On enough occasions, I've been a little disappointed to find that a name I like for a new typeface has already been used. With the saturation of the market having so many fonts, it can be a challenge to not only think of a fitting name but to also do enough searching to see if it's available and find that it actually is. Of course, I could make up a word or alter the spelling of it that's not common, but sometimes a common word is nice. (I know you see this in business and other industries in general.)
So I'm wondering, what seems passable for making a name different enough if it's already in use in some form. For example (making this up): I might like the name Leafy, but it's already out there on a free font site (no ™ or anything). So would Leafy Script or Leafy Sans be enough to claim it without any real issues (assuming it's not too similar looking)?
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Sometimes you'll think of the perfect name for a font but it's taken so you have to give it up. That's just the way it is. I've come up with hundreds of font names. Some good, some bad. If you think of a perfect name, 99% of the time someone has already used it. Cross it off the list and move on. I think piggybacking someone else's name is a half-assed effort. Or when people add initials at the end of an existing font's name. It's a poor effort. Spend a few hours, if you can't come up with something better that's a dictionary word, construct synthetic words. Compound pieces of place names. Use online synthetic word generators. Use a scrabble dictionary and reconstruct pieces of words to showcase certain letters. Naming is hard. There's a book called Wordcraft that you might find inspirational.
A2Z Wordfinder
These will be available shortly for Halloween. WIP title of the right one was halloweenie but that was taken
Good point @Frode .
Because if you look at their about page you can see where their data is largely pulled from. It may be worth submitting all of your font names to further contribute to the resource and help ensure someone doesn’t accidentally create a font with the same or similar name (i.e. “Trillon”).
Also worth noting that when you follow the link in “you might want to check other sources (google.com) to be sure. Do this now.” that your font is the first result.
hE7485yUJqvz Regular
hE7485yUJqvz Italic
hE7485yUJqvz Bold
hE7485yUJqvz Bold Italic
To be on the safe side.