STARTER collection?

[BECKY609]

As I am looking for typefaces for my identity - I realized I cannot just rely on my system fonts. I have a large collection over the years but most of them were free or from friends and some of them are corrupted, etc.... I do not want to install these on my new machine.

What would your suggestions be to build a nice clean set of starter fonts?Are there any font collections out there that won't break my bank?Any favorites?

[TheAndy]

I'm also interested in a good set of "starters." Currently, I have very little more than the stock fonts that came with the Adobe suite. Probably one of the primary projects of mine would be a quarterly newsletter, so if anybody has some good standard fonts to recommend for that format, I'd be glad to hear them.

[Silence04]

when our company got Corel Suite 7 or 8 it came with a Corel Fonts cd which had about 1500 fonts... still using them to this day. The current Corel suite still comes with them i believe. Might be something to look into.

[BECKY609]

That's it?No more people on advice where to find good fonts? I am sure it has been asked countless times before...but I couldn't find my answers... :(

[CkretAjint]

No advise here for free fonts... sorry. :(

[garricks]

I buy from the major font foundrys. Mostly Open Type these days.

Quirk started a great resources thread back in May. Check that out...

http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36728

Where is Quirk, anyway? I don't remember seeing any posts for a while...

[morea]

I mostly buy my fonts as needed from myfonts.com

My "starter" fonts, as it were, were pretty much the batch that came with my design software as I bought it.

[Blazer]

I know...I wish I had all the money in the world to build my desired font library. Until then, I am slowly saving up and purchasing fonts. I have bought a couple from H&FJ (typography.com) and also some from Veer.com.

Veer has some more affordable options - I do love everything at H&FJ though it is spendy! (for an in-house designer like me who only freelances occasionally - it is definitely slow-going to build my personal library)

I don't have to money to buy a collection although that would be nice.

TheAndy - I like Verlag or Whitney as sans serifs (H&FJ) I've yet to really settle on a serif. I use Berling Antiqua at work mostly. I've also purchased a slab serif, Archer, from H&FJ that I enjoy!

[John G]

I learned to experiment with arial and myriad (kerning, streching, letting).
a lot

[SlimCity]

wowzaa they're pricey!

[BECKY609]

No advise here for free fonts... sorry. :(

"Not break the bank" for me means reasonable not free CkretAjint :)

[BECKY609]

So if you have any ideas spill 'em!!

P.S:- Anybody have an idea how to edit a comment once I have posted already?The edit button doesn't show up for me...

[BECKY609]

OK - now it is showing up - what gives? :confused:

[Two-Toe Tom]

you can edit up to 15 minutes after you post