Introduction
This article describes how to add and remove fonts in Microsoft Windows.
Note If your computer runs Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003, you must be an administrator to add or remove fonts.
Important To install fonts, you must have them on a floppy disk, CD, or your hard disk.
To install a font, follow these steps:
Warning If you run Windows Setup, you may lose programs and hardware drivers that you have installed since the last time Windows was set up on your computer. If you need more information about the files you could lose, you might want to contact Support. For information about how to contact Support, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:The following fonts are included with Windows and are installed on every computer:
Note If your computer runs Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003, you must be an administrator to add or remove fonts.
To add a new font
Note To reinstall standard Windows fonts, go to the "To reinstall the standard fonts included with Windows" section.Important To install fonts, you must have them on a floppy disk, CD, or your hard disk.
To install a font, follow these steps:
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type the following command, and then click OK: %windir%\fonts
- On the File menu, click Install New Font.
- In the Drives box, click the drive that contains the font that you want to add.
Note The floppy disk drive is typically drive A or drive B. The CD drive is typically drive D. - In the Folders box, click the folder that contains the font that you want to add, and then click OK.
- In the List of fonts box, click the font that you want to add. To select more than one font at a time, press and hold the CTRL key while you select each font.
- Click to select the Copy Fonts To Fonts Folder check box. The new font is saved in the Windows\Fonts folder.
- Click OK.
To remove a font
To remove a font from the hard disk, follow these steps:- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type the following command, and then click OK: %windir%\fonts
- Click the font that you want to remove. To select more than one font at a time, press and hold the CTRL key while you select each font.
- On the File menu, click Delete.
- When you receive the "Are you sure you want to delete these fonts?" prompt, click Yes.
To reinstall the standard fonts included with Windows
If any of the standard fonts that are included with Windows are missing, you can run Windows Setup again. Setup replaces missing or changed files. If the standard fonts are missing, other Windows files may also be missing. Setup also reinstalls these files.Warning If you run Windows Setup, you may lose programs and hardware drivers that you have installed since the last time Windows was set up on your computer. If you need more information about the files you could lose, you might want to contact Support. For information about how to contact Support, please visit the following Microsoft Web site:The following fonts are included with Windows and are installed on every computer:
- Courier New (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)
- Arial (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)
- Times New Roman (TrueType, including Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic variations)
- Symbol (TrueType)
- Wingdings (TrueType)
- MS Serif
- MS Sans Serif