As designers, most of us have a thing for fonts. Hell, in some cases, it can almost be classified as a sickness. And, sometimes you want a typeface that’s funky to give your project just the right tone. Smashing Buzz has compiled a great list of free creative fonts perfect for designers who love to add a little grunge or hand-made feel to their projects.

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Ever wanted to include one of those uber-cool hand-sketched fonts in your project, but either didn’t have the time to create the sketch yourself or wanted better control over the consistency of the characters?  Now you can have both! Check out this tutorial on Vectips to learn how to create your very own sketch-like font from any typeface on your computer. Better yet, you can easily edit the wording, change the typeface or choose a different color without having to re-create the effect every time you make a change. Amazing!

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Where to start, where to start? Do you have a hard time narrowing the options from your vast library of typeface choices when you start a new project? Then, this handy flowchart might be just the thing you’ve been looking for! It takes you through a variety of steps to help you pare down the options and get you headed in the right direction to find the perfect font for any project.

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If you’re like most designers, you can never get enough images of beautiful typography. Check out this collection of images for some great eye candy.

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Some designers are walking “encyclopedias” of typography. This site literally is – or aims to be as it grows – the web site equivalent of an encyclopedia of typefaces, classified and discussed by the site’s users. Watch out, typophiles, this could become an addiction in a hurry!

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