How to Insert a New Font Into Word

Downloading Fonts
1. Download your desired font to a location on your computer by clicking on the link.
2. Follow the download instructions which will allow you to save the font onto your hard drive.
3. Remember the location where you have saved your font for future reference.
Adding Fonts
4. If your computer uses the Microsoft Windows XP system:Click on “Control Panel”, an option of the Start menu. Double-click “Fonts." If you are viewing your Control Panel options under the “Category View” format, click on “Appearance and Themes” and locate the Fonts folder on your left bar.Pull up the location where you previously downloaded and saved your font. Click the font that you’d to add and pale it into the “List of Fonts” box. Press “OK”.
5. If your computer uses Microsoft Windows 2000:Click on your Start menu, point your cursor to “Settings” and click on “Control Panel.” Double-click “Fonts” when you are taken to the Control Panel. Press “Install New Font” on the File pull-down menu.Locate your saved or unzipped font, and click on the font you’d like to add. Place it in the “List of Fonts” box. Press “OK.”
6. If your computer uses Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition:Click on the “Control Panel” option of your Settings section, located in the Start menu.Double-click “Fonts” on your Control Panel. If you don’t see “Fonts” as an option, press “View all Control Panel” options. Press “Install New Font” on the File menu. Locate the font you want to add on your hard drive. Click on the font you’d like to add.mClick “OK.”
7. New fonts will only appear on the computer to which you download them. To address this problem, Microsoft has developed a way for you to embed fonts in your documents. This will allow you to preserve the characters and styles you intend to display with each.Embedding fonts may increase your document’s file size substantially and may not work for some commercially protected fonts. Embedding fonts still ensures that documents with newly installed fonts are viewable on other computers. Refer to the Microsoft Support website to learn how to embed a font within a saved document created with Microsoft Word versions 2002- 2007.