As a teacher, I like creating visuals to aid in teaching. Things like presentations, handouts, posters, worksheets, etc. As a teacher with an elementary background, I sometimes like to "cutesy" them up. That's why I love perusing free font sites. Way back in the day, Comic Sans Serif, Kristen, and Jokerman had it goin' on!!!! If I handed out a worksheet to my class that was printed with Jokerman font, the lesson turned into a fiesta, complete with a Mariachi band. Oh, the good times.
These days, I am no longer creating worksheets, but am still having a love-affair with fonts. There are some great sites out there for those of us with the need to have juvenile fonts for elementary, and those of us with more grownup tastes.
Dafont
Dafont has lots of cool fonts
UrbanFonts
UrbanFonts is another site for perusing a large number of fonts.
FontStruct
FontStruct is a fun little site for those with a creative side. At the site, you can follow the "fontstructions" to build your own font using the "fontstuctor" Keep the font for your own use, or choose to share it with others. There is a gallery of fonts to download or edit too. Fun project for art class, web design class, or anyone! Thanks to edorigami.edublogs.org for sharing this site.
What the Font
What the Font is a service that allows you to upload an image of a specific font, and they search for possible matches for that font. Cool.
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