How to install fonts?

It might surprise you that so many people(secretary, graphics or web designer, normal individual using Ms Office or just for the sight of it on the pc) would love to install new favorite fonts in their pc or laptop, but they just get stuck right there. So in view of this, i have written this simple methods. I hope it helps someone…LOL!

Download your choice font. There so many resources. I recommend www.searchfreefonts.com. Here you have two font categories…a. FREE, b. COMMERCIAL. You pay for commercial before you can download. Free is free!

Unpack the font file using compression softwares. WINZIP, WINRAR…I recommend 7zip(It is free and powerful). Since most font files are in .ZIP extension you might simply use the Windows option described as we proceed.

You can do this by clicking the “Download” button and saving the font zip file somewhere on your hardrive.

Unpack the font file by double clicking it or right clicking.
Recent versions of Windows can unpack zip file archives and self-extracting zip files when you right click on the file, and select “Extract All”. Then click Next, select the place you want to extract files, click Next and click Finish.

Otherwise, if you are using WinRAR, WinZip, 7zip or any other utility to unpack these files. To extract zip file right click or double click on the file, then click Extract and select the place where you want to extract the font files.

INSTALLING FONTS IN WINDOWS 7:
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Right click the extracted font file (.ttf or .otf) and click properties

Under the General you will see Unblock button Click on it(Ignore this step if there is no Unblock button and continue to steps 1 or 2.

1. Double click extracted (.ttf or .otf) font file and click Install button on the upper left corner.
2. Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop extracted (.ttf or .otf) font file into the Fonts folder. The Fonts folder is located in C:WindowsFonts

INSTALLING FONTS IN VISTA:
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Right click the extracted font file (.ttf or .otf) and select Install

INSTALLING FONTS IN 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP:
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There several methods to do so – choose any you want:

1. Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop extracted (.ttf or .otf) font file into the Fonts folder. The Fonts folder is located in C:WindowsFonts or C:WINNTFonts. OR
2. Locate and double click the Fonts folder. HOW? Click File and Install New Font select the folder which has the font you want to install and click OK. The Fonts folder is located in C:WindowsFonts or C:WINNTFonts.

In XP you can reach the Fonts folder by clicking Start>Control Panel>Fonts OR C:WindowsFonts
In prior version of Windows you can reach Fonts folder by clicking Start>Settings>Control Panel>Fonts

INSTALLING IN MAC:
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Double click the Dowload button and save the font zip file on your hardrive. Unpack the font file using Stuffit Expander(http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/stuffitexpander.html). If you are using Safari as your default web browser it will automatically extract a zip file and save it to Downloads folder.

Before installing fonts, you should close any open applications. For some applications, new fonts do not appear in the font menu if you install them while the application is open.

Double click on the font file you just extracted. This will open the font so you can preview it and if you like the font click Install Font. This will automatically install the font and you will able to see it in the Font Book.

If the above instructions do not work just drag and drop extracted font file into the Font Book which is located under applications.

INSTALLING IN LINUX:
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Copy the extracted (.ttf or .otf) font files into fonts:///

Thank you for reading. You can always contact me on Facebook: [http://www.facebook.com/PRAYHZE?] or socrayhte@gmail.com if you stumble into difficulties.

CIAO! CIAO!!