Irrelevant of the fact that I have become quite the master at formatting and reinstalling all my software, documents and whatnot, with this iteration of the process the inevitable happened. I neglected, through my own doing, to make a backup copy of my font collection. Coming in at around 3,500 fonts, I was very happy with the positive growth of my collection and the variation therein.
When I last formatted and reinstalled, I decided to try to keep all but necessary and oft-used fonts unloaded. In this process, I started keeping the font files in a folder other than their normal system directory; the directory being the only one I made a copy of before wiping my hard drive clean.
I have not destroyed my own data in quite a while and I must say of all the things I could have possibly overlooked this is least replaceable.
So I now come to you with the request that you recommend sites containing libraries of free fonts. Please post a reply to this article or contact me directly with your suggestions.
UPDATE: I found an old archive I made of the font collection. In addition, I was able to remember the names of about twenty of the "must have" fonts and thus was able to relocate them. At this time, I now have exceeded my previous collection. Better than drugs, I tell you.
Photo Credit: Dan Carr
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Ouch, I've never done that thank goodness but I can guarantee I'd be devastated. I am glad you found what you needed though!!
Maybe we all need to organize a secret font exchange of some kind.
http://fontleech.com/
The archive I found ended up having less than I originally thought. Here are the sites I used to rebuild my lost collection.
http://www.acidfonts.com/
http://www.typenow.net/
http://www.typodermic.com/
http://www.larabiefonts.com/
http://www.chank.com/
http://www.free-typewriter-fonts.com/
http://www.voyager.cz/
http://spacefonts.8m.com/
http://www.scifi2k.com/
http://www.1001freefonts.com/
More great sites I found:
http://www.robotjohnny.com/fonts/
http://www.typographi.com/
http://www.fontlover.com/
http://www.bvfonts.com/
http://www.timberwolf.a.se/
http://www.moorstation.org/
http://www.fontparadise.com/
http://www.fontscape.com/
http://www.madtype.net/
http://www.abecedarienne.com/
http://www.kiwi-media.com/
http://www.fonthead.com/
http://www.fontanatype.hu/
http://www.fontfont.com/
http://www.misprintedtype.com/
http://www2.wind.ne.jp/
http://www.cape-arcona.com/
http://www.rockrage.com/
We got to be strong to reinstall all the software and we got to be brave to unistall all the fonts..
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