Installing Fonts

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A lot of websites tell you to unzip fonts directly to the C:/Windows/Fonts folder, but you can get into trouble doing this. If you save the fonts directly to the C:/Windows/Fonts folder they may not install properly as the system.ini file needs to be updated properly with all the installed fonts. To be safe, Install fonts through the Control Panel. To find out more about fonts, click HERE. For a list of system fonts, click HERE

***This tutorial was written in/for Win98/98SE, but also applies to WinXP. The boxes in the screenshots below will look different but the settings are the same.

Download zipfile to your Desktop. Double click on the zipfile, click on Desktop in the right window. Click Extract. Exit out of the Winzip window

In the lower left window, double click on C. Scroll down until you see Windows and double click on it. Find Desktop and double click on it. The fonts(s) that you unzipped to your desktop will show under 'List of Fonts'. Click on Select All and OK. Exit out of the fonts window and control panel. Your fonts are now installed and ready to use. Go back to your Desktop and drag the zipfile and font(s) to your recycle bin.

HINT: If you do not have the 'Install New Font' option in your File menu, your Fonts folder has lost its System attribute.
Open an MS-DOS Prompt (Start/Programs/MS DOS PROMPT) Where it says C:\Windows> type the following:
attrib +s fonts (spaces before and after +s) hit enter
exit (you may have to type exit - hit enter)