Various operating systems contain certain font libraries that are sufficient for everyday use: writing articles, preparing educational (diplomas, abstracts) and working (reports, forms, applications) documentation. But it’s more difficult for designers and publishers; to create a unique, recognizable brand or magazine, customers want more interesting non-standard fonts that are not in standard operating system libraries. In such cases, a person has to select the type of font of interest on special services, type . On this resource you can choose different kinds fonts in formats TTF, EOT, WOFF for your computer. And if you download the archive with the entire font, it will be fully prepared for use in your Web project, having inside all font formats in all available styles, as well as file CSS styles . The service contains various categories of fonts: from handwritten styles of different countries (ancient Greek, ancient Roman) to modern styles for techno and web design.
The most popular format for installing fonts is TTF. With the help of this article you will understand how to easily install fonts on various platforms: Windows, Linux, MacOS.
How to install a font on Windows
Windows began supporting True Type Format (TTF) with the release of Windows 3.1 and continues to this day. Installing fonts in different Windows versions there is practically no difference. A person who had the skill of installing fonts for XP can also easily repeat this in Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10.
Fonts in Windows OS are stored in the system folder with the path C:\WINDOWS\Fonts. To skip the font installation process, you can simply copy the TTF file downloaded from a disk, flash drive or the Internet to this folder.
After this step, you can easily use the font without direct installation.
You can install the font directly through the file. To do this, you need to left-click on the new TTF file with fonts and click on the “install” button.
After which the following operation will occur:
How to Install a Font on Linux
Installing fonts on Linux is a little more complicated than with a Microsoft operating system. The Linux system uses two folders: for fonts available to all PC users, the folder is used /usr/share/fonts, A folder.fonts only available for the selected user account
To add new fonts in Linux OS, you need to do the following:
Action 1. It is necessary to create in the root of the home parent directory (menu > Home folder) a folder with absolutely any name that begins with a Latin letter.
Action 2. You need to copy into this folder all the font files that you would like to install on Linux.
Action 3. You need to launch a terminal and go to the created directory using the command cd ~/preps. After this action, to see all the contents, you need to enter the command ls. operating room Linux system will provide you with full list placed files with fonts.
Action 4. You need to enter the command sudomv"font name.ttf" /usr/share/fonts/truetype. IN in this example it is possible to move files to the truetype subdirectory. To complete the font installation process, you must enter the administrator password after pressing Enter.
Congratulations, you have installed the font on your system and can now use it in all Linux programs.
How to install a font on MacOS
In the operating system from Apple font installation is simplified to a minimum. Besides latest version OSX supports Windows fonts without modifications.
The first method to install a font on MacOS:
For the most simple way To install a font, simply double-click on the file and click on the Install font button in the window that opens. After this action, the font will be available in any application.
The second installation method is more advanced. First you need to open the Fontbook program - a kind of font manager for MacOS.
After opening the program, you must specify the exact location to install the new font. The User folder should be changed to Computer so that the font is available to all accounts on this PC. In the preview menu, select Custom to be able to enter any text in the preview field. You can also change the text size in this field.
How to install a font in Photoshop.
Installing a Photoshop font is completely the same as installing a font in operating system. The Photoshop program is used on systems: Windows and MacOS, so the key to installing a font lies through installing the file with the font on the system. The only recommended action after installing a font on the system is to compare the file name with the name of the font. Since Photoshop will display exactly the name of the font, and not the name of the installed file.
We found out where all the fonts that are used in various programs, and now we will look at how to download and how to install fonts in Windows 7. There is nothing complicated about this, and in the end you will learn how to beautifully format the typed text.
By the way, if you are interested in how to install a new font in Windows XP or Vista, then this lesson is also suitable, there are no fundamental differences here, just read carefully.
First let's remember where to install fonts. Open Control Panel using the Start menu.
Now open the Fonts folder.
A window like this will appear, showing all the fonts that are on the computer.
If they are displayed differently for you, then for convenience you can change the view to the list; to do this, click on the triangle, as shown in the figure above. In the window that appears, click List.
Basically, you can try other points and see which look you like best.
These fonts are used in all programs in which you can print, for example, in text editors, like, or in graphics editing programs, like Photoshop. But it happens that, for example, you want to print an inscription on a picture or the title of an article beautiful font, but the options available in the program do not suit you. Let's return to our sheep. So, how to install a font on a computer?
First you need to download it from the Internet. Personally, I advise you to download fonts from the site www.photoshop-master.ru
This is a site about Photoshop, but the fonts are displayed the same in all programs, so you can download them from here. Moreover, the site is reliable and convenient.
We scroll through the site and on the left we find the inscription Fonts. Click to open a list various types fonts. Let's choose, for example, Decorative Russian fonts.
So, this page opens.
As you can see, there are also font categories at the top, and below are the fonts of the category that we chose. Let's choose, for example, the Chokogirl font.
A page with the font will open, here the picture shows what the font itself looks like, and just below we click “Download font”.
Save it to your desktop for convenience.
The fonts weigh little, so they download quickly. We find the archive with the font on the desktop. Now let's look at how to extract it from the archive and how to add a font in Windows 7 so that it can be used.
How to add a font to Word and more?
Click on the archive right click mouse, click Open with, then select WinRAR. If you don’t know how to unpack archives, then read my two articles on this topic:
Here in the archive is a picture of the font and the font itself. Now, without closing the archive, open the Fonts folder in the Control Panel. Hold down the file with the font with the left mouse button and, without releasing it, drag it into the Fonts folder and release the mouse button.
It should now appear in the Fonts folder.
If it hasn’t appeared yet, right-click on an empty space in the folder and click Update.
Now, to check, let's open . Select the text and open the list of fonts.
Scroll through the list and find our font. Let's choose it.
As you can see, even the English text has changed, but this is not always the case.
We do the same thing in Photoshop - everything works.
So we found out how to install font in word and to other programs. Don't be afraid to experiment and find new fonts. Surprise your friends with interesting text design. After all, not only the content is important, but also the form. It is enough to understand once how to add a font , and new possibilities for text design will open up for you.
If you still have questions, watch the video tutorial in which I explain everything in detail.
Often in Internet searches they write, How to insert a font in Word? This means that this question worries many. I also often have to write Greeting Cards for colleagues. Word does not always have the font you would like to use to write a congratulation text or draw up a drawing document. Therefore, you have to download the font from the Internet and install it on your computer. This way you can install an unlimited number of fonts. Fortunately, there are quite a lot of them on the Internet now, and you can download them for free. This is done very easily and should not cause you any difficulties. Read and put into practice.
Those fonts that are available in the operating system itself will not suit us. Special fonts are created for the Word text editor. They can be found on the Internet by searching “download free fonts for Word”, or “download free fonts for Word”.
- Download the required font (or set of fonts);
- . When unpacking you can choose Extract to current folder , if you placed the archive in some folder, or Extract to (archive name) ;
Advice
Place the archive in new folder. Call it whatever you like. If you just put the font archive on Desktop , and give the command Extract to current folder , then you will then collect font files all over your desktop. Imagine if there are a hundred of them?
- Let's go to – Start – Settings – Control Panel ;
- Find the folder in the Control Panel Fonts ;
So we looked at the question How to insert a font into Word. Thus, you can download as many fonts as you like. Create beautiful cards and congratulate your friends, family and friends.
Lesson topic: how to install fonts in Photoshop. The lesson is based on the CS6 version, but it can be applied to CS5 and other versions.
To add fonts to the editor, you need to have them on your computer. Just download them from any site that provides this option. But be careful when choosing - not all fonts support the Cyrillic alphabet, that is, the Russian alphabet.
To ensure that fonts display correctly in Adobe Photoshop, you should choose them with the extension .ttf (TrueType) or .otf (OpenType), of which the first is the most common.
Methods for installing fonts
Fonts are installed in system folder computer, sometimes into the program itself. There is conflicting information about where it is better to add them. Some argue that you should not add it to the system folder, as it becomes full and all editors with text support will become slow. Others believe that you should not overload Photoshop new settings to make it work faster. Both are right - both the editor and the OS become heavier with a large volume of files. To prevent this from happening, you can use special programs. Let everyone choose the best option for themselves.
In any case, the archive downloaded from the Internet must first be unzipped.
Native font installer
The method works flawlessly in Windows systems and Vista.
Option 1. Open the file with the font - at the top there is an Install button. Click it - the font goes to the system folder and becomes available to all text editors.
If the button is inactive, then this font already exists in the folder.
Option 2. Without opening the file, select it and right-click to call up the context menu. In it, select the Install command. It will download to the system folder.
These methods are good when you need to insert 1 – 3 fonts. If there are more of them, it is better to use other methods.
To the OS system folder
In the XP system, go to Start → Control Panel → Fonts. In the window that opens: Menu → File → Install font. It becomes possible to find the required file on your computer. We find and install.
On Windows, the font library is located in the Fonts folder, which can be accessed in two ways. Along the way:
- Start → Control Panel → Appearance and Personalization → Fonts.
- My computer → Drive C → Windows →Fonts.
If your computer is running MAC OS, you should look for the Fonts folder in the Library directory.
On Linux systems, a folder with the same name is located one level lower - in the share directory in the usr folder. The path will be like this: /usr/share/fonts.
The folder was found. Open it and insert the fonts.
By dragging. Next to the Fonts folder, open the folder with fonts. Select the desired file or several, hold it with the mouse and drag it to Fonts.
Copying. We highlight necessary files, copy them using the Ctrl+C keys or click on the selection with the right mouse and context menu select Copy. You can also select the Cut command if you do not intend to leave these fonts in this folder.
Then go to the Fonts folder, right-click on the white field between the files (not on the file!), select the Paste command.
How to Install Fonts in Photoshop Editor
You can insert files of other formats into Photoshop itself, not just TrueType.
You can use the copying method described above, with the difference that you need to paste them into the system folder of the editor itself. It is located along the path: drive C → Program Files → Common Files → Adobe → Fonts. They will work in Photoshop, but will remain unavailable for other programs.
Tip: after installation, the fonts will appear in Photoshop immediately. If this does not happen, restart the editor.
Using manager programs
There are various programs that make it easy to activate a large number of fonts of different, even non-standard formats, and deactivate them when they are no longer needed.
The main advantage is that they do not create a load on either the operating system or Photoshop. Here are the names of some of them:
- Adobe Type Manager;
- Hpfonts;
- Adobe Type Manager Deluxe;
- Fonts Expert.
Font is a graphic form of characters in the alphabetic writing system. That is, the font is not the letters themselves, but their design. It can be bold, slanted, elongated, handwritten, square, rounded, and whatever else it can be. Don't confuse with . In the latter case, it is a means of applying letters and editing them.
Having installed an operating system (OS) on your computer, it already has a whole arsenal of fonts. These are mainly those that the OS itself uses for its design, as well as a number of standard ones that have become generally accepted, such as Times New Roman and Arial. If you have used any product from Adobe, then a large set of fonts from this company will be automatically installed. Any other computer applications can also add to your font library.
As a result, what the OS offered is not enough, especially when dealing with design and graphics. Here you are, if you installed Photoshop, then this already means that you need to look for and install new fonts. And now I’ll teach you how to do this.
When you're looking for new fonts, it's important to make sure they support Cyrillic alphabet, i.e. Russian language. Difficulties and disappointments will arise here, because the situation is such that there are tens of times fewer Russian speakers. And among the English ones there are such cool ones that they just make your mouth water, but they cannot be used for Russian-language text.
Instructions for installing fonts
In general, they are not installed into a specific program. For example, Photoshop has access to a shared font library. This means that those installed in the OS itself will also be displayed in Photoshop. That's why the main task be able to open the library and add the fonts you like there.
Let's assume you've found the right one. It must be in otf or ttf format and have the following design:
Please note that if it supports the Cyrillic alphabet, then the preview will show three Russian letters “Abf”. You can also understand from the letters what its outline looks like.
So here's how to install:
1 STEP
Right-click on the file and select Copy from the drop-down menu.
STEP 2
Open the font library. It is in the folder Windows - Fonts. Usually address bar looks like this: C:\Windows\Fonts.
STEP 3
Click on any free space within open window right-click and select Insert from the drop-down list. A short installation will begin.
READY!
Everything is installed. Open any program, be it Photoshop, or, for example, text editor. The main thing is to remember the name of the font in order to find it from the list.
If you notice an error in the text, select it and press Ctrl + Enter. Thank you!
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