Fonts Outside of Zazzle

[ZAZKAT]

I am interested in incorporating Fonts outside of what Zazzle uses.  If I find "free fonts, what is the best methodology to incorporate?  Do you use photoshop?  Where are they downloaded to and how to incorporate.  Thank you for any input you can provide.

[KeegansCreation]

You can't incorporate outside fonts into Zazzle. The only way to use non-Zazzle fonts (such as the Photoshop ones, which I use) is to make typography designs in your graphics program and then upload a png file. They can't be used for template text.

The way that you install fonts into your computer depends on what you are using. It could also depend on what graphics program you are using. Photoshop has direct access to a variety of fonts which you install from within Photoshop. 

[ZAZKAT]

Am I correct to say that they are part of the design template that stay stagnant?  I am currently walking towards using Photoshop.  Not there yet.  When I do, how do you connect the two.  How is the font template moved from png to zazzle?  Just like dragging a photo from the computer library?

[KeegansCreation]

You can't connect the two. When you make a typography design in Photoshop, using their fonts, you upload that design file as a png to Zazzle and it is just like any other design. The Zazzle design tool perceives it as a design element, not a font. There is no moving templates from Photoshop to Zazzle. If you want to make text templates you have to use Zazzle's fonts.

That said, I recommend getting Photoshop. Yes, it's a subscription and not a one-off purchase but I think it's worth it. The sheer number of fonts you have access to is staggering (though they can't be used to make template text on Zazzle). If you plan to make a lot of (non template) typography designs there will be no need to go hunting for fonts elsewhere. You will truly have more than you can use.
Zazzle and Photoshop do have one particular type of integration. Nope. It's not fonts. Sorry. But it is cool. It's Adobe Design To Print whereby a design tool templates from Zazzle can be seen inside Photoshop and you can actually see your design on the Zazzle mockups before uploading it to Zazzle. This is particularly helpful for oddly shaped design spaces like leggings and socks. But you can't use it to make template text with Photoshop fonts. That can't happen.

[ZAZKAT]

I understand your first two paragraphs.  Can you clarify the third paragraph:  
"Zazzle and Photoshop do have one particular type of integration.....

[ZAZKAT]

I think you are saying that you can't create movable, changeable templates.  It's for stagnant design.  So a card, for example, can have your design and fonts that stay still and you can integrate other fonts from Zazzle that the buyer can change such as name and address.

[KeegansCreation · Accepted solution]

Yes. A pretty common technique is to make the "Happy Birthday" or "You're Invited" or other unchanging text using a fancy non-Zazzle text in your graphics program and then using Zazzle fonts for the template text.

[ZAZKAT]

That is what I am seeing throughout Zazzle.  The popularity of the Typography leads the emphasis of the design.  

[KeegansCreation]

If you are planning on making a lot of typography designs, Photoshop is a good choice. Right out of the box there are quite a lot of fonts. But within their type tool you can also connect to their website and install an absurd number of fonts, more than you can use. 

[KeegansCreation]

Zazzle worked together with Adobe to make Design-To-Print, a plug-in that lets Photoshop users work on a version of the design tool (but not making templates) while in Photoshop.

Here is more about it:

https://www.zazzle.com/create/featured/adobe+design+to+print 

[ZAZKAT]

Is adobe design to print a nice thing to have or have you been using mostly photoshop on it's own?

[KeegansCreation]

It's nice but not a game changer. I mostly just use it for design spaces that have weird shapes like leggings and socks. It does help with seeing where bleed lines are so I can make sure my design fits within them. I wouldn't let it be a decider on whether you get Photoshop. 

[ZAZKAT]

Photoshop it is.  My son uses it out of state.  I am trying to figure out how we can use it together at a better pricing.