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Thanks for this post!!!

thank you for this post. i was missing 6-7 fonts which i downloaded now :)

Glad to share!

I already have 9896 fonts (not counting the italics and bolds) and you have to post this.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to download these font families?

Avante Garde
Swiss
Frutiger

I've tried the usual sites

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Some slightly more unusual type sites you may want to try:

http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
http://pixelcurse.com/font/30-recent-free-high-quality-fonts

An absolute must have tool for me is: http://www.identifont.com/ - I use this site to research type history if I need to be specific to a certain time period in my designs. There is a facility on there to research designers and publishers.

So for example, I'm doing a redesign for a pub in Blackpool at the moment. I've already researched the pub and it's listed in the 1841 census. So judging by the style of the building I can be sure that it was built just prior to this date, so turn of the 19th century or there abouts. My brief is to take the design backwards and make it more period to when it was built. Research has shown that Vincent Figgins was a type designer slap bang in the middle of this time period: http://www.identifont.com/find?name=figgins&q=Go - so by using his typefaces in my designs, I can at least be authentic to the period I'm trying to (re)create.

I've often felt that simple research like this goes a long way into selling a design. I see many logos on here that offer an idea, but is let down by poor type choices that don't support the designs. All of this work above took me about 30 minutes, and it will help sell the design to the client. Maybe it will help someone on here too :)