What I found was that many free fonts aren't all that good in terms of quality OR that there is only one weight and style available at no cost and you have to pay to get the entire set. Occasionally you'll find something pretty good. I found one on dafont.com called Roboto, and it seems like a good, clean sans-serif font that actually comes in 16 different weights and styles from thin to black, bold and italic. I haven't tried printing with it yet, but I'm curious to see what it looks like printed. I won't attach the document here because it's too big.
The coolest website I've found that has interesting fonts is called Lost Type Co-op - here is the link: http://www.losttype.com . It's the first of its kind pay-what-you-want foundry. It was founded by Riley Cran and Tyler Galpin. All of the funds go directly to the designers of the fonts. Lost Type doesn't take any cut of the sales and hold no funds. You can pay whatever you want, and even enter $0 if you can't afford to pay (students, for example).
The selection isn't very large, but there are some really interesting fonts. Some are very vintage-looking, some are elegant, some are script fonts, some are display fonts. I actually used one called HABANA for one of my projects in typography.
I also like the way in which they display the fonts on the site. Here are a few examples:
I am amazed at how many typefaces are available to us today. I can't imagine what people who lived hundreds of years ago would think if they saw what things are like today. It's pretty mind-blowing!
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