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DIY Invites- what font did you use?

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    marci_607    June 25, 2010  

    I am in desperate need of some help from the hive! It is time to print our invites and I am looking at the font we have, just your typical script-ish font and I really don't like it! If you DIY-ed your invites, what font did you use?

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    marlew    October 23, 2010   Ajax, Ontario

    I have a whole bunch of different fonts I downloaded if you want me to send them to you let me know your email address.  I used to have a website that I could host them on but I don't anymore.

    I had no idea which one I wanted so I got them all and tried each one out with the look of my invites.

     

     

     
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    marci_607    June 25, 2010  

    That would be great! marci_607@yahoo.com

    Thank you sooo much!

     
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    daydreamwanderer       DC

    Also, check out www.dafont.com for LOTS of free font downloads (and see samples)!

    ETA: this post has a LOT of useful tips on fonts :)

     
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    amariem25    October 2009  

    French Script MT

     
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    ladyox    May 16, 2010  

    I used two that I downloaded for free that I loved. If you google them by name they should come up:  Trajunus (which is a print) and Baroque Script (which is cursive).  I really liked how they looked and have gotten tons of compliments on them.  They are being used basically on every piece of paper I DIY for our wedding! 

     
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    marlew    October 23, 2010   Ajax, Ontario

    woops this didn't work

     
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    prairiegrl    June 12, 2010   Massachusetts

    I second the dafont.com suggestion - they have a ton of really nice ones!  We're using Windsong for our script font.

     
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    JoJo Bananas    August 21, 2010   Santa Cruz, CA

    Check out this monster thread on the paper board:

    http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/fonts-fonts-and-more-fontsagh

     
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    rabbit    September 3, 2010   Milwaukee, WI

    First- I love your invitations! So sweet looking! Very spring!

    Second- I wish I could help, but I'm trying to figure this out too! I spent so much time hunting down awesome fonts that I now have OVER 325 fonts on my computer! Yikes! My absolute favorite, so far, is the Jane Austen font (found on dafont.com I believe). I used it to print the front of our STD envelopes. It's elegant and flowy AND a great many people believed I'd actually written their envelope out by hand! Ha! Like I'm that talented! (My handwriting still looks like that of a 1st grader!)

    Third- I actually like the font combination you already have on your invites! :)

     
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    elizabeth.blankenhorn    May 22, 2010  

    Century Gothic. My fave font. So clean and modern.

     
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    ccranetobe    August 14, 2010  

    mine is the font zebra was the main one from www.dafont.com

    kinda funky retro, but simple :)

     
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    msmonicka    June 19, 2010   Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    I used edwardian script.

     
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    bakerella    September 11, 2010   Toronto, ON

    I used "existence" as our more plain font and Jellyka Saint-Andrew for our script. I love them! I have a list of font websites I download from so while I'm 99% sure they came from dafont.com they could have also come from any of these:

    I'll attach a photo of my invitations for you so you can see what my fonts look like.

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    farmersdaughter    June 26, 2010  

    I used Champagne & Limosines (type) and Monterey BT (script). I downloaded both from dafont.com. Good luck!

     

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