How to Buy Fonts

If you're getting tired of the fonts that came with your Mac, you have your pick of thousands of fonts from dozens of vendors. How do you find out what's available? Well, a good place to start is the font vendors list in the “Where to Buy Fonts” section later in this chapter. Some of these companies offer printed catalogs of their font collections, usually for a fee. More and more, however, font companies are showing and selling their wares on the Web (Web addresses are listed for all font vendors, with the exception of a few holdouts who don't have Web sites). Most companies provide onscreen samples of their fonts; some have utilities that can print samples on your home printer.

If you have access to the Web, your best bet is ...

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