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punkette4vab in icon_tutorial

Using Font Tuts

Jun 07, 2007 12:02

Based on the question about how to download and install fonts for PCs. I decided to make a quick tut for it.
There are some pics attached.
First you pick out the font that you want and click to download it.

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resource: fonts

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randomus_r June 7 2007, 16:55:52 UTC

I'm so jealous, you have Vista... *cries*
Anyway, thanks for this ^^

ms_vogue June 7 2007, 16:56:51 UTC

Very good and useful tutorial! Except I know another way to download fonts. Once extracted all fonts, copy them and paste them in the fonts folder..it will quickly install itself into all fonts by just pasting. Anyway..good tutorial!

jadeleopard June 7 2007, 16:58:13 UTC

Actually in Vista you just need to right-click on the font and select 'Install'.

lost_esque June 7 2007, 17:19:15 UTC

you can just drag the font from your desktop into the window :)

but i always rightclick->scan for viruses first. 'cause that wouldnt be good if you accidentally infected your computer....

helenahandbag June 7 2007, 17:52:37 UTC

Good tutorial! You may want to make a note about dragging and dropping the files into the Fonts folder, though. I don't know about Vista, but in XP if you drag and drop you run the risk of damaging the Fonts folder by making the computer think it's a regular folder. This will stop your computer from being able to read the fonts correctly. It's fixable, but it's a pain to have happen, so you may want to warn people against doing it. Just a thought :)

punkette4vab June 7 2007, 18:31:42 UTC

in Vista there is not even option to install it though the fonts. The only two ways to install the fonts is to drag-drop (I intall 52 fonts this way today and they all work fine) and as jadeleopard said to right click and install that way. drag-dropping in Vista works just fine.

helenahandbag June 7 2007, 18:41:59 UTC

Good to know :) I'm glad Microsoft fixed the drag-and-drop problem, because it really is much easier to install fonts that way. It's pretty simple to fix the folder problem in XP (TweakUI is a Microsoft Powertoy that was released specifically to repair system folders like the Fonts folder), but from personal experience it sucks to see one's fonts look terrible because the computer has converted the system file into a regular file.

aquamarcia June 8 2007, 00:16:30 UTC

There's no reason to believe Microsoft has fixed the drag and drop font installation problem. It's possible to install fonts by dragging and dropping and not having the Fonts folder lose its special attribute. The bug that causes the Fonts folder to lose its special attribute is not one which occurs regularly, but seemingly manifests at random. That's why so many people claim dragging and dropping isn't harmful; because the problem hasn't manifested for them yet.

For my part, the simple fact they haven't updated the font installation dialog box from the days of Windows 3.1 is telling that fixing/updating font installation isn't high on anyone's priorities at Microsoft.

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