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Here at Creative Bloq, we're big fans of typography and we're constantly on the hunt for new and exciting typefaces – especially free fonts. So, if you're in need of a font for your latest design or just like to keep a collection so you're prepared, we may be able to help out.

The best graffiti fonts to download for free

Every day, we're running 'Font of the day', where we'll be posting the best free and paid-for fonts the web has to offer.

A contemporary, geometric sans serif, Coco Gothic was inspired by traditional grotesque typefaces, including Futura and Avantgarde. A collaborative effort between designers Francesco Canovaro, Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Bruno La Versa and zetafonts, Coco Gothic comes in six weights with matching italics and extended character set.

Coco Gothic is available to download over on zetafonts, where you can also download demo versions of each weight for free.

Whether you're looking to grow your client list, win more work or climb the corporate ladder, you need to master the fine art of self-promotion – and Computer Arts issue 240 is your essential guide to doing just that.

A self-promotion special, it's packed full of expert advice and practical tips for promiting yourself – and it's on sale now.

The bumper issue also comes with a free digital copy of The Self-Promo Handbook, Computer Arts' best-selling guide to standing out from the crowd.

With the handbook, you get 100 pages of pro advice covering everything from how to boost word-of-mouth to strengthening your online presence, the most cost-effective forms of digital and print promo, designing a killer campaign, picking the right agent and more.

To celebrate the special issue, Hamburg-based designer and illustrator Florian Schommer (aka Kjosk) crafted a stunning isometric cityscape featuring a New York-style apartment block.

Computer Arts' finishing partner Celloglas then went to town on the print edition of issue 240, adding a double-layered emboss, matt silver foil highlights and a slick spot-UV to pick out the apartment windows.

If you're interested in saving money on Computer Arts, a two-year subscription to the print magazine will save you a whopping 38% on the newsstand price.

A two-year subscription to the digital edition, meanwhile, will save you 45% (that's 10 free issues) – and a two-year sub to the print and digital Computer Arts bundle will save you a massive 59%.

Here at Creative Bloq, we're big fans of typography and we're constantly on the hunt for new and exciting typefaces – especially free fonts. So, if you're in need of a font for your latest design or just like to keep a collection so you're prepared, we may be able to help out.

The best graffiti fonts to download for free

Every day, we're running 'Font of the day', where we'll be posting the best free and paid-for fonts the web has to offer.

Boho is designer Coto Mendoza's first script font family, which is based on gestual calligraphy. "Boho is inspired by a bohemian girl who is a free soul and creative spirit," Mendoza comments on HypeForType. "She is a city girl, but she loves spending a lot of time outdoors and being close to nature. She is a wild and free spirit who knows no bounds."

Boho is available to purchase via font foundry HypeForType.

The job you're trying to do with any font management system is to keep track of the various – and sometimes hugely complex – licensing terms for the typefaces you use, whether you're a single self-employed designer or whether you're part of a multinational agency.

That means not just knowing that you bought a font legally, but that you can do all the things with it that you need to – use it commercially, deploy it in an app, embed it in a PDF to send to a printer, or whatever.

You can do this manually, by reading the terms carefully and buying a sufficient number of 'seats' (designating the number of people who can use it).

You'll need to ensure, for example, that your printers have licences too if you're bundling assets to send to them, then loading the fonts onto the relevant machines and removing them when they're not needed or you need to move your seats around.

Using a formal, server-based system such as Extensis Universal Type Server or Monotype FontExplorer X Server means that auditing is easy.

Once you've decided on the best font management option for you, try these five tips for taking control of your fonts.

: Christopher Phin