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Twigs

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I just saw this posted on the community board. It has some fonts I haven't seen on some of the others, thought some of you might be interested. I added it to the sticky at the top of the page.

http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm
 
Great site, Twigs! Thanks for posting it! :)
 

I believe this is a free site. You just need to click on the specific font you want to download & then choose to "Save" it on your computer. Make sure you note what directory it's being put into, as it will usually default to the last place you saved a download.

If you need specific instructions, I think I saved them the last time I typed them up.

OK - I did save them. Let me know if you need specific instructions on how to download & install.
 
piratesmate said:
I believe this is a free site. You just need to click on the specific font you want to download & then choose to "Save" it on your computer. Make sure you note what directory it's being put into, as it will usually default to the last place you saved a download.

If you need specific instructions, I think I saved them the last time I typed them up.

That would be so helpful if you could send me directions. If you don't mind.I don't know how to save it to where all my fonts are. :flower:
 
Downloading & unzipping new fonts

1. Locate a font you want to download & click on the link. A “File Download” window will open. Click “Save”.
2. “Save As” window opens. At the top of the window locate “Save in” and click on the ‘down arrow’ to find where that folder is located. (Windows defaults to {automatically uses} the last location you saved to.) Write this down or change it if you know how.
3. Click “Save”
4. Go to “Start” (where you turn off the computer) & choose “My Computer”. Starting with “Hard Disk Drives” – “Local Disk (C: )” double click on each icon in turn listed in the location you wrote down in step 2 until you get to the ZIP file you downloaded.
5. Double click on the file to open WinZip. (Hopefully this is already downloaded. Let me know if it isn’t.)
6. Click once on any TTF files that appear in the WinZip window & then click the “Extract” icon. The “Extract” window opens.
7. Check the “Extract to” location. If it is not the same as in step 2, write it down or change it if you know how.
8. Click “Extract”.
9. Close the WinZip window.

Locating & unzipping previously downloaded fonts

1. Go to “Start” (where you turn off the computer) & choose “Search”. A “Search Results” window will open.
2. Click “All files and folders”
3. In “All or part of the file name” type “ *.zip ” without the quotation marks.
4. Click “Search”
5. When the Search is completed, go to the menu and click “View” then choose “Details.”
6. Click the column header “In Folder” to sort the list by folder.
7. Double click on a ZIP file to open WinZip. (Hopefully this is already downloaded. Let me know if it isn’t. Ignore any fonts listed in “C:\Windows\Fonts” folder.) Either make note of the folders containing ZIP files or leave the “Search Results” window open for reference.
8. Click once on any TTF files that appear in the WinZip window & then click the “Extract” icon. The “Extract” window opens.
9. Check the “Extract to” location. If it is not the same as in step 5 of “Locating previously downloaded fonts” write it down or change it if you know how.
10. Click “Extract”.
11. Close the WinZip window.

Installing previously downloaded fonts

1. Go to “Start” & click “My Computer”
2. Double click “Hard Disk Drives” – “Local Disk (C: )”
3. Double click “Windows”
4. Double click “Fonts”
5. From the menu, click “File” & then “Install New Font”. The “Add Fonts” window opens.
6. In the lower left of this window is the “Folders” list. You need to navigate to the folder/s where your TTF files are located. (The files you “Extracted” in step 7.) Under the word “Folders:” is the default location – probably “c:\windows”. If your TTF files are in the “My Documents” folder for example, you need to double click on the “c:\” icon in the white area and then on the “My Documents” folder icon.
7. Once you have selected the folder with your TTF files, the “List of fonts:” area will start to populate with the font files. If you have a LOT of fonts in the folder selected, it could take a while. Just above the “Drives” selection area (center of “Add Fonts” window) a line appears to indicate progress: “Retrieving Font Names” and the percentage complete
8. Either select the font/s you want from the “List of fonts” area or click “Select All”.
9. Click OK to install the fonts. The “Install Font Progress” window opens.
10. If you see the “Windows Fonts Folders” window appear & the message “The xxxx(TrueType) font is already installed” click “Okay” not “Cancel”. It will just skip the font that’s already there & continue installing the rest. Choosing “Cancel” stops installing the entire list.
11. Repeat to look for & install TTF files if you might have already unzipped them or downloaded as a TTF file instead of a ZIP file. (It wouldn’t have been your choice, but some fonts are small enough that they’re not zipped.)

The fonts you’ve installed don’t usually appear in Word if the program was already open while you were installing the font. If it was open, just close it & re-open. The font should now be listed in the fonts list on your formatting bar.
 
piratesmate,

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!! :banana: I haven't tried it yet but that was so nice of you to give me the directions!! I love this board!!! :love:
 
No problem! I like to share stuff I can do to kind of make up for all the stuff I ask for help with. ;) I love this board too! :teeth:
 




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