Can i use Futura Font for free?

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Can i use Futura Font for free?

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Hello, i wanted to use the Futura Font for my Youtube Videos, but its not for free, isnt it?
Because you can download it here,
this
http://www.911fonts.com/font/download_F ... k_4023.htm
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You could find a cheap old copy of CorelDraw Essentials or WordPerfect Family Pack on e-Bay to get a legitimate license to use hundreds of Bitstream fonts including Futura. Otherwise, there are plenty of free look-alikes on Dafont.com etc. For YouTube videos, the highest quality is unlikely to be an issue.
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Thanks. I have found a font that was installed in my windows PC, that looks like Futura.
Can i use it on my videos ? My videos are monetized.
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I don't see any problem with that. Fonts would be pretty useless if you could not sell books made using them.
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hi.
I have found this font, but i don´t know if its a real Futura, because it says Futura2:

http://www.fontsner.com/font/Futura2Normal-10615.html
and this
http://ufonts.com/fonts/ag-futura.html

Maybe you know it?

Thanks
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Just go buy some weights of Futura if you want Futura. Everything else are rip-offs. There is no free version of it.
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Hello, i wanted to buy it, but is there really Futura on the CD? Can i read somewhere what fonts are on the CD?
I need Twentieth Century too. :D :)
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:You could find a cheap old copy of CorelDraw Essentials or WordPerfect Family Pack on e-Bay to get a legitimate license to use hundreds of Bitstream fonts including Futura. Otherwise, there are plenty of free look-alikes on Dafont.com etc. For YouTube videos, the highest quality is unlikely to be an issue.
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hello, i searched on ebay for it, but in my country there are no sellers who sell coreldraw etc. Are there other sources where i can buy it?
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Font0 wrote:Hello, i wanted to buy it, but is there really Futura on the CD? Can i read somewhere what fonts are on the CD?
I need Twentieth Century too. :D :)
Twentieth Century is quite similar to Futura, and it's included among the suggestions here.
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Alfred wrote:
Font0 wrote:Hello, i wanted to buy it, but is there really Futura on the CD? Can i read somewhere what fonts are on the CD?
I need Twentieth Century too. :D :)
Twentieth Century is quite similar to Futura, and it's included among the suggestions here.
i dont know if the fonts that are listed there are free fonts :(
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Try OpenSans instead. That's a free and OpenSource font, which means you can tweak it to suit your needs using FontCreator.
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Try OpenSans instead. That's a free and OpenSource font, which means you can tweak it to suit your needs using FontCreator.
I dont like it so -(
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Font0 wrote:
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Try OpenSans instead. That's a free and OpenSource font, which means you can tweak it to suit your needs using FontCreator.
I dont like it so -(
So, keep on searching for a free font that you do like.
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Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:
Font0 wrote:
Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Try OpenSans instead. That's a free and OpenSource font, which means you can tweak it to suit your needs using FontCreator.
I dont like it so -(
So, keep on searching for a free font that you do like.
So the fonts that are here http://www.dafont.com/forum/read/32051/ ... look-alike are not free?
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