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Where do you go to find fonts? (feddit.dk)

submitted 1 year ago by SorteKanin@feddit.dk to c/typography@lemmy.ca

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I'm currently on the lookout for something quite specific:

Old style serif
Fairly heavy (not light at least)
Low contrast
Close to upright axis

I'm hoping those terms make sense, I'm not an expert :)

Where would you go for specific requirements like this? Most websites I find only have basic filters like serif/sans serif. Any suggestions for where to look, or maybe you know a nice font that fits what I listed above?

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[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

news.ycombinator.com and search for font. Lots of fonts get posted to hackernews.

Google fonts: https://fonts.google.com/

https://www.programmingfonts.org/ but those are monospace.

[–] odium@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Monospace fonts are the best fonts

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

My favourite is M PLUS 1 Code: https://mplusfonts.github.io/

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

fontsquirrel.com
fontspace.com
fontsource.org

[–] Crazytrixsta@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Dafonts

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

ArchLinux Wiki - Fonts

[–] CaptainFlintlockFinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Lost Type Co-op might have what you’re looking for.