Install Fonts

[Man T]

I am just wondering to install new fonts into XP is not simple as copy the
whole files into Windows folder or need other procedures?

 

[bobbymike]

I am just wondering to install new fonts into XP is not simple as copy the
whole files into Windows folder or need other procedures?

I go into Documents and Settings - My documents and make a new folder called
Downloaded Fonts. Then I download the new font and extract the files saving
it to the new Downloaded Fonts Folder. Now go up to the task bar at top of
screen and click on Folders. On the left side of the screen, look for the
very last
Windows Folder and click on the plus sign. Scroll down until you see the
Fonts folder. Then simply drag the downloaded font that should be on the
right side of your screen over to the Fonts folder and drop it ... it will
then install automatically.

 

[Man T]

"> I go into Documents and Settings - My documents and make a new folder
called

Downloaded Fonts. Then I download the new font and extract the files
saving it to the new Downloaded Fonts Folder. Now go up to the task bar
at top of screen and click on Folders. On the left side of the screen,
look for the very last
Windows Folder and click on the plus sign. Scroll down until you see the
Fonts folder. Then simply drag the downloaded font that should be on the
right side of your screen over to the Fonts folder and drop it ... it will
then install automatically.

Sorry, can you elaborate this:
" Now go up to the task bar at top of
screen and click on Folders. On the left side of the screen, look for the
very last Windows Folder and click on the plus sign. Scroll down until you
see the
Fonts folder."

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

"> I go into Documents and Settings - My documents and make a new folder
called

Sorry, can you elaborate this:
" Now go up to the task bar at top of
screen and click on Folders. On the left side of the screen, look for the
very last Windows Folder and click on the plus sign. Scroll down until
you see the
Fonts folder."

Control Panel > Fonts > File > Install new fonts..

Point it to where your downloaded (and unzipped fonts are stored..

Select ALL > Install


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[Man T]

Control Panel > Fonts > File > Install new fonts..

Point it to where your downloaded (and unzipped fonts are stored..
Select ALL > Install

So the installation of the new fonts are done by Windows.

Is there a way I can "manually" install the fonts?
Since I need to build a installer to install new fonts on the target
machine.

 

[Big_Al]

So the installation of the new fonts are done by Windows.

Is there a way I can "manually" install the fonts?
Since I need to build a installer to install new fonts on the target
machine.

I wrote C++ code once to install an application that required 3 fonts.
I found by accident that just a simple copy of the fonts into the
C:\windows\fonts folder and then launching the "fonts" dialog was
sufficient to install the fonts. Control panel -> fonts. The same
window. It does leave the fonts dialog open on the screen but I simply
put up a readme for the user saying "bla bla bla and your app is loaded
and you can review the new fonts loaded and close the window when you
are done... bla bla" or something like that.

Not great but it worked.
ShellExecute(MainWindow,"open","explorer.exe",
FontFolder, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
FontFolder had been be defined with C:\windows\fonts, at least in XP.
Explorer.exe C:\windows\fonts
also works from the command line.

 

[Man T]

I wrote C++ code once to install an application that required 3 fonts.

I found by accident that just a simple copy of the fonts into the
C:\windows\fonts folder and then launching the "fonts" dialog was
sufficient to install the fonts. Control panel -> fonts. The same
window. It does leave the fonts dialog open on the screen but I simply
put up a readme for the user saying "bla bla bla and your app is loaded
and you can review the new fonts loaded and close the window when you are
done... bla bla" or something like that.

Not great but it worked.
ShellExecute(MainWindow,"open","explorer.exe",
FontFolder, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
FontFolder had been be defined with C:\windows\fonts, at least in XP.
Explorer.exe C:\windows\fonts
also works from the command line.

It looks like it is not enough to just copy the 'Fonts' files into the
C:\Windows\Fonts

Is there any 'Fonts' files can be downloaded for my testing from the net?

 

[Man T]

Not great but it worked.

It looks like it is not enough to just copy the 'Fonts' files into the
C:\Windows\Fonts

Is there any 'Fonts' files can be downloaded for my testing from the net?

Hi,

I just found some TrueTyped Fonts and copy into c:\windows\fonts
from within Windows Explorer
and it showed the process of installation.

Then I opened Word 2003 and found that the font was installed.