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Fonts/Zipped file Question

18 years ago

I have downloaded some new fonts and have no idea how to get them into my font folder. I did do some research and drag/drop seems to be the easiest way. Any advise?

Also the files are zipped so how do I extract the fonts so I can drag/drop them? Do I need winzip to do that? I'm really lost on this one and any help would be appreciated.

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owbist
18 years ago
If you have XP double click on each zipped font to extract it to a folder of your choice.

Once that is done click Start
click Control Panel
click Font
in the new window click File at the top
click Install new font
find the folder in the lower left corner of the window
the fonts should then show above in the 'List of fonts' window
click OK
msm84
Original Author
18 years ago
Thanks Owbist! I'll give that a try and let you know how it works for me.

And yes I do have XP....sorry for not mentioning what OS I was running :o(
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msm84
Original Author
18 years ago
Owbist it worked with a few changes *lol* I unzipped the files and drag/dropped them into a folder I named "fonts". Then I went to "My Computer", clicked on the fonts icon and went to the top and opened "file". There I found the "Add Fonts" and clicked on it. The box opened and I tried to find my fonts folder. No matter what I did or clicked on it just would not open the area of My Documents where I had the folder. I noticed my cd/dvd drive was listed so I closed out of everything and made a cd of the fonts! Now when I went back and started over I just clicked on my cd/dvd drive, clicked "select all", hit "ok" and that was it!! Worked like a charm :o)

Out of curiousity I open my PhotoShop Elements, opened a photo to play with, hit the font icon and they were now listed in the font list!! I'm a happy camper!!

Thank you so much for your help and I hope this helps someone else too.

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owbist
18 years ago
Thanks for letting us know it worked for you Mary.

Often advice given on forums such as this is read by many others who do indeed gain from the threads. This is why I find it upsetting that some fail return to their threads to let others know it worked - or did not work, no one really knows if the problem was fixed.
msm84
Original Author
18 years ago
Owbist, I couldn't agree with you more about reporting back!! So many times I have done a search, found the subject, but no report back on a solution. I appreciate it when someone does post back and lets everyone know what the out come was.

BTW, I found putting the fonts on a cd made it very simple and besides I can now get them on my laptop (which is not networked to my desktop) just as easy. The cd makes it a win-win solution :o)

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