hey, i haven't been able to successfully install new fonts
i have downloaded from the internet into word to use.
can any one help me put them in to work? :)

Just copying them to the Fonts folder is usually adequate. The "approved"
way to do this is to use the Install New Font item from the File menu in the
Fonts folder (you'll be given a chance to browse to the location of the
downloaded fonts). But often downloaded fonts must be unzipped before they
will have an extension that allows Windows to "see" them as font files.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft Word MVP
Words into Type
Fairhope, AL USA

Try:

download fonts to a downloads directory.

Then, go to
Start-Settings-Control Panels- Fonts.

Use the FILE menu command...Install New Font.

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www.fontsource.com

CD

Are they TrueType fonts (with a TTF extension e.g. quizzical.ttf) or
PostScript (a pair of files e.g. quizzical.pfb, quizzical.pfm)? If
PostScript files: If you use Windows 9x, you will have to install
Adobe Type Manager and use that to install the fonts. If you use
Windows NT, 2000, or XP, you can also install the PostScript fonts
using Control Panel   Fonts    File   Install new font. (I suspect you
use Windows 2000). Or you can install ATM and use that. Best to use
ATM 4.1. If you use an earlier version be sure you have the NT version
if installing on Win NT systems (including 2000 and XP).

ATM lite is a free download from adobe.com.
http://www.adobe.com/products/atmlight/main.html

By the way, there are some font files on the internet that will not
work with Windows 2000 or XP even though they are OK with Win 9x
systems. For the most part, these files were converted improperly from
Mac encoding to PC encoding. Others are botched conversions from other
formats (e.g. PostScript to TrueType). Font files have to be "to
specification" to work with 2000 and XP.
--

Tom
MSMVP PS-D

: hey, i haven't been able to successfully install new fonts
: i have downloaded from the internet into word to use.
: can any one help me put them in to work? :)