Font site--Good resource!

[Martie]

I didnt know where else to post this!
For all the font lovers out there...look at this resource!
http://www.pcfonts.com

[akashik]

that's pretty sweet.

Soon as I saw your post I was going to take a look then post some REAL links to fonts just to show you up, but I don't think I have anything better than that *lol* In fact a few of them are already contained in the one link. Needless to say I've bookmarked it, and will be taking a look later.

A bit of a health warning is in order though. Some of us are addicted to fonts. Our hard drives swell with them. It takes me 10 minutes just to print out a list of the fonts I have installed, not to mention the ones I have lying around on CD's and Zip disks... Links like this just add to the problem *sob* I'll be up all night looking through those sites!

:)

The addict in me says thanks...

Greg Moore

[Jaiem]

You can never be too rich, too pretty, or have too many fonts! ;)

[Martie]

Fonts are addicting, one may be known as a font-a-holic!
I have to admit I ran across that site by accident.
After being at that site though for just a few minutes, I could see what a resource it is. Ive been to other font sites but this one was really different! LOL!

[akashik]

Originally posted by Jaiem
You can never be too rich, too pretty, or have too many fonts! ;)


Very true... Still working on all three myself *lol*

Greg Moore

[Tommy]

OK you font-masters ;)

Where can I find a decent royalty free photo site? I've spent so many hours searching online and there is never anything decent avaialable. I want high res quality photos of computers and peripherals, people at work and some gorgeous business action shots. ;)

Tommy

[akashik]

Tommy,

I think you just asked for the holy grail of all graphic resources *grin* In 5 years I've never come across a good site that gives it away for free.

*If* you're up to paying way too much try these:
http://www.photodisk.com/am/default.asp
http://www.1stopstock.com/
http://www.royaltyfreephotos.com/
http://www.comstock.com/web/default.asp

Also for a great CD collection (a lot cheaper), try:
http://www.hemera.com

Greg Moore

[Martie]

I wonder about
http://www.arttoday.com
I was a member there longgg ago..not sure about them now though?
You might try doing a search for royalty free graphics.
I guarantee you will get tons of results and you would just have to go through them.
I have several CD-sets that Ive purchased.

[Jaiem]

Originally posted by Tommy
OK you font-masters ;)

Where can I find a decent royalty free photo site? I've spent so many hours searching online and there is never anything decent avaialable. I want high res quality photos of computers and peripherals, people at work and some gorgeous business action shots. ;)

Tommy

To me, such a thing is like the Loch Ness monster - Some people claim to have seen it but I haven't. ;)

If you need really good photos for your business IMO you're probably better offer paying a few bucks for a good CD collection. That's just the cost of doing business.

[Tommy]

Thanks for you're quick responses.

After several hours searching towards the end of last year, I thought that I had found the holy grail and finally a sighting of Nessie. All I had to do was sign up and all these wonderful professional images were mine to use. The signup never worked though and I think they restricted use to Mac operators only ;) *lol*

I've tried all of those sites you've pointed out before, what I use now is CDs from Photodisc. At about $350 a go for 120 images it isn't cheap but the quality is excellent.

[Tommy]

How about CPM based image serving? Similar to image licensing where you pay per circulation of the image, but instead you pay for the number of times the image is downloaded to your site. Just a thought... ;)

I don't think it'll ever happen but it would be a god send for low to medium traffic sites in need of quality photos but couldn't pay the costs outright. CPM rates would have to be very very low otherwise you could exceed the cost of buying the exclusive rights too quickly. There might just be a some kind of business model in here, needs working on though ;) !!

Tommy

[akashik]

Tommy,

hate to be the grinch, but it's a rare day people actually use the image as is. In general they usually become a part of a larger image. Some places actually state you *have* to use it as part of something else, and not just on it's own (to prevent people ripping off clean images I suppose).

It has merit though. With a fast enough sever you *could* offer design sets I suppose. Instead of loading it their own server the grab it from yours.. I'm not sure how you'd prevent people just saving the page locally and grabbing them then though....

Greg Moore