How to Organize your Fonts

For visual people  like me,  fonts are like candies for children. We have great appreciation for their form and what they communicate, so… we  like to collect them. The problem is not the addiction of collecting fonts, but the space they use up and how they can slow down the computer when you have too many fonts on your hard drive.

Something that can help you  is to download a font manager or organizer. This is a program where you can see your fonts, organize them, and even install or uninstall fonts. I like AMP Font Viewer  because it is simple and does all of the above. I can even see both my installed and non-installed fonts. Also, you can print a sample or just test how your text would look. You can download AMP by clicking on the link (it’s free).

Using a font organizer allows you to see what you have and look up which font is the most appropiate for your project. This is how I organize my fonts:

• Serif: When the characters have serifs. Serifs are small lines at the beginning and/or end of the stroke. An example of this kind is Times New Roman.
• Sans-serif:  When the character doesn’t contain any serifs. Example: Arial.
• Script: Calligraphy and handwriting fonts.
• Holiday: Fonts for Halloween, Christmas, etc.
• Decorative/Funky: Fonts that have unique or extravagant shapes.
• Dingbats: Characters that look more like images than font.
• TrueType and OpenType if you have a digital cutter machine.

This is just an example how you can manage your fonts. Look at your own collection and decide the best names or characteristics for your fonts. Also, localize and delete the ones that are too similar or that you don’t like.

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