How to use Fontbundles, the best fonts for your graphics

What is Fontbundles ?
Today I will explain how to use
You will learn how to download the fonts to create awesome graphics for social media, your handmade crafts, and projects, to include on your website, to design your branding strategy or to offer as part of your graphic design services for clients.
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Free Font Love
My favorite part of being a designer is my ever growing font collection. Font addiction is a real thing! Actually, most designers have it. Some non-designers have it too đ
Many years ago, fonts werenât just a thing you could just buy and download, typography was a complicated and detailed art that not only took a long time to design, it also took a long time to get ready for printing. With the arrival of computers, Adobe design programs, and online font makers which help you make a font out of your handwriting; the availability of fonts and typography has changed dramatically.
The easiest and fastest way to replenish a font collection is to use a site like Fontbundles.com, a myriad of free and paid offers where the fonts are plenty and the creativity abounds. Like most font and design websites,
How to find fonts on Fontbundles
The
Free Fonts
There is a section of free fonts which includes regular such as Canvas Script and Beauty along with many others. There is also a Free Font of the Week every week.
Font Bundles
The best-sellers on the
New Fonts and Deals
Two other sections you can browse are the sections for new fonts that are sold on their own. The prices vary from 10$ to 100$. In the Deals section, you can find exclusive fonts and font sets for discounted prices. The famous and fun Pinsetter font is in the deals section always.
Fontbundles Plus
Browse By Style
Also, you can browse by font style; Regular, Script, Logo, Foreign, Symbols, and Other Fonts. If you choose a font in any of these categories that
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How to use Fontbundles Fonts
Below are the things to know when getting a new font. Installing a font is super easy.
- When you download a font file, be it free or paid, it will arrive in your computer as a .zip file. Most computers will unzip when you double click on a .zip file. If your computer is a little dinosaur you might have to open a decompressing software first, I hope that isnât the case!
- Once you have unzipped the file you will have a folder with the font in .ttf or .otf format or both. Some will also have a
webfot option. For print and digital designs, your best option is always .otf. If using the fonts on a website, the choose thewebfont . - Install all the font file by double click on on the files. They will open together and you will have a button that says âinstall fontâ, click that, youâre done.
Where can you use your new fonts?
Now that you have found, chosen, downloaded and installed your new fonts, how will you use them? Some of our favorite Adobe editing programs will let you use our own fonts, while others wonât.
Below are the online graphics editors that let you upload fonts
- Visme
- Canva
- Snappa
- Fotojet
- Design Wizard
If you use programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, Inkscape, and Pixelmator you will have no problem with your fonts. All those programs access your font library to use as you please. If you have any program open; online, cloud or desktop, and you download and install a new font, you will most probably have to relaunch said program for it to read the new addition.
Personal License Vs. Commercial License
Many of the free fonts on
- Personal license means that you can use it on your blog or your site and social media but not for something you will sell.
- Commercial license means that you can use it in a project for a client or for products to sell.
Typography : Font or Typeface
Just a little background on the history of type.
Typography is the art of letters. The difference between a font and a typeface has changed over the years. Before the age of computers âtypefaceâ was the name used for a kind of type, say Helvetica in all its weights and sizes, that included all the little metal letters used in physical printing. A font was for example; Helvetica in 12-point Bold.
Now the difference has changed somewhat. In font and design websites like
Complete typefaces, even on
Any questions?
Do you still have questions about fonts and how to use them or anything related to design on your site? Just leave a comment, Iâm here to help you master your visual strategies.
I have a weird obsession with fonts. I look for new ones at least once a day đ
This is fascinating! I feel we are blessed to have so many free fonts available to us now…and these days we can even customize our web fonts! Thanks for the great explanations, I did not know the difference between a font and a typeface before reading this.
This is so neat! I’ve never heard of this but I want to check it out! Customizing your web fonts can make it so much more unique and more “YOU”!
I love creating the blog graphics. I have been using Canva, but i keep hearing picmonkey is great too, I might have to try it out.
I have never heard of this! I love fonts and making graphics for my blog!
I am a bit font obsessed though I find the more I have the longer it actually takes me to make a choice. Still I love me some pretty fonts!
I just learned about these free fonts and how to use them and now I am wondering why it took me so long to figure it out! They are so fabulous and make such a visual difference to your work!
I love fonts. The calligraphy ones really inspire me. I work on my own handwriting as a result of calligraphy fonts! Thanks for the advice, I want to go and check out fontbundles.
When I first started blogging years ago I learned all about fonts and how to download them and install into Photoshop. I love all the different ones out there. Literally something for everyone’s taste.
I love using fun fonts for blogging. I use dafont mostly and then use them via picmonkey and photoshop. Its lots of fun finding new ones.
I am a font addict, probably have over a thousand! I do use font bundles though! I love the variety available for sure
I am obsessed with fonts. I seriously can’t get enough of them and I think they are so fun to play around with too!
I love using fancy fonts and font bundles – in fact I’ve done a couple of blog posts on them and where to find the most beautiful ones! A very useful post! xx
Fonts are a great way to showcase your brand. They can help you standout in the crowded social media/internet landscape.
Ooh this would be perfect for when I want to do blog tip type posts! I like that you said about checking the license as your right you have to be careful xx
I never knew there was so much you could do with it! I was thinking of purchasing one with my designer. Good to know
I never knew there was so much to learn about fonts! I would like to try and use more fancy and relevant fonts on my blog. Thanks for explaining so much!
This was super helpful! I love your site, and I bookmarked several of the sites you listed here. I have only been using Canva for blog graphics, but am looking forward to playing with the others now!
Fonts are not my strong suit, so I really appreciate this post! I love how you broke down everything so well!
This was so helpful. I would always get stuck after downloading and unzipping.
These are some great tips for using fonts. I love anything that will take my blog to the next level.
I’ve never actually looked into these different font bundles before. I’ve always just enjoyed what the standard programs have to offer. This is really interesting and I’ll have to look into it more!
I love all these tips. As a blogger, this is a perfect post for me!
[ Smiles ] I have to admit that unique-looking fonts have a way of making one’s blog standout!