-=PCTechTalk=- Re: adding downloaded fonts
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:05:18 -0400
Do you know where I might find some neat fonts to try out?
cristy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:07 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: adding downloaded fonts
> Hi,
>
> Yes I understand that you can install them. But, I have hundreds of fonts
> that I only use for my graphic program. I certainly don't want all those
> installed in my Windows Fonts folder! I really mean...hundreds! Several
> hundreds. I am a dyed-in-the-wool fontaholic. I use many dingbats also. My
> folders for these fonts are in the Gigabytes.
>
> My point was, that in order to use many of them that you DON'T want
> installed, is to tell those who need to know, that all you have to do is
> open the font and then minimize it. And that way you can still use it
> without installing it.
>
> I use a free program called The Font Thing found here:
> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
>
> It will allow you see the "characters" within the font, also. I wouldn't
> be
> without it! You can also view all your dingbat fonts also.
>
> HTH,
>
> Sammi
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr.
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 8:14 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: adding downloaded fonts
>
>
> No. as long as they are TTF (True Type Fonts) you can install them in
> your
> windows fonts folder (in the control pannel)
> and use them for most any program loaded on your machine that allows you
> to
> change fonts.
> cristy <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Do you have to have a special program to use the picture fonts? Are there
> some freebies out there to experiment with?
>
> Thanks,
> christy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammi"
> To:
>
> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 4:46 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: adding downloaded fonts
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> It depends on what you will use them for. If you are using a font or
>> dingbat
>> font (picture font) for Paint Shop Pro for example, you can unzip it to a
>> folder other than the Windows>Fonts.
>>
>> I try not to add fonts to my Windows>Fonts folder. I have another huge
>> fonts
>> folder (name this folder whatever you like) where I keep all the hundreds
>> of
>> fonts I use in my graphics program. Which is of course, Paint Shop Pro.
>>
>> If you unzip the font to a folder of your choice , once you open the font
>> and minimize it you can use it in Paint Shop Pro without it being
>> installed. I think even Word will use it that way. And probably other
>> programs will use it that way, too. Once you are finished using it this
>> way,
>> just close it.
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Sammi
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: milady
>> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 12:18 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: adding downloaded fonts
>>
>>
>> thanks
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Glenn Folkvord (Hyperion Media)"
>> To:
>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:07 AM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: adding downloaded fonts
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: " milady"
>>
>>
>>> HOW do I add downloaded zipped font to my fonts?
>>
>> Unzip the fonts
>> Go to My computer > control panel > fonts > file > add
>>
>> However, do not add all the fonts you collect, only the ones you want to
>> use.
>>
>> glenn
>>
>>
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