Archive for December, 2010

To Add New Microsoft Word Fonts

Friday, December 10th, 2010

All Microsoft Office applications haul the available fonts list from the system fonts stored in the Windows directory. You need to install the font in the Windows Fonts folder in order to access the font from Word, PowerPoint, Excel or any of the other Microsoft Office applications.

Add new Microsoft Word fonts most fonts downloaded from the internet are delivered as a .zip file. To install the font, you want to unzip the file using an application like WinRAR or the built-in compression app in Windows. After you unzip the font, locate the .TTF file that is the font. Right-click this files and chooses Install from the right click menu. The font should automatically install in the windows fonts folder and be available for use in every application on your system.

The other way to install a font is to browse to C:\Windows\Fonts and copy the font from your desktop to the Fonts folder, which also automatically installs the font on your system.

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Four Free Fonts for Microsoft Word

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

MS Word Fonts

Are you tired of using the same old font in your MS Word desktop publishing projects and want to add something new? The fonts described below are all ready to be incorporated into Microsoft Word for all your projects.

Sanford

Sanford is a clean serifed typeface. You can use it in just about any document: it will stand out as unique because of the subtle differences from the standard Microsoft Word fonts, like Times New Roman. It’s easy to read and can be used in practically any kind of document.

Goudy Bookletter 1911

If you want a slightly old-fashioned font that works well with Microsoft Word, consider Goudy Bookletter 1911. This font can be used on any text, but it’s especially ideal if you’re working on a document that you to add an air of vintage typesetting.

Blue Highway

When it comes to sans serif fonts, a lot of the options that come with Microsoft Word can look pretty much the same. But Blue Highway offers a choice with a professional appearance, that still manages to stand out.

Selectric

It’s important to have a fixed-width font or two at your disposal if you publishes a lot of documents. Selectric is a great example of a fixed-width font: it has serifs, but they don’t change the fact that every letter is exactly the same width. Fixed-width fonts are commonly used to separate certain types of information from the rest of a document: if you’re showing the code used to create a program or the data set used to create statistics, setting it in a fixed-width font is an easy way to separate it from the rest of your document.

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