I love fonts and letters and different typefaces, they really do have a character all to themselves, a personality!! If the designer can channel that personality and use it in the correct way, the print will work and the meaning will be made. I had a HUGE thick typeface book that I used years ago that was my ultimate font resource book that I would go to, I miss that thing!! But thanks to the internet, SOOOOOOO much more can be found at your fingertips. I never did like typography class until I started paying on the computer (the fancy thinking box), then the whole typog thing became easier to understand and deal with. Spell check helped tons also, but it doesn't do so well with shortcut words.
http://www.dafont.com/
http://www.searchfreefonts.com/
http://www.free-fonts.com/
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/
http://www.1001fonts.com/
http://www.urbanfonts.com/ - all these fonts are more for the artistic and interesting side. I've used them from time to time.
http://www.cool-fonts.com/
http://www.fontspace.com/
http://www.acidfonts.com/
http://www.unstage.com/2010/02/70-of-the-best-free-fonts-for-graphic-designers/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/08/40-excellent-freefonts-for-professional-design/
http://www.downloadfreefonts.com/fontfiles/afonts.htm
So just in case a listing of awesome fonts is needed by all means look into these great links, I've used them on many occasion and I know I will be using them again and again. They definitely helped when I did my kinetic typography assignment, the fonts added to the meanings of the project, only used occasionally when a certain font was needed. Enjoy, uploaded for your pleasure.
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