For more experienced computer users, this is of course long gone, but everyone started at some point. Therefore for our "newcomers" hopefully understandable instructions:
Install a font in Windows XP
First in the control panel the Fonts Open (Start menu -> Control Panel -> Appearance and Themes -> "See also:" Fonts)
There then in the menu File Select "Install Fonts".
From drives and Folder list select the location of the new font. This can be a font CD, a file can also be obtained from another PC in the network (LAN), or a single font has been downloaded from the Internet, for example onto the desktop or into another directory. Above all, designers offer their creations for sale on the Internet for a fee; there are also collections of license-free fonts that are available free of charge, sometimes only for private use. The latter, however, are often - but not always - of inferior quality or are flawed. Please pay attention to the applicable copyrights when purchasing and passing on.
Truetype font files for Windows are at their extension . Ttf They are also shown with the "TT" or "O" icon. (Windows also supports a few other font file formats: .pfm for PostScript Type1 fonts, .otf for OpenType fonts. It also knows various non-printable raster fonts.)
After you have selected the correct folder, Windows searches it for fonts and creates an overview of all the fonts found, ie the fonts contained in this folder. Caution: On slower computers and with large directories, creating this list can take up to a few minutes. The progress is shown in percent.
The control panel Copy the fonts to the "Fonts" folder should be checked so that the fonts don't fly around all over the computer afterwards ...
With the mouse you can select the desired fonts from the font list. By pressing the Ctrl (or. Ctrl) Key or the shift key, several fonts can be selected for installation, alternatively one can press the button "Select all".
Finally click on "OK", the fonts will be installed and are now available in all Windows applications.
One final note: Font management requires considerable system resources that are then not available for other purposes. It is therefore a good idea to only have installed fonts that you use regularly. All other (außer the system fonts, including Arial, TimesNewRoman, System and most raster fonts) can be deleted from the font folder after use. If you want to use the fonts to be deleted again later, you should keep a copy of the corresponding files in a different location so that you can reinstall them according to this recipe if necessary. We have explained details about removing fonts under Windows here: https://www.win-tipps-tweaks.de/forum/system-a…-entfernen.html
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