Typography isn’t just about communication, it can also add subtle references to the message you’re trying to convey. Whole books have been written on the craft and nuanced world of typography and type design, but we’re keeping things simple.

In this article we’ve scoured the web to present you with a fine and varied selection of the best free fonts. Including scripts, serifs, and a range of ligatures, these fonts will give you greater flexibility in your designs, and add to your arsenal of design tools.

Some of these fonts can be used on your web projects, but check the terms. And if you’re looking at a quick overview of web font formats, check out Jonathan Snook’s post on font embedding.

So, without further ado, join us as we present you with 70 of the best free fonts, which you can download and use today. Let us know how you get on!

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Can’t make it to this year’s South by Southwest (aka SXSW) show in Austin? At least you don’t have to miss out on the music.

As part of its SXSW: Live from Austin series, NPR is offering The Austin 100 — a collection of 100 songs by 100 artists, all in MP3 format, all absolutely free.

And I mean really and truly free: There’s nothing to register for, no form to complete, and not a single Facebook or Twitter sharing requirement.

Just scroll down a bit until you see the Download the Music box on the left, then right-click the Zip file to download the entire batch of songs. You can also scroll down a bit further and download individual tracks if you prefer.

READ MORE:  Get 100 free MP3s from SXSW 2013 | The Cheapskate – CNET News.

“In many cases, DRM restrictions prevent legal users from doing something as normal as making backup copies of their music,” contends one of the researchers, Dinahy Vernik, assistant professor of marketing at Rice’s Jones Graduate School of Business. “Because of these inconveniences, some consumers choose to pirate.”

The paper in question is titled “Music Downloads and the Flip Side of Digital Rights Management Protection.”

Under certain conditions, “we find that eliminating DRM restrictions can lead to an increase in sales of legal downloads, a decrease in sales of traditional CDs, and a decrease in piracy,” conclude marketing scholars Vernik and Devavrat Purohit and Preyas Desai of Duke. “This is in stark contrast to the view that removing DRM will unconditionally increase the level of piracy.”

via A game we all win: Dumping DRM can increase sales while reducing piracy.