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Subject: FONTS
Category: Computers > Graphics
Asked by: mysite-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 02 Sep 2004 03:52 PDT
Expires: 02 Oct 2004 03:52 PDT
Question ID: 395934
Where can I get font JUST like
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/zapfino/linotypezapfino-two/ for
free? Usually there is a very very similar free version? Thanks.
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Subject: Re: FONTS
From: faragerri-ga on 02 Sep 2004 04:27 PDT
 
On http://1001fonts.com you find a lot of free fonts, but I did not
find anyone which looks exactly the same.
Subject: Re: FONTS
From: antioch-ga on 20 Feb 2005 23:44 PST
 
Hey mysite-ga.

As you are obviously aware, the font you are after (LinotypeZapfino
Two) is a commercial font. And, obviously, you don't want to pay for
this font, and thus are asking for a free alternative.

After doings some searches for look-a-like fonts that might suit your
needs, the results were very few and nothing turned up that would
remotely help you. Even searching for "LinotypeZapfino Two" turned up
only about 5 pages of results.

In short, I would confidently say that no free alternative to the font
you're looking for exists. Many commerical fonts have free
alternatives, but many of these are illegal. Commerical fonts are
commercial fonts, and obviously distributing a font that looks like a
commercial font would be illegal because commerical fonts are meant to
be payed for. It's like distributing a program that is almost exactly
the same as Microsoft Word, Microsoft would jump on your back in a
heartbeat (even if the program wasn't exactly like Word, Microsoft
would jump on your back anyway - thats what they enjoy doing).

I'm sorry, but there is no free version of the font you're looking
for. I would suggest, depending on how much your need of the font is,
buying the font (your font is only $21, which is quite small in terms
of commerical fonts - I have seen fonts for up to several hundred
dollars) or, if that is out of the question, finding a free font that
is that style and may suit your needs. Try
http://www.1001freefonts.com/, http://www.acidfonts.com/ or
http://www.dafont.com/en, the latter being my personal prefference.

Cheers,

antioch-ga

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