Expert: LizaL - 1/17/2005

Question
I have PhotoShop 7 on a windows xp.
How do I install new type fonts in PhotoShop?
Thanks,
Mike

Answer
Hi Mike,

Here's the good news about fonts: When you install a font on your computer, it's accessible to all your applications, not just Photoshop. You can kind of think of your fonts folder as a "pool" from which all your applications draw font information from. So any fonts you install in your fonts folder will be available in all your programs.

Once in a while you might find an application that's an exception to the rule, but the major applications -- like Photoshop, Word, Illustrator, etc. -- will all use the fonts stored in your system's fonts folder.


Anyway --

You didn't say which type of fonts you're installing, but basically the procedure is the same. There are three types of fonts you might have: OpenType, TrueType, or Postsctipt.

1. Click on your Start button, and then open the Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Fonts folder.

3. Select File, and then Install New Font. Now you need to navigate to where your fonts are located.

-- In the Drives list, select the drive and the folder containing the fonts you want to install.

-- In the Folders list, select a folder that has the fonts you want to install. Make sure you've unzipped them first, of course. The fonts in the folder appeara under List of Fonts.

4. Select the fonts you want to install. If you're installing more than one, hold down the Control key and click each font.

6. To copy the fonts to your Fonts folder, make sure the "Copy fonts to the Fonts folder" box is checked.

If you're installing fonts from a floppy or a CD, make sure this box is checked. Otherwise, you'll always need to keep the disk in the drive, in order to use the fonts.

7. Click OK, and that's it!


If you have Photoshop open, go ahead and quit it, and then open it again, and your font(s) should be available to you. Sometimes you need to quit an application and then reopen it in order for the new font(s) to show up.

And if for some reason you don't see the new font(s) the next time you open Photoshop, try restarting your machine.

Now if that doesn't work, please post back and I'll be happy to help you figure out what went wrong!

Hope this helps --


Lisa