1. How to install a font
Installing a font is so easy, you'll be rolling on the floor laughing. Well, maybe not.
Just open My Computer, or in Windows 7 and Vista, "Computer", and navigate to C drive, or whatever drive letter your computer is installed on, (usually it's C), and open WINDOWS, and find the folder called "Fonts". Double click on this, and you will get a folder that is not quite normal. All you have to do is drag your new font file into this folder, and a box will pop up saying "Installing font", and should be done quite quickly. What a cinch!!
2. Where to get fonts
Well, getting fonts is quite easy. A font website that I like is www.dafont.com. Of course, there's also a www.fonts.com, which has even more fonts. It claims to have 167,307 fonts! If you don't find the right font, which you probably will, just google "Font websites", and you will get amazing results.
Also, there are TONS of font programs out there that have a lot of fonts packed in. Another something that you should look at are font making programs. Of all the ones I've found, I don't think they're free, but if you create symbol codes, this could be a break-through for you!
NOTE: If you send someone an email with fonts that you downloaded from a website, and they haven't downloaded it, they will not see it the way you see it. Their computer will try to find the closest match to it, which, in the case of very weird fonts, will not look at all like it. So, if you want another person to see it, you can either send the link for the font, or you can attach the file.
If you do not want to get a font program, you might consider Window's built-in "not-as-good-as-the-others" font creator. It doesn't create actual fonts, but let's you create "unicode" characters of your own, that are then stored in a font called all fonts (private characters). To use this editor, click the start button, select Run, and type eudcedit, then press enter. Don't be confused by the scary window, just click the first empty slot, then click okay. Next, paint what you want on the board, then click Edit > Save Character. Then, to use your new character, just click start>Run, and type charmap, then press enter. At the font selector, select all fonts (private characters), then you should see your character. Click select, then click copy, and paste it anywhere you want.
NOTE: You can not send this to someone else's computer, either. It will not be recognized.
NOTE: To create another character, go back to the Private Character Editor, then click Edit > Select Code, and click the next empty slot, then okay, and do the same.
NOTE: For more about the charmap program and what it can do, view the blog post named Unicode Characters.
Also, there are TONS of font programs out there that have a lot of fonts packed in. Another something that you should look at are font making programs. Of all the ones I've found, I don't think they're free, but if you create symbol codes, this could be a break-through for you!
NOTE: If you send someone an email with fonts that you downloaded from a website, and they haven't downloaded it, they will not see it the way you see it. Their computer will try to find the closest match to it, which, in the case of very weird fonts, will not look at all like it. So, if you want another person to see it, you can either send the link for the font, or you can attach the file.
If you do not want to get a font program, you might consider Window's built-in "not-as-good-as-the-others" font creator. It doesn't create actual fonts, but let's you create "unicode" characters of your own, that are then stored in a font called all fonts (private characters). To use this editor, click the start button, select Run, and type eudcedit, then press enter. Don't be confused by the scary window, just click the first empty slot, then click okay. Next, paint what you want on the board, then click Edit > Save Character. Then, to use your new character, just click start>Run, and type charmap, then press enter. At the font selector, select all fonts (private characters), then you should see your character. Click select, then click copy, and paste it anywhere you want.
NOTE: You can not send this to someone else's computer, either. It will not be recognized.
NOTE: To create another character, go back to the Private Character Editor, then click Edit > Select Code, and click the next empty slot, then okay, and do the same.
NOTE: For more about the charmap program and what it can do, view the blog post named Unicode Characters.
Eudcedit is not at all advanced compared to the font programs out there, so if you're looking for advanced capabilities, this is not for you.
great post :) I was enchanted to learn this the other day!
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