How to Install Additional Fonts on Windows Vista

How to Install Additional Fonts on Windows Vista

Windows Vista has made it pretty easy to install fonts, even then, I didn't know how to do it right off the bat. Below are several ways you can go about installing additional fonts on your Vista machine.

The easiest way to install a new font to your Vista computer is to simply right click on the font or fonts that you want to install and select the Install option from the right-click menu. That's it, it's as simple as that, the font will be installed if it is compatible and you'll be using it in seconds. The only extra step you might come across is clicking continue if you have User Account Control activated on your computer.

Another way to install fonts is to open your control panel, switch to classic view, and open the fonts folder. When the fonts folder is open, you simply right-click on some blank space and select the Install New Fonts option that appears in the menu. Doing it this way is a real pain as you then have to navigate through folders until you find the fonts you want to install. Once you've found the font(s) you want to install, click install and you're finished.

I recommend you learn to do it both ways as the second option is how you go about doing it on an XP machine, but stick to the first option if you value your time.