I am trying to create small pseudo-medieval pseudo-handwritten documents for a D+D campaign but I cannot find an Olde Gothic or Blackletter font on my PC (nor on my PC at work.) I don’t want to Google “Free fonts” because something tells me that the hits might not be all they’re cracked up to be (i.e. you have to sign up for a website, the fonts are only temporary or not free, mega-amounts of popups.)
Is there a good location for free blackletter fonts for windows?
In my experience, the free font sites are just as advertised. You may have to deal with pop-up or banner ads, but beyond that, go for it. I’ve gotten dozens of free gothic and handwritten fonts for my Ravenloft D&D campaign that way.
I’ve had excellent luck with Dafont.com. There’s apaprently an option to register but I never have (I think it’s just to upload or post comments). I just browse and download. Never had a problem with them. Clean and easy to use site.
If you want something “handwritten” in a medieval looking style this might be a good one.
My favorite free font site is fontfreak.com. There are popups. Here’s a link that should get you right to the font list.
I was going to suggest ITC Blackadder, but I don’t see it there anymore. However, you can browse through plenty of other options.
Edit: I found Blackadder free at another site.
Thanks everyone: I went to dafont and got almost what I needed (the fonts I found there aren’t quite thin enough especially at the intersections of the strokes) but my players wont be able to tell the difference 