Step-by-Step Guide to help you Install your fonts on your computer
Original article was extracted from Font Spring.
How do I install fonts on my Windows PC?
Important!
- Make sure you are installing the desktop fonts and not webfonts. Fonts purchased for @font-face embedding cannot be installed as a desktop font. If you purchased both, you may be looking in the wrong folder.
- Zipped folders MUST be unzipped. Some Windows operating systems allow you to peek inside a zipped folder. This does not mean it is actually unzipped.
Windows 10
- Unzip the folder containing the fonts first. Fonts cannot be installed if they are zipped.
- Right click on the font file and select Install.
OR
- Search for Fonts in the search box by the start menu.
- Click on the Fonts (Control Panel) link to open the Fonts Manager
- Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste the unzipped fonts into the Fonts Manager to install.
Windows 8
- Unzip the folder containing the fonts first. Fonts cannot be installed if they are zipped.
- Right click on the font file and select Install.
OR
- Go to search in the start menu.
- Search for Fonts in settings.
- Click on the Fonts Folder to open the Font folder.
- Drag and Drop or Copy and Paste the unzipped fonts files into the Fonts folder to install.
Windows 7
- Unzip the fonts first. Fonts cannot be installed if they are zipped.
- Right click the font file and select ‘Install.’
Windows Vista
- Unzip the fonts first. Fonts cannot be installed if they are zipped.
- From the ‘Start’ menu select ‘Control Panel.’
- Then select ‘Appearance and Personalization.’
- Then click on ‘Fonts.’
- Click ‘File’, and then click ‘Install New Font.’
- If you don’t see the File menu, press ‘ALT’.
- Navigate to the folder that contains the fonts you want to install.
- Select the fonts you want to install.
- Press the ‘Install’ button to install the fonts.
Windows XP
- Unzip the fonts first. Fonts cannot be installed if they are zipped.
- From the ‘Start’ menu select ‘Control Panel.’
- Select the ‘Appearance and Themes’ category.
- Select ‘Fonts’ from the ‘See Also’ panel at the left of the screen.
- In the Fonts window, select the ‘File menu’, and choose ‘Install New Font.’
- Navigate to the folder that contains the fonts you want to install.
- Select the fonts you want to install.
- Press the ‘OK’ button to install the fonts.
Original article was extracted from Font Spring.
How do I install fonts on my Mac?
Fonts can be installed in several folders in OS X, but we recommend that you do the following:
First, close any open applications. Newly installed fonts may not appear in your font menu if you ignore this step.
Install using Font Book:
- Double click the unzipped font file and Font Book will open a preview of the font.
- Click “Install Font” at the bottom of the preview.
Manually install:
- Open Finder and click the Go menu at the top of the screen.
- While in the Go menu, hold down both the Alt/Option and Shift keys on your keyboard to reveal the hidden link to the Library folder
- Navigate to your Fonts folder:
/Users/Your_Username/Library/Fonts - Drag and drop the unzipped font files into this folder.
Hope that helped!
If you have further questions, feel free to get in touch with me!