Wedding Font Setup
Installing a new font on your computer is really easy.
Fonts are available on the internet and vary in price
from free to around $30.00. A font is downloaded
from the internet as one file. It is then
extracted as detailed below.
Here are some fonts that may be
appropriate.
MyFonts.com
is a site that sells fonts. Another is
Fonts.com.
Search the sites for "script" to quickly find a font
that may be appropriate.
Fonts come in several different types. True Type
fonts and Open Type fonts will work.
To install a font on your computer:
- Download and unzip (unpack) the font as follows:
- right click the Start button
- select Explore All Users
- navigate to the folder into which you downloaded
the font
- double click the font file
- hold down the control key on you key board and
click each file in the expanded font file (there are
probably three files)
- right click a file and select copy
- create a new folder any where and call it for
example NewFont
- right click in NewFont and select paste
- the font files are now unpacked.
- Continue installing the font by selecting the Start
button > Control Panel > Fonts.
- Double click the font folder
- in XP select File > Install New Font
- in Vista right click in the font listing area
and select Install New Font
- Navigate to NewFont folder created earlier (above).
- use the Drives box to select the hard drive
where the font is located
- use the Folders box to select the folder in
which the font is located
- the List of Fonts box shows the font.
- Select the font.
- Make sure the "Copy fonts to Fonts folder" box is
checked
- Click the Ok button to install the font.
- Windows installs your new font.
- Restart LabelEase to use the new font.