How To Organize Your Fonts! Freebie, too!

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 This is it.  I have finally found a quick and easy way to keep up with all my fonts!
Since the days when I moved away from comic sans as my “go to” font, I have accumulated a lot of awesome, sometimes decorative fonts that I {heart}.  My problem has been that when I am creating a pack or working on a document, I don’t have time to scroll through a ton of (sometimes small) fonts to choose one that works from the drop down menu.  So what I usually do is just use a handful of my fonts, even though I have many more.
Not anymore! I have found a way to quickly look over my fonts to choose the PERFECT one!
The small version I printed two copies and laminated them, one is bound with a brad and one with a ring…just to see which works best.  One is with my computer at school and one is next to my computer at home.  When I am working, I flip through the booklet and choose the font that is “just right”!
Another idea is to print them out and place them in plastic sleeves in a notebook.
The cover you see in the picture is my first attempt, I used it in the “test” stage of my new font organizer.
It is also awesome for when you know what a font looks like, but can’t remember its name, flip through the book and find it quick!

How to:

You may be thinking that it would take an eternity to do this.  For me, it took about 30 minutes.  I used Pages (or Word) and created a text box, then I looked at my scroll down menu of fonts, chose the first one and typed its name, then the next.  I did NOT type the fonts that are standard or the plain, ugly ones that came with the computer, just my super cool ones =)
I chose an 18point font for each unless it came out too big or small, it ended up that I only had to adjust a few to either larger or smaller.
And for doodles?  I copied and pasted the alphabet with each doodle and have 
it saved as a document also!

And here is your freebie covers for your own font notebook!
(artwork used is from Little Red’s Clipart and Kevin& Amanda’s fonts)
Hope this helps!  Maybe do it as a summer project?!
Let me know what you think below or share if you have any helpful suggestions for how you organize your fonts!

56 Comments

  5. This is an amazing idea. I definitely need to do this. I don't do a lot of creating at school, or if I do, I bring my laptop in so the fonts on two different computers wont be an issue for me. And unless it's a font's CD, I cant download and install fonts from the internet on my work computer–boo!!

    Love this idea for home though!

    Erin

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  7. What a fabulous way to organize all the fonts we have and having it as a visual list. This makes it so easy to pick one for any project you are working on. I am adding this organizational tool to my "summer do list"! Thanks for sharing with all of us!!!
    Deb at Fabulously First

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  8. This is a fabulous idea! I have trouble remembering where my fonts are in the long list of fonts that I have. I wish I could download fonts at school, but for some reason I can't. This will be great for home though!

    Ashley

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  17. I need to do something like this for mine, but then I'd have to add commercial or personal. Some of my favorites I can't use for TpT. I guess I could type it up and then use parentheses and put C for commercial and P for personal…Must get busy! 🙂 Thanks! 🙂

    ღDeAnne
    First Grade and Fabulous

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  19. I have to admit – I'm clueless about installing fonts. Could you send me a private message how to go about that please? I would like to start using different fonts. I have downloaded a couple free ones – need to know how to use before I invest in more. Probably a simple thing to do. Thanks

    Tonya
    tonya.zinter@k12.sd.us

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  26. You are amazing! Thanks so much for sharing this fabulous idea! Now, do you have any ideas on how to mangage graphics?!

    Karen
    anappleadayinfirstgrade.blogspot.com

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  33. I keep a document in Word {like Jenn}. I love how you printed yours out and made a cute booklet, though! What happens when you download a new one, though? 🙂

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    1. I use a Sharpie marker to write on the back of one of the pages and every once in a while I edit the document to include the new ones and print them out and replace the old ones on the ring.

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  38. This is such a great idea! I have so many fonts that I don't even know what I have half the time!
    So funny about Comic Sans. That used to be my go to font and I thought it was so cute, too! Ha! Thanks for sharing this and for motivating me to finally get organized!!
    Linda
    AroundtheKampfire

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  42. I love this! I think my computer is on its last leg, so this would be a great way for me to round up the fonts I love and want to put on my new computer. Thanks for the great idea!

    Angie
    The First Grade Scoop
    I'll be having a 100 follower giveaway – stop by, follow my blog, and get ready for some goodies!

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  45. For me looking for the perfect font is the equivalent of looking for the perfect greeting card at the Hallmark store, I LOVE them all and could spend hours making a decision. What a Fantabulous idea, thanks for sharing.

    Alison

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  51. Love the idea. I had recently just started adding fonts to my new computer and so far have simply printed them out on a regular 8×11 sheet of paper, but like your flip book better. I have separated my list by categories also – holidays (Christmas, patriotic, Halloween), Disney, and misc. I then alphabetized them within each category as this makes it easier to find on the computer when you actually do them.

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  52. hello my name is Sara I am a teacher in Mexico, I like the things you do and I would like to use in my class would have to make some modifications such language: C as I can acquire that beautiful fountains, have for sale? thank you very much for sharing such beautiful creations my email is sara_altamirano@live.com.mx

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