Why has no one told me about dafont.com yet? Full of thousands of gorgeous fonts that are simple (really!) to download and install, I about had a heart attack looking through the retro section.
Bonus: be sure to check out the Typewriter section for some great ransom note fonts.
Oh my god, with my obsession with old southern homes and the movie Marie Antoinette, Anna French really has to stop making such incredible designs or I will have to wallpaper my house (something I think my landlord would not appreciate).