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I would like to print out 100-150 assorted fonts from Google Fonts on nice paper for clients to be able choose from, for website builds.
Is there a recommended way to do this? I'm wondering if there's already a PDF or if it's easier to print all of them, that's fine too. I just have not found a good example of all (or many) of the Google Fonts in a printable layout that I can show to clients.
Is there a recommended way to do this
The recommended way is to not do that.
The client is hiring the graphic designer for their skills and making decisions like that. If you're just letting the client randomly pick elements of your design, you're not a designer...you're merely an assistant.
If you must print out a bunch of fonts, install them all, and then look at using some font management software--many of which have a feature to do just this.
Again, though, from a Graphic Design standpoint, you really do not want to do this.
If it's for a website I'd not even think about printing them. If you must make a test page and let them choose from a FEW fonts only, not all of them. Just the ones that fit into the context of the project. This way they get FEELING of having control over stuff. Printing them out would be very misleading. For example if print them out at high resolution they'll think that's what they'll get on the screen of whatever device. After wards they'll wonder why those fonts don't looks so sharp?
Although I do agree with the sentiment that you shouldn't just blindly display all the fonts, I do think it makes browsing the fonts from Google Web Fonts incredibly easier if you have all of them downloaded. This way you don't have to manually go through Google's Web Font directory and select all the ones you want, you can play with them at your own convenience.
https://github.com/w0ng/googlefontdirectory
This is the current directory of fonts form Google Web Fonts. The size is about 2GB.
Everyone is spot on when they say don't let the client dictate the choice of fonts- you are the designer and in that regard, you have the most appropriate, unbiased knowledge to make typographical choices.
Save trees! Use something free like Font Xplorer when displaying fonts instead of having to print them.
http://download.cnet.com/Font-Xplorer/3000-2316_4-10034113.html
