Knowledgebase: General Questions
Installing Fonts in Windows 2000 and XP
Posted by SupportSuite Administrator on 31 December 1969 07:00 PM

Windows 2000 and Windows XP (Home and Professional) have built-in support for PostScript Type 1 (.pfb + .pfm) and OpenType fonts (both .otf and .ttf)., as well as TrueType (.ttf). You can use the Windows Fonts control panel to install or remove fonts of all these formats. The Fonts control panel is accessed slightly differently between Windows 2000 and Windows XP; see the instructions below.
Note: if you wish to use PostScript Type 1 multiple master fonts, you need to install ATM 4.1 or later, and follow the instructions below for installing fonts with ATM. Do not install ATM 4.0 or earlier o­n Windows 2000 or XP.

Windows 2000: Installing with the Fonts Control Panel

  1. Double-click o­n “My Computer.” Then double-click o­n the “Control Panels” icon, and then the “Fonts” icon.
  2. In the Fonts window, select the File menu, and choose “Install New Font.”
  3. Navigate to the folder that contains the fonts you want to install.
    Adobe OpenType fonts purchased o­nline will be in the location you decompressed them to.
  4. Select the fonts you want to install. You can click to select o­ne font, Control-click to select several fonts, or Shift-click to select a contiguous group of fonts.
  5. Press the “OK” button to install the fonts.
  6. Close the Fonts control panel when you are finished.
    The fonts are now installed and will appear in the font menus of your applications.

Windows XP: Installing with the Fonts Control Panel

  1. Double-click o­n “My Computer.”
  2. Under “Other Places,” click o­n “Control Panel.”
  3. Under “Pick a Category,” click o­n “Appearance and Themes.”
  4. Under “See Also,” click o­n “Fonts.”
  5. In the Fonts window, select the File menu, and choose “Install New Font.”
  6. Navigate to the folder that contains the fonts you want to install.
    Adobe OpenType fonts purchased o­nline will be in the location you decompressed them to.
  7. Select the fonts you want to install. You can click to select o­ne font, Control-click to select several fonts, or Shift-click to select a contiguous group of fonts.
  8. Press the “OK” button to install the fonts.
  9. Close the Fonts control panel when you are finished.
    The fonts are now installed and will appear in the font menus of your applications.

Comments (1)
Grizzly
20 August 2011 02:05 PM
Right on-this hlpeed me sort things right out.
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