Font Tutorial: How to install fonts on Windows and the Mac.
Quick no-hassle guide to installing these and other fonts on to your computer.
First Step:
Unzip the font downloads from this site and extract someplace on your computer.
Installing Fonts on Windows Vista
- Select the font files you extracted and Right-click > Install
Installing Fonts on Other Versions of Windows (including XP)
- Place the font files into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts.
- Note: If you just extract the fonts from the zip file into the Fonts folder, the fonts wont install correctly. Just extract them somewhere else first then copy them over.
Installing Fonts on Mac OS X
- Place the font files into /Library/Fonts (for all users) or into /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for you only).
- Note: If you have Font Book installed, you can just double-click the font file to quickly install that font.
Installing Fonts on OS 9 and Below
- Open up the Hard Disk
- Open up the System Folder
- Open up the Fonts Folder
- Now highlight and drag the screen font (suitcase with A on it) and the printer font (not the .AFM file) into the FONTS folder
Installing Fonts on Linux
- Simply copy the font files to fonts:/// in the File manager