day: Web 3.0 is awash in enough sleek sans serif and classic roman typefaces to make designers long for the typographic indulgences of yesteryear.

Harness the power of the antique and make your graphics pop with one of these vintage-inspired fonts, which have returned to the spotlight both in print and online. From the Wild West and Victoriana to the Avant Garde and Calligraphy, there are plenty of styles to choose from. Fonts have been grouped informally, with contemporary interpretations alongside (almost) original prototypes. All are available free for personal use, but please make sure to read the license agreements carefully.

Spit-wad · 10-13-2009, 02:48 PM

Web typography seems to be extremely underrated... and a nice unique font can work wonders.

Santuzzo · 10-25-2009, 03:35 PM

a fairly noob-ish question (I suppose): how can I use these fonts?
Can I import them into a program?

Spit-wad · 10-25-2009, 04:13 PM

Download, then move them into your Fonts folder in your Control Panel. Then they will show up in any of your programs that have font lists.

Santuzzo · 10-25-2009, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Spit-wad

Download, then move them into your Fonts folder in your Control Panel. Then they will show up in any of your programs that have font lists.

Thank you !

Where do I find the control panel folder? I just loked on C but could not find any folder that had a fonts folder?

Edit: I foind a fonts folder in C:\WINDOWS\Fonts
But the system gave me a warning saying the folders are not displayed since changing or modifying thme could damage the system or lead to instability. Is this the right folder though?

Hefemeister · 10-25-2009, 04:24 PM

hit the start icon and you will see control panel there.

Santuzzo · 10-25-2009, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Hefemeister

hit the start icon and you will see control panel there.

oh, yep, sorry, my Windows is in German, so I had to think of the German equivalent. But it's the little PC icon, right?

Hefemeister · 10-25-2009, 04:30 PM

start / run
type:
fonts
press enter.

That way we do not have to worry about german or icons.

Santuzzo · 10-25-2009, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Hefemeister

start / run
type:
fonts
press enter.

That way we do not have to worry about german or icons.

Thank you very much.
That does lead me to the C:/WINODWS/fonts folder.
So, can I just put something in there without harming the system?
(see my edit in my post above)

Hefemeister · 10-25-2009, 04:35 PM

Yep. They just protect the entire c:\windows folder with that warning to cover their butts.

No problem copying new fonts into the font folder.

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