Install Custom Fonts in Windows [How To]

By Rich on January 18, 2009 (12 Comments)

There are many free fonts available online; to install a new font (note: if you’re an XP user, scroll down to the XP Method Section):

Download a font
If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
Right click on the font file and click Install

Install a New Font – Method 2

To install a font through the font manager, do the following:

Download a font
If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
Click the Start button, type font, and click on Fonts
Drag the font file into the Font manager

XP Method

For Windows XP users:

Download a font
If the font file is in a .zip archive, right click the file and click Extract
Open C:\Windows\Fonts
Drag the font file to the Fonts folder:

install font xp 01 Install Custom Fonts in Windows [How To]

install font xp 02 Install Custom Fonts in Windows [How To]

Enjoy your new fonts.

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Mark
Thank you very much Rich -Mark in S. Diego
- http://richr.org/ Rich
  You’re very welcome. I’m always looking for help on improving my guides so please let me know if this one can be improved to be more helpful.
Phubeth
I DID AS YOUR MEDTHOD BUT IT DID NOT CCCURE AT FONT MANAGER BOX. HOW CAN I DO NEXT. THANK YOU. PHUBETH
Phubeth_h
I DID AS YOUR 2ND MEDTHOD, BUT IT DID NOT OCCURE TTF FONT AT FONT BOX. HOW CAN I SOLVE THIS EVENT. THANK YOU.
alex
thank you so much!
lisajverona
I’m having problems installing certain .ttf fonts. I’ve tried several times with method #2 but the system says that it’s impossible to install the font. If I right click on the font the option “install” doesn’t even appear. Can you tell me if there’s anything else that I can do?
- http://richr.org/ Rich
  Is it just one font? Perhaps you could re-download it as it may be corrupted. If it’s not corrupted (i..e when you double click on it, the preview works), let us know. (Also, it doesn’t hurt to double check if it already got installed somehow.)
Prashanth14abc
I tried both methods, both resulted in same way.
“The file ‘D:MylaiTSC.ttf’ does not appear to be a valid font.”
Yeah, i’ve checked the fonts folder, its not installed.
The file is not corrupted, and is not in a zip. Any suggestions?
- http://richr.org/ Rich
  Prashanth, does the font work on a different PC?
  - Prashanth14abc
    There was problem with the code in the ttf file. I also found that the particular font was not upto my requirements, hence i don’t need to try fix it anymore.
    BTW i tried to use other fonts just for checking, and it was working fine.
    Anyway thanks for helping me out Rich.
  - http://richr.org/ Rich
    Thanks for the update.
wptemaer
Hmm i get a lot of folders named fonts but not placed in windows/system32 etc.

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