Installing Fonts

[Golden_Goddess]

FONTS

When picking font their is no bad way to go, all fonts are good to download. Now when it comes to picking which font to us on a graphic its all in the eye. Look for a font that goes great with the grahpic. I don't know how to explain this but I will try. When you have a cartoony type of banner you want to us something more fun looking, then when you have something that looks like it could be elegant then you want a more elegant font. Now for tagging your name on the graphic, always always always use a PIXEL font. Anything other then a pixel font just looks tacky. When you placing the tag on the graphic put it in a corner somewhere, if your one of those people that like to put it elsewhere just make sure its light. NEVER EVER should you tag your graphic with some big huge font, god no that just turns the whole graphic to UGLY!!!
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Installing Fonts:

How to install a font under Windows ?
Files are compressed in the Zip format. There is no problem under XP, but with older Windows versions you must install Winzip or equivalent to be able to open these files.

Quick explanation

Detailed explanation


Go to the place where you saved the font.


Double-click on the zip to open it.


Drag and drop the files with the .ttf, .otf or .fon extension elsewhere from the zip window (hold down the CTRL key to select several at once).

If the extensions are not displayed, click the Tools menu of any folder > Folders Options > Display tab > uncheck the "Hide file extensions for known file types" item.


Place these files into the Fonts folder, usually C:\Windows\Fonts or C:\WINNT\Fonts
(can be reached as well by the Start Menu > Control Panel > Appearance and Themes > Fonts).

Note that with the internal unzip tool of XP (unlike Winzip), you cannot install a font by a simple drag and drop of the .ttf from the zip window to the Fonts window. You must first drag and drop it anywhere (for example on the desktop) then in the Fonts folder.

You can also go through : File > Install a new font... in the Fonts folder menu then browse the fonts, instead of drag and drop the fonts into the window. Although this method is laborious, it would seem that it functions better in certain cases.

Tip : if you punctually need a font, you don't need to install it. Just double-click on the .ttf file, and while the preview window is opened you can use it in the programs you'll launch.

[robingel]

I dont have the winZip format so what do I do?????