How to Install a Font to a Windows OS

©MonZaeMon™ 69 - Having a variety of fonts can be very helpful when it comes to creating documents using Windows. It can add zest and appeal to your document and attract potential readers. Having a large arsenal of fonts at your disposal is always a good option.

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This will save time later.

Think about what you want your font to look like. This will make things easier when you are actually trying to find a font.
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Find a website that you can download fonts from. For a list of websites, enter "fonts" into your preferred search engine. This will give you access to thousands of free fonts.
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These are just a few examples.

Choose a category. Most sites will have at least a couple dozen categories for you to choose from. This can help narrow down your choices even further. You can also search for a specific font if you know the name.
4

It should look a little like this.

Download the file. Once you have found the right font, you need to download it. To do this, simply press the "Download Windows" button.
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The file saved on to the desktop.

Unzip the file. To unzip the file, simply press "Open" and your unzipper should open it automatically(If you do not have one you will need to download it). Then save the font to a place where you can easily find it(like your desktop).
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This is what should come up.

Add the file to your fonts. To do this, open up the start menu and search "Fonts". Its usually the first listed under "Programs". Open the folder then drag the file from your desktop to the folder.
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Double check.

Double check. Double check to make sure the file successfully made it to the Fonts folder. To do this, open up Fonts and scroll through until you see the newly added font. If its not there, you may need to re-install it.
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The newly added font.

Test out your font. You can to this more than one way. You can double click the newly added font to see what it looks like, or you can actually use it. Simply open up Word(although you can open up something else like Powerpoint) and select your font. Type something out to see what it looks like.