How to use Fontbundles, the best fonts for your graphics

by OranaJan 2, 2019Blogging, Design Tips, Fonts

curated essentials – how to use fontbundles

What is Fontbundles?

Fontbundles is one of the all-time favorite font databases used by bloggers, crafters, web and graphic designers. Their font bundles and special promotions always have the best fonts ready for all your projects. From script to serif to monospace sans, there is a little bit of everything.

Today I will explain how to use Fontbundles to your best advantage.

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.

The current Font Bundle on the Fontbundles site is the Marvelous Font Bundle Vol.III

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 😉

Many years ago, fonts weren’t 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, Fontbundles offers plenty of free downloads for you to create beautiful Instagram quotes, and maybe a branding scheme for your clients.

How to find fonts on Fontbundles

The Fontbundles site organizes their fonts quite simply.

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 Fontbundles site are definitely the Font Bundles. New ones are coming out all the time. There is one main one per month and then there are other special ones for crafts or handmade products. The fonts in each bundle are curated so that each font in the group covers one style. All big bundles will have some script fonts, some serif fonts, some sans fonts and a couple of novelty fonts. Fonts don’t usually repeat from one bundle to another.

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

Fontbundles also has a membership program. By subscribing to the program you get major discounts and special prices. You also get first access to the 1$ deal after parties. Not sure what that is!

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 is included in a current bundle, the site will tell you.

DesignBundles

Fontbundles has a sister site called DesignBundles where you can get tons of vector files for any kind of design. It’s easy to navigate from Fontbundles to Designbundles and back.

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 isn’t 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 the webfont.
Install all the font file by double click on on the files. They will open together and you will have a button that says “install font”, click that, you’re 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 won’t.

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 Fontbundles come with both a personal and commercial license, but some design assets might not. Always check the license in the font you have dowloaded before creating something you will sell or using the font for a paying client.

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 “typeface” 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 Fontbundles you mostly find fonts, created by designers for easy use and a lot of the time for free or low cost. Some designers, on the other hand, create typefaces; entire families of letters in all sorts of weights and styles, with glyphs to accent in different languages and extra ligatures and connections.

Complete typefaces, even on Fontbundles can cost up to 100 us dollars.

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, I’m here to help you master your visual strategies.

Orana Velarde

Orana is the creative mind behind Orana Creative. She is a mom, an artist, a designer, a writer blogger and a digital nomad. She loves having short pink hair.

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24 Comments

Robin Rue on April 12, 2017 at 10:51 am

I have a weird obsession with fonts. I look for new ones at least once a day 🙂
roxyturtle on April 12, 2017 at 11:03 am

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.
Kristina Pache-Ferency on April 12, 2017 at 5:47 pm

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”!
Jessi Joachim on April 12, 2017 at 6:37 pm

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.
Reesa at Momma Lew on April 12, 2017 at 7:36 pm

I have never heard of this! I love fonts and making graphics for my blog!
Vicky Perreault on April 12, 2017 at 7:45 pm

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!
Karen Yannacio Morse on April 12, 2017 at 11:05 pm

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!
Terri Steffes on April 12, 2017 at 11:58 pm

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.
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh on April 13, 2017 at 12:43 am

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.
Nikki Arnold on April 13, 2017 at 1:17 am

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.
Cynthia @craftoflaughter on April 13, 2017 at 2:06 am

I am a font addict, probably have over a thousand! I do use font bundles though! I love the variety available for sure
Jeanine @ sixtimemommy.com on April 13, 2017 at 3:24 am

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!
Tereza Cityscape Bliss on April 13, 2017 at 9:23 am

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
PrimeBeauty on April 13, 2017 at 10:02 am

Fonts are a great way to showcase your brand. They can help you standout in the crowded social media/internet landscape.
Ana De Jesus on April 13, 2017 at 12:39 pm

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
Kimberly Stroh on April 13, 2017 at 2:32 pm

I never knew there was so much you could do with it! I was thinking of purchasing one with my designer. Good to know
Jean Standley on April 13, 2017 at 2:51 pm

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!
Chel Guild on April 13, 2017 at 6:42 pm

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!
Kristin Swenson on April 14, 2017 at 12:03 am

Fonts are not my strong suit, so I really appreciate this post! I love how you broke down everything so well!
Jalisa Marie on April 14, 2017 at 12:25 am

This was so helpful. I would always get stuck after downloading and unzipping.
Maria - Tough Cookie Mommy on April 17, 2017 at 1:50 am

These are some great tips for using fonts. I love anything that will take my blog to the next level.
Mommy Engineering on April 17, 2017 at 8:13 pm

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!
Lydia on April 17, 2017 at 11:45 pm

I love all these tips. As a blogger, this is a perfect post for me!
Renard Moreau on August 11, 2017 at 12:04 pm

[ Smiles ] I have to admit that unique-looking fonts have a way of making one’s blog standout!