Fonts are a great way to add style to web pages, documents, PDF files, and company letterheads. In order to use new fonts an end user must download or buy new fonts. There are a multitude of font file types that can be used and downloaded. Some of the more common font file types are True Type Font (.ttf), Screen Font (.scr), Open Type Font Fie Format (.otf), and Macintosh Font (.mrf). A large majority of fonts, almost all, can be found for free download on the web from various pages and directories.

For Windows users, downloading and installing fonts is quite simple. First find the fonts for download and extract the files if the downloaded file is compressed. The end user should be careful to extract the files to their "fonts" folder. The fonts folder can be found by using the control panel and then clicking on the folder label "fonts." If the operating system is Windows 2000, XP, or Vista, the end user will need to be an administrator to install the fonts. After extraction, sort the files by clicking the "date modified" button and select the files based on the date downloaded.

At this time the user may check each font's style by double clicking it. Too many fonts in the font folder can slow down a Windows system; the end user should only download the fonts they wish to keep. Hold down "ctrl" while clicking the fonts not wanted and press "del" to delete them from the folder. The computer may need to be restarted for the changes to take effect.

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Free Font Downloads
List of Freely Downloadable Fonts
1001 Free Fonts
Urban Fonts
Abstract and Interesting Fonts - 12,180 Different Fonts
Caligraphy Fonts
Picture and Symbol Fonts
Free Gothic Fonts
Web Safe Fonts for Developers
Text and Free Fonts in Over 20 Categories
Retro Fonts
MySpace Fonts
Font Paradise
Downloading Fonts to a Mac
Finding Fonts
List of Some of the Known font Families - Over 100 in This List
Font Samples
Cursive Fonts
Foreign Language Fonts


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