How To Install Fonts Windows 10
Ariano Waiker
It's hard to overstate just how important fonts are. To spice up your Word documents, Photoshop files, and InDesign creations, you need to know how to install fonts in Windows 11 and Windows 10, and in this guide, we're going to walk you through it.
There are two main ways to install fonts on Windows, but most people should use our first method. In addition to installing fonts, we also have some steps on uninstalling fonts you don't want, as well as our favorite places online to download new fonts.
We're covering Windows 11 and Windows 10 here, which will apply fonts across all of your applications. If you're looking for a different method, make sure to read our guides on how to install fonts to Photoshop and how to install fonts on a Mac.
The best way to install fonts on Windows 10 and Windows 11 is also the easiest. All you need to do is download a font, select the font file, and drag it over to the Windows font screen. Within a few seconds, you'll have a new font without worrying about restarting your computer or downloading any programs.
Step 1: Download the font you want to install. Fonts usually come in zipped (compressed) folders. Extract the folder to your desktop or a location you can easily access on your PC. You can do this by selecting Extract All from the top of the File Explorer window.
You can install fonts through the Microsoft Store as well. The process is easier, but the Microsoft Store doesn't have that many options. Most of the fonts are free, but certain packs will cost you. We found a few packs around $5 at the time of writing, as well as some fonts for around $2.
This isn't the best option for installing fonts, not only due to the limited selection, but also because some of the fonts cost money. We recommend using the drag-and-drop method above instead. Still, we'll show you how to install fonts through the Microsoft Store.
If you want to clean up your font menu, you can delete any font in Windows 10 or Windows 11 -- including the ones provided by Microsoft. Once again, we used Windows 11 for our screenshots, but this process is the same across Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Store has fonts, but you'll need to look online if you want to find more options. There are dozens of free font websites online, though some are better than others. Here are some of the few Windows font archives we frequent.
If you want free fonts, the best place to start is Google Fonts. Google has thousands of free fonts available, and you don't need to worry about downloading something you didn't sign up for. Google also makes the licenses clear, which isn't always the case elsewhere.
For paid fonts, check out Creative Market. There are several community-generated packs that you can usually pick up for a few dollars. Behance is a solid alternative, too, though it's tailored for Adobe applications.
Before installing your new font, make sure to check out its license. Although many fonts are free to download, not all of them are free to use. Fonts may be free for personal use but not commercial use, for example, so it's best to double-check.
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One way you can change the style of a document is by adding a new text font. To add a font to Word, download and install the font in Windows, where it will become available to all Microsoft 365 applications.
All fonts are stored in the C:\Windows\Fonts folder. Optionally, you can add fonts by simply dragging font files from the extracted files folder into this folder. Windows will then automatically install them. To see what a font looks like, open the Fonts folder, right-click the font file, then select Preview.
However, sometimes you may want to install custom fonts that you've created, purchased or downloaded from somewhere else. In this article we'll talk about how to install those fonts so you can use them in Microsoft Office.
In addition to acquiring and using fonts installed with other applications, you can download fonts from the Internet. Some fonts on the Internet are sold commercially, some are distributed as shareware, and some are free. The Microsoft Typography site site provides links to other font foundries (the companies or individuals outside of Microsoft who create and distribute fonts) where you can find additional fonts.
After you find a font that you would like to use with an Office application, you can download it and install it through the operating system that you are currently using on your computer. Because fonts work with the operating system, they are not downloaded to Office directly. You should go through the system's Fonts folder in Windows Control Panel and the font will work with Office automatically. On the Mac you use the Font Book to add the font and then copy it to the Windows Office Compatible folder.
Many third parties outside of Microsoft package their fonts in .zip files to reduce file size and to make downloading faster. If you have downloaded a font that is saved in .zip format double-click the zip file to open it.
Once you've downloaded the font you want to install you need to install it in the operating system. Once the font is properly installed in the operating system Microsoft Office will be able to see and use it. For detailed instructions select the operating system you're using from the drop-down box below.
When you install a custom font, each font will work only with the computer you've installed it on. Custom fonts that you've installed on your computer might not display the same way on a different computer. Text that is formatted in a font that is not installed on a computer will display in Times New Roman or the default font.
Therefore, if you plan to share Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, or Excel files with other people, you'll want to know which fonts are native to the version of Office that the recipient is using. If it isn't native, you may have to embed or distribute the font along with the Word file, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet. For more information about this see Fonts that are installed with Microsoft Office.
I'm running a Windows 2019 Terminal Server in a domain environment (and hence have no local admin account, just the domain admin account). When I log on as administrator and install fonts, they are installed just for this user (i.e. the admin).
The ttf files end up in C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts and not in C:\Windows\Fonts. Also, the font is registered in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts and not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts.
I have even run a vbs script that installs fonts and ran this through a scheduled task using the SYSTEM account, but that put the fonts into C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Fonts, i.e. local to the SYSTEM account.
For these, the solution is to create a GPO, namely "Install custom fonts", which would install the fonts from an accessible network share, "\fileserver\Fonts" for instance. For safety reasons, one should make the share read-only.
The GPO need to do 2 steps:* copy the font file using the Computer\Preferences\Files path, using "update" mode and selecting source path as "\fileserver\Fonts\thefont.ttf" with a destination path being "c:\windows\fonts\thefont.ttf".* record the font in the registry by creating a new entry for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Fonts, with name "The Font (TrueType)" the last part with the parenthesis is mandatory, and with value "thefont.ttf".
There is another way. Using an admin command prompt, copy the font file(s) to the "c:\windows\fonts" folder. Then edit the registry to add the font file name to the list in (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts) Reboot the machine. I have used this to install a bar code font on our terminal server for our warehouse users.
We use GPO to deploy fonts to our computers (Computer Configuration > Preference > Windows Settings > Files), but for 15 computers, it might be easier to copy and paste. But I still suggest doing it with GPO, since if you need to deploy the fonts to another 15 computers you can just link this GPO to their OU.
I used this and it worked perfectly installing a dozen OTF fonts on Windows 7 machines.
I used it in conjunction with PDQDeploy to copy the fonts into the font folder on the local machine and then run FontReg. Easy as 3.14159.
This seems to work quite well. If we want to add a new font to all machines it can simply be dropped into that Fonts share and it will copy down to each machine upon reboot (I have a scheduled weekly reboot for all machines).
I'm using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2) with Oh My Zsh to pimp my bash, but I can't make the Ubuntu terminal render the Powerline fonts properly. Any idea on how to set up WSL to work with these fonts?
Now press that windows icon from your keyboard and search for Font Settings.Under Add Fonts, you can drag and drop the ttf files. Windows will automatically install all these fonts. You can then go to your Terminal and set the required font.
An important development in Windows 10 is the Universal Windows Platform (UWP): a converged app platform allowing a developer to create a single app that can run on all Windows devices. Windows fonts are one aspect of this convergence: Windows 10 introduces a recommended UWP font set that is common across all editions that support UWP, including Desktop, Server, and Xbox.
A number of additional fonts are available for Desktop and Server, including all other fonts from previous releases. However, not all of these are pre-installed by default in all images. In order to make disk usage and font choices more relevant to users according to the languages that they use, a number of fonts have been moved into optional, on-demand packages. These packages are designed around the different scripts that fonts are primarily intended to support, and most are added automatically by Windows Update when the associated languages are enabled in language settings (for example, by enabling a keyboard). Any of these Feature On Demand (FOD) packages can also be added manually via Settings. To add font packages manually, select the Start button, and then select Settings > System > Optional features (if on a version older than Windows 10 22H2, navigate to Settings > Apps > Apps & features > Optional features instead).
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