Custom fonts can add extra interest and impact to your documents.
To install fonts
1. Download Your Font
Members login and download the font you want to use. Once you find an font , download it to a folder on your computer by clicking it and click The Green Arrow to download it , then choose the location on your computer you want to save the font to (It doesn't matter where you save it).
Click Save again once you find the location to save it. When the Download Complete window opens click Open Folder. By clicking the Open Folder button you are taken directly to the location you downloaded the font to. You now have the font on your computer, but it's in a .ZIP file.
2. Unzip your Downloaded Font File
You must have a .ZIP utility in order to continue from here. If you don't download one now from the links below.
WinZip (Recommended)
Click the download link and then click the Evaluation link. You can use the Evaluation program FREE.
StuffIt Expander (Works with PCs and Macs)
Just fill the form out and click the Download button, it's 100% FREE.
Right-click the .ZIP file you downloaded from Graphics Factory and select Extract to Folder... That will extract the contents so you can use the font file.
3. Double-click the folder that was created by the .ZIP file and right-click the font (.TTF) file, then choose Copy.
4. Installing Your New Font
- Under Windows Vista
Select your font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) then Right-click > Install
- Under any other version of Windows
Copy and paste your new font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) into your Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts
(can be reached as well by the Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Fonts or by Right-clicking the Windows Start button and selecting Explore. Then browse to your font folder usually C:\Windows\Fonts).
You can right-click on your new font file and choose copy, then paste or use CTRL+V on the keyboard in your fonts folder. Your new font will install automatically once you paste it into your fonts folder. Then you can use your font in any Windows application.
- Under Mac OS X :
Put your font files into /Library/Fonts (for all users), or into /Users/Your_username/Library/Fonts (for you only).
If your OS includes the Font Book, you can as well double-click on a font file, then a preview pops with an "Install font" button.
- Under Mac OS 9 or less :
Not sure if you know please Email me instructions so I can post them here.
You're Done!
NOTE: Make sure you close all programs and re-open them before using a newly installed font. The program will need to be restarted in order to use the new font.
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