Hi everyone,

After using only free fonts I am now considering using paying fonts for a client of mine. But I realize that although free fonts can be tested at will on one's website, that's not possible with paying fonts.

 

So how do people deal with this problem? There will be countless cases where a font looks good on the font's site, but then once installed on one's website it doesn't match it so well. Do you just request a refund or something? What is you want to try 2 or 3 paying fonts before choosing the one that best fits your website?

 

Typekit has a free "trial" plan - https://typekit.com/plans - it's limited to a 2 fonts and not their full library but it's useful for testing.

 

http://www.fonts.com/ has a developer account which you can use at no cost - http://www.fonts.com/web-fonts/developers

Unfortunately my client wants to make a purchase once and for all, whereas Typekit requires to "rent" their fonts on a permanent basis. I'll try the fonts.com developer features though, thanks!