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.

6 Comments on “Angry (type)face”

1. AnnMarie
   

   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!!

     23 February 2005, 2236
2. thorin
   

   Maybe we all need to organize a secret font exchange of some kind.

     24 February 2005, 0320
3. The Masked Blogger
   

   http://fontleech.com/

     24 February 2005, 1057
4. David July 
   

   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/

     24 February 2005, 1159
5. David July 
   

   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/
   http://bancomicsans.com/
   → "putting the sans in comic sans" hehehe

     24 February 2005, 1346
6. bola
   

   We got to be strong to reinstall all the software and we got to be brave to unistall all the fonts..

     05 March 2005, 1943

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