Download fonts for different application areas

Use different fonts for different purposes

Computers have found their way into many different areas, not only in job-related but also in the private domain. And different usage scenarios often need different fonts. People dealing with languages, such as interpreters, who require accented characters in foreign languages, need other characters than persons, who are involved in the comprehensive field of sciences, e.g. natural science, social science or jurisprudence.

Find the font with the characters you need

So there's a huge number of different fonts for different application areas. But it's not only the abundance of fonts, which you can barely overlook; most of them are also containing thousands of available characters and it's hardly imaginable to access them all with your keyboard.

Before you can use the characters in a font, you must download the font and install it on your computer.

Download fonts

When you search the web, you find a lot of fonts for download. There are many sites out there, offering fonts for Windows and the Mac alike. You will find free fonts and commercial fonts for download.

One site, where you can download commercial fonts for a modest fee is MyFonts.com. Here you can purchase 62.000 fonts from more than 600 foundries. Another recommendable commercial site is Linotype.com coming with about 12.000 first-class fonts.

PopChar - explore and use downloaded fonts

Unfortunately, finding a site where you can download a font is only the first half of the solution. Most of the downloaded fonts come with thousands of characters and signs and it's not easy to explore all the characters of the font, and particularly to insert those characters into your documents.

That's where PopChar comes into play. PopChar lets you get the most out of your fonts by letting you view and insert all characters and symbols from all installed fonts into your documents - no matter what application you're currently using. There is no need to search for and remember different keyboard combinations.

All you need to do is open PopChar, click on the desired character and it instantly appears in your document. It gives you quick access to all characters of all fonts, even those that cannot be generated from the keyboard.

Read more about the Mac version or the Windows version of PopChar here!