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Where do you get nice paragraph fonts?

Hi everyone, I've never purchased a premium font for myself, but I notice that sites I really like that use clean fonts like "Europa" "Proxima Nova" and "Futura." Are these part of Adobe and do I have to buy a membership to use these? I'm really just looking for a clean, friendly font for paragraph text. Just curious what others do when Google fonts isn't enough.

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    TypeKit usually has plenty of choices. I like using WhatFont chrome extension to identify fonts on blogs that I like.

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    If there's a specific font that I like, but it's a premium font, I'll use a site like Identifont to find similar alternatives.

    Then I 'll select a free alternative from that list. I definitely agree that in the early days there are more important things to spend money on.

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    Yes, could use Typekit for this.

    Another interesting option, because of their library, is Cloud Typography

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    You could convert fonts with an online generator like this one: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/tools/webfont-generator

    However, it is technically not legal to do so. As an Indie Hacker, Google Fonts is perfectly fine with me. There are more important aspects to a startup that could use those funds.