![]() ![]() If you need your font installed for applications other than Cricut, I recommend you do it a little differently, however. To install your font on Windows, you may be able to simply double click on the font file and click on the Install button on the window that pops up. TrueType, or TTF, is also fine, I just prefer OTF as it gives font designers a space for the special characters like glyphs and other cool features. This font is only available in OTF, which is great. If you have BOTH types, you want to use the OpenType, also known as OTF, as it contains more font information. The font file will either be in TrueType or OpenFont type. In this folder, we have a Please Read Me file with more information on the font, a License Request file that explains where to purchase a commercial license, and the actual font file. Inside the font folder, you’ll see the fonts inside it, along with some extra information files. If it does not, you’ll find it in your Downloads folder where you can double-click it to open it. Now after it extracts, you should see a new folder appear in your list with a similar name as the zip folder, and it will probably open right up for you as mine did. To do this, just right-click with your mouse on the zip folder and choose Extract All, then click Extract on the window that appears next. Next, you need to decompress the font ZIP folder, right here. If you just see a bunch of icons rather than a list like mine, click on View and change it to Details, then sort by Date Modified. Sort by Date Modified and you should see the file at the top of your list. To find a downloaded font on Windows 11, select File Explorer from the taskbar, then look in Quick Access on the left side and choose Downloads. How to Download Fonts on Windowsįirst, click the Download button. Now I will show you how to download these fonts on a Windows computer first, then on a Mac computer. If it does not, go to your Downloads folder. If you’re on Google Chrome as I am, your font file will download and open right away for you. And the ZIP file for the font will immediately download to your computer – you do not need to login or create an account or anything like that. So when you think you’ve found a font winner, just click the Download button on the right. Not all fonts will have all characters, for example I noticed that the PLUS sign was missing in some of those other fonts, but it’s available in this font. And note that at the bottom, you can see ALL the characters in this font, which I think is really useful is there something special you want to use it for. ![]() And all the information on how to contact the author and purchase a commercial license at an additional cost are right here. So if we look closer at Hello Honey, you can see all sorts of information about it – it has special characters like the swashes and hearts, that make it really fun. So once you find a specific font you like, you can click on it to learn more about it. For example, you can preview what each font will look like in your chosen text by typing it in the Preview box right here – so I’ll type “Jennifer + Greg” (because he’s my hero) and I can see my text in every font. First, you can sort by popularity if you want to see what fonts others like too. You can click Download right from this page, but before we do that, I want to point out a couple of cool things that will help you find the right font for your project. You can tell that this is a well-loved font with more than 5 million downloads, and it’s free for personal use. ![]() For example, “Hello Honey” is a gorgeous script font, which looks like it even has extras in it, like the heart. For example, under Script fonts in the categories area, which I know so many of us love, you’ll see all sorts of beautiful fonts. You can search for any font in the search bar, of course, but there are other ways to find fonts. I’ve used many of the awesome fonts here for my personal projects, there are just so many font choices. If you want to use these fonts on things you’ll sell, check the font descriptions for contact information so you can purchase a license. On Dafont, you’ll see different categories near the top which you can browse, and if you scroll down you’ll see the most recent ones – note that most are free for personal use, not commercial use.
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