Two days ago I received a notification from ReviewMe. Someone had purchased a review. I was quick to check the notification and surprisingly found that purchaser had asked to use a certain text. That of course made it much nicer, because even if you pay for a review at AIFN, I will not write what you’d like, but review your service in all honesty. So lets get on with the review and check if I think the same as what the review requester, UrbanFonts.com hopes I will use as anchor text.
First thing one notices when visiting UrbanFonts is the clean and neat interface.
Fonts are shown under each other and a simple hover brings up the whole font alphabet.
One of the nicer things about UrbanFonts is the option to change font and background color. On top of the page, above the nicely categorized font navigation a java color picker immediately changes font and background color when applied. This is a nice usage of Javascript.
Of course, UrbanFonts offers as well fonts for Windows as for Mac.
Just as on most free font sites you can also see a preview of self chosen text.
Anyone who regularly visits font sizes will immediately feel ‘at home’ at UrbanFonts. Also the categories are no surprizes with categories such as Sans-Serif, Famous, Old-Fashioned and many more.
Of course you also find a Top 100 ranking of the most popular fonts.
UrbanFonts has over 8000 free fonts and Dingbats but also an area where you can purchase fonts.
A quick look has lead me for all commercial fonts to fonts.com and prices range from $28 to … expensive. There are around 3000 commercial fonts listed.
All in all UrbanFonts is one of many free fonts sites, but one with the cleanest interfaces I’ve seen. I absolutely love the hover font-view and the color picker.
What anchor text did the review requester expect me to use?
UrbanFonts.com is a great new free font archive but with a twist…. It’s organized as a commercial font foundry with plenty of interactive features. The site carries over 8,000 free fonts and free dingbats for PC and MAC without annoying pop up ads or obtrusive advertisement. Fonts and dingbats are neatly categorized with large custom color previews. The site also has a blog, a forum which includes articles about fonts and typography. It’s neatly packaged in a web 2.0 style with tags to find the top searched fonts.
Kindly link to our homepage UrbanFonts.com and if possible you could also link to some of our other pages …
I guess I was not too far off with my review, or the requested text was not too far off.
So if you request a review here and your product/service rocks, you will also have a positive review. No matter how much you pay… or don’t. ;-)
If you want to request a review or advertize on AIFN, check this entry.
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1 Avitable // Mar 4, 2007 at 11:57 pm// View all comments by Avitable//
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Wow - that is a good site. I’m surprised that one of these PPP type of places actually ended up being any good.
2 Franky // Mar 5, 2007 at 12:02 am// View all comments by Franky//
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Avi, UrbanFonts used ReviewMe. I think the standard at ReviewMe is higher than at PPP. With the same amount of money at PPP you can get 5-10 times as many entries.
3 Avitable // Mar 5, 2007 at 12:09 am// View all comments by Avitable//
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I was just using PPP as a generic term to describe any company that pays a blogger for advertising.
4 Franky // Mar 5, 2007 at 12:13 am// View all comments by Franky//
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Yup. But you are right. If I see the listings at PPP or the sites that use LoudLaunch.com I am glad I don’t use those services.
And reviewing UrbanFonts was a pleasure, I really love their interface.
They might become my new font site. So far, when, I have been using DaFont, but I like this interface more.
5 Wanted To Be A Whore // Apr 27, 2007 at 10:25 am// View all comments by Wanted To Be A Whore//
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[…] But then I visited one of the appealing campaigns and my will to earn a quick buck was suddenly over.I should have remembered Avi’s warning. […]