About Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design » Windows Font Basics http://desktoppublishing.wordpress.com Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:55:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/e2f11c87af1fb89bf0efc0ecd2e02aca?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png About Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design » Windows Font Basics http://desktoppublishing.wordpress.com Windows Font Basics for New Font Users: Lesson 3 – Font Installation http://desktoppublishing.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/windows-font-basics-for-new-font-users-lesson-3-font-installation/ http://desktoppublishing.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/windows-font-basics-for-new-font-users-lesson-3-font-installation/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:03:20 +0000 Judith http://desktoppublishing.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/windows-font-basics-for-new-font-users-lesson-3-font-installation/ ]]>

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Font FAQs
This series of Font FAQs addresses downloading, installation, and troubleshooting issues.

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In lesson 4 we’re going to address font management because once you have more than a dozen or so fonts they can start becoming unruly.

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Digital Font Formats
TrueType and PostScript Type 1 fonts come in both Macintosh and Windows formats. You can’t use TrueType or Type 1 fonts for the Mac on a PC running Windows. The newer OpenType font format is cross-platform. You can use the same OpenType fonts on both Macintosh and Windows PC computers.

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In our lesson 3 we’ll learn how to download fonts from the Web and Install them.
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About Type & Fonts
Discuss all kinds of typography issues, search for specific fonts, or get help identifying a mystery font in the About Type & Fonts forum.
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Resident and Soft Fonts
The first step in understanding and using digital fonts is learning just a touch about font formats.There are two broad categories of digital fonts – resident and soft fonts.

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In lesson 2 we’ll look at how the primary Windows font formats – TrueType, OpenType, and Type 1 fonts – are similiar and how they differ.
DTP Classroom
Have questions about anything in this class? The DTP Classroom is your safe place for asking even the most basic questions.
About Type & Fonts
Discuss all kinds of typography issues, search for specific fonts, or get help identifying a mystery font in the About Type & Fonts forum.
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