It means that if you change computer, the other computer may not have those fonts, since those fonts are not downloaded to the other computer.Īlso, if you design something in GIMP (or type some text or use any downloadable font in any application), then you try to open that file on another computer that happens to not have that particular font, your file will not open (it will ask for a missing font). You do not have to re-install for every single application that you have.īear in mind though, that those non-standard fonts that you download manually, are not the standard fonts that come with an application.
Once you install a font on your local hard drive, it will stay there 'forever' and applies to just about all applications, until you un-install it or your computer crashes. Still, if you want to know what fonts you have on your computer, you go to that folder. Windows XP and older operating system does not direct you to or save your font automatically to C:\Windows\Fonts, but the newer operating system does. Fonts are always saved on your computer's local hard drive (usually called C:\). When you click "Install", you are prompted to browse the folder where you should save your font. Just as the above little note says, the older operating system requires a longer route, but it is not complicated. Or, you can right-click on the TrueType font file, and click "Install".ĥ. Just click double-click each TrueType font file, then when the font opens, click the button on top that says "Install". For the newer system, the process has been simplified. Basically, your operating system determines how you should do it.
It will update when you close it, then open the application back up.Ĥ. In other words, for instance, when GIMP 2.8 is open and you are installing a font, GIMP will not take it, since it cannot update while it is open. Installing fonts only takes effect when the application is update. Before you install a font, make sure that ALL of your applications (that contain text) are closed, so that they can be updated automatically. Unzip the files, until you see all "TrueType font files", ending with. It is usually in the format of a zip folder, because one font can have different types of 'species'/versions, such as regular, italics, bold, condensed, medium, etc., depending on what font it is.Ģ. Download your font (I use free sites and a lot).