Installing Additional Fonts
In Windows 95, fonts can be installed in your computer in several ways:
- Windows 95 automatically installs TrueType and its screen fonts during Setup. When you specify a printer and other options in the Printer Setup dialog box, Windows 95 includes information about font cartridges and built-in fonts for your printer.
- Install more TrueType fonts from disks. After you install TrueType fonts, you do not need to use the Fonts option in Control Panel to install them again.
- Install soft fonts from other vendors on your hard disk by using the utility supplied by the manufacturer. Then use the Fonts option in Control Panel to install the fonts for Windows 95.
- Install a new font cartridge in your printer.
For more information about adding fonts, see online Help.
Note
If a TrueType font becomes corrupted, Windows 95 detects this and marks that font as unavailable during the remainder of that Windows session and prevents it from being rendered any longer. You can choose to uninstall the font at that point.
To install cartridge fonts available to Windows-based applications
- Use the installation program that came with the cartridge.
– Or –
- If you are using an HP LaserJet or DeskJet® PCL printer, right-click the printer's icon, and in the context menu, click Properties.
- From the printer's Fonts properties, click the Install Printer Fonts button.
- In the HP Font Installer dialog box, select the cartridge fonts you want to install, and then click Exit. Click OK.
If you use the Install Printer Fonts button to install fonts, they appear in the Cartridge list in the printer's Fonts properties. If you use another installation program, the fonts will not appear in this list, but are still available for use with Windows-based applications.
To make installed cartridge fonts available to Windows-based applications
- Make sure that the font cartridge is inserted properly in the printer.
- Right-click the printer's icon, and in the context menu, click Properties.
- From the printer's Fonts properties, select the cartridge fonts you want to use.