Install a Font Tutorial

Many ppl surely already know this, but i've seen on some tutorials that you need to restart your photoshop if
you want to install a new font (by copying it to C:\Windows\Fonts) But thats not needed. Follow this simple guide
if you want to know how.

If this thread is placed on the wrong place, please move it. I didnt know where to post it.

1. First download the font you want to install. (Make sure photoshop is started)
2. Extract it to your desktop or any other folder anywhere, not the font folder in c:\windows.
3. Now, enter the Control Panel. And open Fonts there, now you should see something like your ordinary font folder.
4. Now choose "File / Install new Fonts". Go to the font you downloaded and select all. Press Ok and it will install.
5. Now close all windows (not photoshop) and create a new textlayer on photoshop, look for the font, and there it is. No need to restart it.

Some of this might not be stated exactly, im from sweden so i have a swedish windows XP, but i hope you will understand anyways.

Enjoy. ^^

i never have to restart ps, i jsut install an im ready - maybe its just sweedish window o_O

wow swedish ppl speaks english 0_0 yeah i don't need to restart either and another place you can put fonts are in c:\program files\common files\adobe\fonts unless you want to use the fonts on word programs like microsoft word

For me when I drop it in the fonts folder I don't have to restart PS.

^_^ I guess microsoft was making it harder for our swedes then :)
Btw, thanks for the tip thecondiment

WOW THX! I've been waiting for a tut like this for a while...

well aight...you can load without closin or minimizin anything tho....it doesnt matter....its just a warning incase u got viruses that might affect downloads

great tut. this'll really ehlp new people.

Hej ja e också från sverige, men alla vet väll redan den här tuten...? ;)

i dont have to restart it ether and im from sweden?

i'm not from sweden :(

i just pull font file into the windows font folder but your ways good too

nice tut!

yeah nie tut!

theres an easyer way than that just put your fonts in this path after downloading them

c:\ProgrammeFiles\CommonFiles\Adobe \Fonts

and there u go u dont have to have PS running so u dont need to restart it.

P.S this is my first post but i gotta say you guys seem like pros compared to me i have only been doing it for a couple months ill post some of the sigs i have done soon.

I don't even install my fonts... I just put them all in a font folder when I download them (unzip if necessary) and then I launch AMP Font Viewer and view all uninstalled fonts prior to launching PS2. Once I load PS2, all the fonts installed and uninstalled now show up in PS2 (and any other program). I know this is not the same but thought people might find this handy so that you don't have to install 1000's of fonts on your PC and slooooow it down.