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Install A New Font
Install A New Font
The font packages you download from the www.ffonts.net is in compressed .zip fil es to reduce file size and make downloading faster. If you have downloaded a font that is saved in .zip format, you can "unzip" it b y double-clicking the icon for the font and following the instructions on the sc reen. INSTALLING MORE THAN 1000 FONTS ONTO YOUR COMPUTER CAN CAUSE A REDUCTION IN SPEE D. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU LIMIT YOURSELF TO A NUMBER LESS THAN 1000 (400-500). Installing new fonts How to install a font under Windows? Download Font Click on the "Download" button, save the font file on your hard disk. Under Windows Vista : Select the font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) then Right-click > Install Under any version of Windows : Place the font files (.ttf, .otf or .fo n) into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts (can be reached as well by the Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Fonts). Tip : if you punctually need a font, you don't need to install it. Jus t double-click on the .ttf file, and while the preview window is opened you can use it in most of the programs you'll launch (apart from a few exceptions like O penOffice). How to install a font under Mac OS ? Download Font Click on the "Download" button, save the font file on your hard disk. Under Mac OS X 10.3 or above (including the FontBook) : Double-click t he font file > "Install font" button at the bottom of the preview. Under any version of Mac OS X : Put the files into /Library/Fonts (for all users) or into /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for you only). Under Mac OS 9 or earlier : Download the font files (.ttf or .otf),The n drag the fonts suitcases into the System folder. The system will propose you t o add them to the Fonts folder. How to install a font under Linux ? Download Font Click on the "Download" button, save the font file on your hard disk. Copy the font files (.ttf or .otf) to fonts:/// in the File manager. Notes * To select more than one font to add, in step 6, hold down the CTRL key, an d then click each of the fonts you want to add. * You can also drag OpenType, TrueType, Type 1, and raster fonts from anothe r location to add them to the Fonts folder. This works only if the font is not a
lready in the Fonts folder. * To add fonts from a network drive without using disk space on your compute r, clear the Copy fonts to Fonts folder check box in the Add Fonts dialog box. T his is available only when you install OpenType, TrueType, or raster fonts using the Install New Font option on the File menu.