How can I (as a downloader, not an uploader) tell if a font has been updated to a new version? For instance, one font, "Gravity" was originally uploaded in April, and then expanded to a big family in June, b ut the change didn't show up under "new fonts". I thought there was a section on the front page called "updated fonts" but I don't seem to see that anymore.

Click on the banner with the text display, to see the details page for the font. For Gravity, the page is http://www.dafont.com/gravity.font. Under the Note of the Author, but above the graphic and character map, you'll see when the font was first seen on dafont, and when it was last updated. For Gravity, it was first seen on dafont on April 12, 2013, and last updated on June 14, 2013.

Updated fonts no longer appear on the first pages of New Fonts. Certain designers were making updates to their fonts every few days, mainly to stay on the front pages. People end up downloading multiple versions of the same font, and the uploader's statistics become inflated, giving the appearance that the font is more popular than it really is.

I suppose if someone was to make a major update to one of their fonts, they could make a forum post about it. Ideally, someone should not upload their font until after it's complete.

On the screen "New Fonts", clic on "Latest updates" (an option in the right side).