Ugly Qua and other free fonts

There are some quality free fonts out there, but one of my favorites is Ugly Qua. It has percolated onto most of the free font sites, but I finally did some digging around last night and found the original source as part of a pirate-themed set.

It turns out the creator — Manfred Klein — is quite the prolific font designer. You could literally spend days digging through all the fonts he created over the years. I'm not really into the Pi fonts, but his text, display, and historical fonts are of impressive scope and quality, especially given the price (free!).

Some other great free type foundries are Larabie, exljbris, and Font Garden.