Yes I am that person!
Anyone who has been in the car with me has to hear it all... what font is that? What were they really thinking choosing that font? Is that REALLY Papyrus? ... that is soooo 1999! I need to call them ASAP! And yes, I know what you are thinking... design dork! But seriously.... I fall asleep thinking about fonts... and I wake up to font nightmares! It's honestly a love/hate relationship. As a designer I love fonts but as printer I hate them.

Let me explain.

Take this scenario for example: A client wants a project printed today... they send it over... they embed their links but forgot to send the fonts they used. And now they are in vacation in Guam (random, I know... but go with it)... what do we do? First i say... "Houston we have a PROBLEM!" (Cause I have issues like that) and then I turn to the rest of the design team and play a game of "Go Font". "John, do u have the font Tarzana?" He replies "Go Font!".... I then ask Jackie... again, the reply "Go Font"... my next step to Houston's problem... search the free font web pages.

With my fingers crossed (which makes it really hard to type I might add) I type and say "Big Money No Whammies!" In hopes that Tarzana appears! If that awkward crossed finger typing didn't have success.... I go to the font sites where you purchase the font.

Here is a small list of free font sites we use:

DaFont.com
1001FreeFonts.com
AbstractFonts.com

Here is a small list of sites where we purchase fonts from:

Linotype.com
MyFonts.com
Veer.com

Also ... if you've ever wondered "what amazing font is that?" ... Here is an amazing tool that can give you that very answer.

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

I am here to help! Feel free to email or call me with any questions you have or if you simply just want to brainstorm!

Make Today Creative!

Monica Lang
Office: 208.762.4738 Cell: 208.660.2619
Monica@DigitalLizard.com
www.DigitalLizardPrint.com