On the Internet, in applications, all around the blogs, text is everywhere. Most important attributes of a text are it's size and font. The font is the style of the text. The way the characters look like. The font is described in a simple file. The possible extensions for a font file are varied, according to their type. Most common one is the TrueType Font. Which has the extension ".ttf". Other common extensions are the ".ttc" for TrueType Font Collection and the ".otf" for OpenType Font Files. These are the common font type used under Windows. The other operating systems use other types of fonts.

It is very easy to install a new font in Windows XP. First step is to download the font you want. There are lots of fonts available on the Internet. Tens of thousands of fonts await on The Internet. All with the single purpose to provide the style you want to your texts.

After you have your font downloaded only 2 simple steps are left. First you have to copy the font. You can do this by selecting it and pressing simultaneously "ctrl" and "c" on your keyboard. Or simply right click. And then select copy.

With the font copied you now have 2 options for the final step. Either open the Fonts directory or use control panel. The Fonts directory is usually located in your root drive, in the Windows directory. All you have to do is paste the font in there. Either by pressing simultaneously "ctrl" and "v" or by doing a right click and selecting paste.

The other option is to open the control panel. You can open your control panel by going to start -> control panel. In the control panel just select the Fonts tab. And again simply paste the font file there.

You font is now ready to be used.



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