The download process is the easy part. Finding the fonts is more challenging because of the sheer number of typefaces that are now available on the Internet. If you’re just browsing, enjoy the journey. But if you’re looking for the best typeface to complete that perfect book cover you’re designing for a very famous client, pace yourself—it could take days. Here’s a good way to get started.
1. Search for free fonts and select one of the websites from the results. If you are in a hurry, choose a site that provides a “Categories/Styles” list so you can, at least, eliminate all the categories you don’t want.For example, the 1001 Free Fonts site provides a large Categories/Styles list just beneath the site header. If it’s a children’s book, consider the Disney or Fantasy group; for science fiction, try the Sci Fi group; or a book about the Knights of King Arthur would likely use a typeface from the Medieval group.
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1001 Free Fonts is one of many troves of fonts online.
2. Browse through the target category, select the typeface that works best for your project, then click the Download button.
3. Font files are generally downloaded in compressed ZIP format. Assuming you have a program to decompress ZIP files, that program will guide you through the process.

Download and unzip a font file.
4. When the font file appears in the next dialog box, double-click the file, and Windows displays a screen that shows the typeface in multiple sizes. If it looks good, click the Install button.
5. A dialog pops up and says: Do you want the following program to make changes to this computer? If so, click Yes, and the fonts install directly to your C:\Windows\Fonts folder.

Download and install fonts
6. You can also copy the ZIP file to your desktop or another folder. Just locate, then click the Copy button.
7. Next, position your cursor on the ZIP file and right-click.

8. Select Open With (or Extract, based on your zip program) and choose a zip program from the dropdown list. The file unzips, and Windows copies it to the destination location you specified (such as the Desktop).

9. To install the unzipped file from the Desktop or another folder (that is not the C:\Windows\Fonts folder), just double-click the file and the Install Fontsscreen appears. Click the Install button, and mission accomplished.
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