Windows Help & Advice - USA (2019-11)

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Find and install new

fonts in Windows 10

“Byinstallingnewfonts,youcanmake

yourpostersandotherdocumentsreally

standout.Here’showtogetstarted”

henyou’rewritingsimple,

everydaylettersandother

documentsinWordor

whicheverwordprocessoryou’ve

chosen,youmaywellnever– or

rarely– venturebeyondusingfonts

suchasArial,CalibriandTimesNew

Roman.Therearetimeswhenbasic

andelegantis whatyouneed,but

alsotimeswhenyouneedsomething

a littledifferent.

Windowsincludesa prettydecent

rangeoffonts,rangingfromthe

professionaltothequirky.Andwhen

youinstallapplicationssuchasimage

editorsandwordprocessors,they’re

likelytoadda fewoftheirown.

Buttherearethousandsoffonts

outthere,bothfreeandpaid-for,with

somethingtosuiteverydocument

andprojectyoumaybeworkingon.

We’llshowyouwereyoucanfind

theverybestfonts,howtoinstall

them,howtomanagethem,andhow

tousethem.

1 Viewinginstalledfonts

Therearealreadya numberoffontsinstalledinWindows10,

and it’s helpfultobeabletopreviewtheseandanyothersyou

may install.OpenSettings,clickPersonalization,andthenclick

the Fonts sectiontotheleft.ScrolldowntotheAvailableFonts

section andyouwillseepreviewsofthefontsyouhaveinstalled.

Click any fontyouareinterestedintoseemoreinformation.

2 Finding fonts in the Microsoft Store

At the top of the Font section, you’ll see the option to “Get

more fonts in Microsoft Store”. Click this and you’ll be taken to the

Fonts section of Microsoft’s online store where you can browse

through a selection of free and paid-for fonts. Click one that you

are interested in and then click the Get button. The font will be

installed for you and will automatically be made available.

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Step-by-step Managing your fonts in Windows 10

Anyonecandoit

Straightforward

Trickyin parts

Windows 10

Windows8.1

Windows^7

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