Typewriter
Adults
Asian
Shadow
Italic
Entertainment
Famous
Holidays
Techno
Gothic
Funny
Graffiti
Dingbats
Fire and Ice
Horror
Informal
Western
Handwritten
Pixelated
Stencil
Primitives
Retro
Romantic
Sans Serif
Serif
Eroded
Various
Installing fonts in Windows 7:
To install the downloaded fonts of www.true-type-fonts.info on Windows 7, we must do the following:
1.- Download the font that we like.
2.- Locate the downloaded fonts on your PC and unzip it with a program like WinRar, WinZip or 7zip.
(Download these programs clicking on their names).
3.- Simply click the right mouse button on the font file to install (.TTF).
4.- From the context menu select the Install option, you must have Administrator permissions.
5.- The font installs automatically and will be ready for use.
1.- Download the font that we like.
2.- Locate the downloaded fonts on your PC and unzip it with a program like WinRar, WinZip or 7zip.
(Download these programs clicking on their names).
3.- Simply click the right mouse button on the font file to install (.TTF).
4.- From the context menu select the Install option, you must have Administrator permissions.
5.- The font installs automatically and will be ready for use.
Installing fonts in Windows XP:
To install the downloaded fonts of www.true-type-fonts.info on Windows XP, we must do the following:
1.- Download the font that we like.
2.- Locate the downloaded fonts on your PC and unzip it with a program like WinRar, WinZip or 7zip.
(Download these programs clicking on their names).
3.- Copy the unzipped files and simply paste into the Fonts folder (C:\WINDOWS\Fonts)
4.-When you paste the files in that folder are automatically installed.
5.- Open any text editor such as Word and will be ready for use.
1.- Download the font that we like.
2.- Locate the downloaded fonts on your PC and unzip it with a program like WinRar, WinZip or 7zip.
(Download these programs clicking on their names).
3.- Copy the unzipped files and simply paste into the Fonts folder (C:\WINDOWS\Fonts)
4.-When you paste the files in that folder are automatically installed.
5.- Open any text editor such as Word and will be ready for use.
Installing fonts in Linux:
Per User Installation
By far the easiest installation is the per user installation. What this type of install does is install the fonts in such a way that only the targeted use has access to the fonts. For this type of installation download all of your fonts into a directory the user has access to (the ~/Downloads directory works fine.) Once you have your fonts collected (You will most likely have to unzip each file which will result in either .ttf or .TTF files) do the following (all in a terminal window) within the directory containing your downloaded fonts.
mkdir ~/.fonts
mv *ttf *TTF ~/.fonts
Now log out of your desktop environment and log back in. Those fonts should now be available to you. If you're unsure you can fire up either OpenOffice or The GIMP to see if your fonts are available. They should be.
Global Installation
Installing fonts globally allows all users access to the fonts. This is not as simple as installing per-user but it is still simple. You sill have to download all of your fonts. Once you have them downloaded unzip the files (making sure all the *ttf and *TTF files are in the same directory) and su to the root user. Once you are the root user issue the following commands:
* mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* mv *ttf *TTF /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* cd /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
* mkfontdir
* chkfontpath –add /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
Now log out of your desktop and you can log in as any user and the fonts will be available to them.
Final Thoughts
See, installing fonts in Linux isn't difficult – especially when installing on a per user basis. For most people the first method will suffice. Unless you work on a machine that is used by more than one user, you will only need the per user method. Of course if the global installation method is a bit daunting you can always copy the fonts into the ~/.fonts directory of every user that needs access to the various true type fonts.
By far the easiest installation is the per user installation. What this type of install does is install the fonts in such a way that only the targeted use has access to the fonts. For this type of installation download all of your fonts into a directory the user has access to (the ~/Downloads directory works fine.) Once you have your fonts collected (You will most likely have to unzip each file which will result in either .ttf or .TTF files) do the following (all in a terminal window) within the directory containing your downloaded fonts.
mkdir ~/.fonts
mv *ttf *TTF ~/.fonts
Now log out of your desktop environment and log back in. Those fonts should now be available to you. If you're unsure you can fire up either OpenOffice or The GIMP to see if your fonts are available. They should be.
Global Installation
Installing fonts globally allows all users access to the fonts. This is not as simple as installing per-user but it is still simple. You sill have to download all of your fonts. Once you have them downloaded unzip the files (making sure all the *ttf and *TTF files are in the same directory) and su to the root user. Once you are the root user issue the following commands:
* mkdir -p /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* mv *ttf *TTF /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* cd /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* ttmkfdir -o fonts.scale
* mkfontdir
* chkfontpath –add /usr/local/share/fonts/ttfonts
* /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
Now log out of your desktop and you can log in as any user and the fonts will be available to them.
Final Thoughts
See, installing fonts in Linux isn't difficult – especially when installing on a per user basis. For most people the first method will suffice. Unless you work on a machine that is used by more than one user, you will only need the per user method. Of course if the global installation method is a bit daunting you can always copy the fonts into the ~/.fonts directory of every user that needs access to the various true type fonts.