Methods for installing fonts in Windows. Methods for installing fonts in Windows How to remove or hide a font
Windows 10 has many built-in fonts. Like its predecessors, the system also allows you to easily view, install and remove fonts.
When using Windows 10, you may need to access font settings to view, install, and uninstall. In this guide, we will learn where the system stores fonts and how to install and uninstall them in Windows 10.
You can view all available fonts, as well as install and remove them, in the application. You can access the settings for a specific font from the same page. Use the search box in the section "Available fonts" to find the font you want to access.
All installed fonts are saved in the folder C:\Windows\Fonts.
Step 1: Open the page "Fonts", going to "Options" and selecting a group of settings “Personalization” → “Fonts”.
Step 2: Click on the font to reveal details. In field "Enter font preview information" enter any word to see what it will look like.
Windows 10 now has the ability to install fonts from the official Store. Although the Store has a limited number of fonts, it is expected that the font collection will increase in the future.
To install a font from the Store:
In the Microsoft store itself, you can see the first available fonts, but with current versions of Windows 10. You just need to enter “font” into the store search. You will then see all the fonts currently available.
Step 1: Go to page
Step 3: In the font gallery, double-click a font icon to open its page.
Step 4: Finally, click the button "Get" to download and install the font.
The installed font will appear on the Fonts page in the Settings app. If there is an update for the font, you can install it immediately using the Windows 10 Store.
Fonts currently available in the Microsoft Store:
- Arial Nova
- Convection
- Rockwell Nova
- Gill Sans Nova
- Verdana Pro
- Georgia Pro
- Ink Draft
- Ink Journal
- Convection
- PT Root UI
In addition to the fonts available in the Store, you can also install hundreds of beautiful fonts available online. For example, you can download and install Google Fonts on Windows 10.
To install a third-party font:
Step 1: Download the font to your computer. Extract it if it is in a ZIP archive.
Step 2: Go to page “Options” → “Personalization” → “Fonts”. Drag the new font file into the area “Adding fonts” → “Drag and drop installation” to install a third-party font.
Alternatively, you can right-click on the font file in Explorer and select the option "Install".
Remove font in Windows 10
Step 1: First of all, go to the page “Options” → “Personalization” → “Fonts”.
Step 2: Click on the font you want to remove to open the information page.
Step 3: Scroll down the page to see the Remove button. Click on the button Delete". In the confirmation dialog, click the Remove button again to remove the font from your computer.
Windows 10 offers users a lot of new features, but at the same time, the OS has gotten rid of many of the conveniences, especially in the area of personalization, that Windows fans loved so much. The ability to change the font is one of them. If earlier Microsoft allowed you to easily change the style of inscriptions in Windows, now all this can only be done in various makeshift ways.
How to change the default font in Windows 10
Be careful: editing the registry is associated with a certain risk of putting the computer out of adequate working condition. Don't forget that you alone are responsible for your actions. Not confident in your abilities and ability to return everything back? In this case, it is better to refrain from experiments.
The instructions include a bit of dancing with tambourines and a register, so be careful. But the end result could be a heavily transformed OS with fonts you like better than the default ones.
- Open Control Panel. This is done by using a key combination Win + X and select from the menu Control Panel. Note: on builds of Windows 10 Creators Update, the Control Panel was cut out of this menu, so you can find the old Computer Settings section through a search. Open Start and enter Control Panel.
- Go to section Design and Personalization - Fonts. If you have disabled category display and selected the option to display List Control Panel items, simply find the section below Fonts.
- You will see a list of all available fonts in the operating system. Find the font you need and remember its name. Eg: Kozuka Gothic Pro L or Ristretto Pro. If you have custom fonts, you can install them. Be careful in your choice and only use fonts that support Cyrillic. Also, don't choose something like Webdings, since the text will be replaced with various icons and pictograms, which you are unlikely to like.
Note: in Windows 10 the standard font is called Segoe UI - Now open Notebook. You can find it in the list of all applications. For faster startup, use the combination Win + R and enter notepad.
- Copy the following text into notepad:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
"Segoe UI (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Bold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Bold Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Italic (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Light (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Semibold (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI Symbol (TrueType)"=""
"Segoe UI"="Your chosen font" - In the last line "instead of" Your chosen font you need to insert the name of the font that you will set as standard. For example, the finished line should look like:
"Segoe UI"="Ristretto Pro"
- Save the file. When saving, select the file type All files and specify the extension for the file yourself . reg.
- Double click on the file you created. The system will offer to add it to the computer's registry.
- Reboot the device, after which the new fonts should replace the old ones in all sections of the operating system.
A font is a vector image of letterforms of a given style. For any of them, you can adjust the size, space between characters, set the angle of inclination, and change many other characteristics. Windows 10 uses two types of fonts: TrueType and OpenType. The first is distributed with the extension ttf, and the second - otf.
Despite the abundance of pre-installed fonts in Windows 10, users, especially those involved in the field of design, graphics, advertising, and typography, often need to install additional fonts, for example, imported from third-party applications or created for business purposes.
Installing fonts. What could be simpler? But some Windows 10 users, even in solving such a basic task, sometimes need help, which will be provided by the information gleaned from the article. Since the topic concerns fonts, we will not avoid the current problem regarding their smoothing.
We carry out the installation
- Download the archive with the font file and unpack it.
When downloading a file in otf or ttf format, we proceed to the second iteration.
- Double-click on the font file to view its outline in the viewer window.
What’s noteworthy is that the preview function works from zip archives, which Windows 10 works with as directories.
- Click on the “Install” button to install the open font.
If you closed the viewer, call the file’s context menu and click “Install”.
After a couple of moments, the installation of the font will be completed, it will become available in the corresponding list in all programs that have a text input function.
Keep in mind! In Windows 10, fonts can be installed in batches this way.
The second way to install a font is by copying it or unpacking the archive into the “Fonts” directory located in the “Windows” folder on the system partition.
It’s easy to delete any fonts other than system-protected ones by selecting the file that contains complete information about it and clicking on the “Delete” button. It is located in the toolbar, immediately below the main menu.
Fixing the anti-aliasing problem
Text is not anti-aliased in one or more applications
If the problem with text smoothing is noticed only in one or a few applications, while everything is fine on the desktop, in Explorer and most other programs, then it only affects the specified application. The solution to the conflict will be the implementation of such procedures.
- Go to the “Properties” of the shortcut or executable file of the application in which the problem is noticed.
- Go to the “Compatibility” tab.
- Remove the checkbox shown in the screenshot.
- After clicking “Apply” the setting will take effect.
The problem affects all applications and Explorer
When the problem affects all elements of the Windows 10 interface, proceed as follows:
- Call up the system parameters.
- Activate the “Screen” tab.
- Using the slider, drag the text scale value to other design elements as 100%.
- Apply the settings and restart the computer.
If the problem persists, you should check whether the screen font smoothing option is active.
- Go to the “System” item in the “Control Panel”.
In some cases, the user needs to change the standard font to another or install a new one. There may be several reasons for this. Perhaps you like the other one better and it is more convenient to read, or the program does not work with the standard ones, in which case you have to install additional ones.
There are several types of fonts:
- The first one is TrueType. It can be set to absolutely any size, without losing its clarity and display quality; they can also be easily printed using system devices.
- OpenType– Supports rotation and scaling while maintaining display clarity. It can also be printed using standard utilities.
- Technology ClearType designed to display text on LCD monitors, where they look much better.
- PostScript– developed by Adobe Systems. They are distinguished by high quality and detail.
It is worth noting that these instructions for installing fonts are relevant for Windows 7, 8, 10.
Where are the fonts and how to find them
There are several ways to find the fonts currently installed on your device. The first method involves acting directly via conductor. To enter the directory, the user will need to follow the path C:\Windows\Fonts, this folder will contain files with all installed varieties. In order not to search for the directory yourself, you can press win+r and enter %windir%\fonts in the window that opens.
The second method involves using control panels. In this case, you need to launch it through Start, after which you will only have to find the Fonts section.
You can also simply enter the desired name to the search bar, then open the found directory. 
Installation procedure
Here we will indicate some of the simplest and most effective ways to install fonts.
In the first method, the user will need to navigate to the downloaded file and right-click on it. Next you should click on the line Install, which will be available in the pop-up context menu. 
In the second method, the user will need to get into fonts folder, several ways to do this were described in the previous section. Next you need to click on the File menu item and select a section Install font. In the window that opens, specify the path to the downloaded file.
The third method involves simply dragging and dropping a downloaded file to the standard folder. 
Installing fonts with a shortcut
If the user has little space on the system disk, but there is a need to install new fonts, they can be installed as shortcuts. To do this you will have to do several steps. To begin, the user will need to log in via control Panel to the required utility. Then, on the left side of the menu that opens, select Options.
In this menu, check the box that allows installation as shortcuts.
Now, after clicking on the downloaded file, an additional line will appear in its menu, which will allow you to install the windows font as a shortcut. 
In this case, the downloaded data will not be copied to the standard folder, however, if the original file is moved to another location, the font will no longer be available and will have to be installed again.
How to remove or hide a font
To delete or hide a font, just go to the folder where they are all stored. After this, you can right-click on the unnecessary file and click “ Delete" This will completely erase the file from the system. If the user wants some of them to simply become unavailable, then you can select the “ Hide", which will save them on the device, but make them inaccessible in editors.
Do not forget that there are several elements without which the system will not be able to work or will fail. Here is a list of files that should not be deleted under any circumstances:
- Courier New
- Arial(including options: Bold, Italic, Bold Italic);
- Times New Roman(including options: Bold, Italic, Bold Italic);
- Symbol;
- Wingdings;
- MS Serif;
- MS Sans Serif.
How to install a custom font
If the file has a non-standard extension or type, the system may complain about it. In this case, you should still try to install it; if this fails, you will be left with download data in a format that the system understands.
It is also possible to use one of the online programs for file type conversions, which are now available on the Internet, you should search for “ps to ttf”, simply replacing the first item with your file extension. After this, you can try to install the converted file.
What to do if the font is not installed
What to do if the system complains that the file is not a font file is described in the previous section. It's worth using a converter or downloading it from another location. However, there is one more nuance. For dozens of users, even obviously working files may not be installed if built-in firewall disabled. If you activate it, the information is installed perfectly; all Windows 10 users should try this method if the installation fails.
The Windows operating system has supported the installation of different fonts from the very beginning. After installing the latest version of Windows 10, users lost the ability to change the system font on their computer using the operating system. But the ability to add and install fonts to the system remains.
Using the current method, the user will not need to install the downloaded font themselves. It will be automatically installed from the app store after downloading. Since the current feature appeared not so long ago, the selection of fonts in the Windows 10 store is not yet large.
Users of the Windows operating system are given the opportunity to independently install fonts on their computer. There are several ways to install fonts. The result in any of the cases will be the same.
Find the downloaded font in Explorer and select the option in the context menu Install. If necessary, you can use a preview. 
After which the installation of the font into the system will begin in the same way as the previous method. You can also simply go to the path: C:\Windows\Fonts where the fonts are located in Windows 10 and transfer the required font here. In essence, this will be the same thing, since when opening the current location through Explorer, the user will be taken to the font control panel.
The user also has the opportunity to download fonts for all languages in just two clicks. Clicking this button downloads fonts for all languages supported by the Windows operating system, which can take up a lot of space on your computer. The current operation can take a really long time.
With the feature of adding third-party fonts to the system, the ability to remove installed fonts has also been added. This feature was also available in previous versions of the Windows operating system.
You can also use the button on the toolbar, which appears only after selecting an object in the folder with fonts. We recommend that users of the latest version of the Windows 10 operating system read the article.
conclusions
In previous versions of the Windows operating system, the user had the opportunity to change the interface font using built-in tools. Now, in order to change the operating system font, you need to download third-party programs in addition to the font itself. But still, the ability to add and install a third-party font in the Windows 10 operating system remains. In principle, if you know where fonts are stored in Windows 7, you can easily find them in Windows 10.