Where can I get ... fonts.

Before I go any farther, let me extol the virtues of the Archie servers. If you need to find something on the net, and you have any idea what it might be called, Archie is the place to go. In North America, telnet to ``archie.rutgers.edu'' and login as ``archie''. There are many other servers around the world, any Archie server can give you a list of other servers. There are better documents than this to describe Archie and you should be able to find them from the above starting point. If you have trouble, feel free to ask norm (via Email please, no need to clutter comp.fonts with a query about Archie ;-).

In addition to the telnet option, several archie clients exist including a very nice X11 implementation (Xarchie).

• Adobe Type 1 Fonts in MS-DOS/Unix Format:

  ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/fonts

  ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/fonts/atm

  archive.umich.edu:/msdos/mswindows/fonts

• Adobe Type 1 Fonts in Mac Format:

  mac.archive.umich.edu:/mac/system.extensions/font/type1

  sumex-aim.stanford.edu:/info-mac/font

• Adobe Type 3 Fonts in Mac Format:

  mac.archive.umich.edu:/mac/system.extensions/font/type3

• TrueType fonts in MS-DOS Format:

  ftp.cica.indiana.edu:/pub/pc/win3/fonts/truetype

• TrueType fonts in Mac Format:

  mac.archive.umich.edu:/mac/system.extensions/font/truetype

• TeX PK/PXL/GF fonts:

  The TeX community has its own support groups that can provide better answers to this question. The canonical list of MetaFont fonts is posted occasionally to comp.text.tex. The comp.text.tex newsgroup (or the Info-TeX mailing list, if you do not have access to news) are good places to start. Email norm if you need more specific information.

• LaserJet bitmap fonts:

  wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/laser

  Also on other simtel20 mirrors...

If you know of other archive sites (the above list is no where near complete) or other formats that are available on the net, please let us know.

The sites above represent places where shareware and public domain fonts are available. Many, many typefaces are not available in shareware form. And many shareware faces are less than adequate for a variety of reasons, particularly at small sizes. It seems to be the consensus of the comp.fonts community that ``you get what you pay for.'' If you need a professional quality font, you should probably buy it from a professional.

The list of font vendors in Appendix A (annotated with information about non-Roman alphabets) was contributed by Masumi Abe. Masumi was Adobe's Manager of Typographic Marketing for Asia. He has since left Adobe.

Many font CDs are now available which offer many fonts for a low cost/font.