Animated Fonts

• Animated fonts consist of traditional stylized letters with moving images. For example, the Flaming Font consists of block letters with the moving image of fire. Each letter of the font displays flames that dance. Other animated fonts display dancing sparkles, moving stripes or flashing colors. Animated fonts typically exist in the .gif format and cannot be used in word documents. Because they are animated, these fonts display none of the dancing qualities when printed on paper using a printer.
  
  

Dance Style Fonts

• Dance-style fonts use images of dancers instead of traditional letters. For example, the font Ballet consists of different silhouettes of a ballerina. When using a dance-style font, each letter, number or character corresponds to a different silhouette. To create the look of a moving dancer, type different letters or numbers to place one slightly different dancer after another. Other dance-style fonts consist of moving soccer players, modern dance silhouettes or tango dancers.
  
  

Where to Find Dancing Fonts

• Hundreds of font websites offer free dancing or animated fonts. Other websites offer a variety of free fonts and charge several dollars for "premium" fonts. Many fonts are available for personal use only while some are considered "freeware" and can be used for commercial purposes. To download a font, visit a font website and click on the font you wish to download. Click on the "Download" button and wait for the font to download. To use fonts with document or picture programs, you often need to drag and drop the font into the "Fonts" folder of the program.
  
  

Common Problems With Fonts

• Many dancing fonts use the .gif format in order to create an animated image. Though .gif works well online, it fails to function in documents, slide shows or image editors. Many people find animated fonts annoying or distracting, especially when used in excess. All unusual fonts suffer from problems when viewed on other computers. Typically, a font is impossible to view if it is not installed on a computer. To avoid this problem, save all documents as .pdf files. Typically, fonts display properly when saved as an image file.