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My favourite fonts and how to download fonts to your computer

I am addicted to fonts. I am always downloading them. I have hundreds and hundreds! It’s bad. Sometimes I spend so long deciding on a font for someone, that it takes me longer to pick that than it does to come up with an overall design concept!

Today I thought I would share a few of my favourites with you. They are all free fonts. My favourite site is dafont. Although, I google search and find lots of others too.

To add a new font to your computer all you have to do is:

♥ Download the font

♥ Open the downloaded font file and I drag the .tff or .otf file to my desktop

♥ Then I go to SEARCH on my computer (Windows has this option down the bottom when you press the Windows Start Logo) and I type in FONTS.

♥ My font folder will open and then I drag the font from the desktop in to here.

Presto!

Happy font hunting x

21 comments

  • Sarah B

    Hi Katrina, thanks for this hint as I’ve often wondered how to do it. There are some great fonts above – I like the old typewriter one.
    I hope you are feeling much better now and getting back to healthy 🙂
    Sarah

  • Jenny

    Hi Katrina, what a fabulous tip! Thankyou, I am merrily downloading. 😉

  • Sarah

    I’m a huge font fan as well, I think I have about 1500 on the cimputer & stacks more that are not actually installed! Funnily enough I have about half of the ones you’ve posted & dafont is my favourite too 🙂

  • Samantha

    Thanks Katrina, going to give that one a try, enjoy your weekend.x

  • Deb

    Thanks Katrina, I often look at the fonts but never know how to get them. Ta muchly.

  • Amanda

    I love finding new fonts too, thanks for the refresher on downolading them, I had baby brain the other day and couldn’t for the life of me work out how to download a font I wanted 🙂

  • Rosie

    Katrina,
    You have given me more excuses to play and avoid doing paperwork today…You’re the bestest….:)

  • Kimmy

    I am totally hopeless at anything on the computer!! I have visited the website and downloaded the fonts onto my desktop, opened them and clicked ‘install’……now what?? LOL…..where do I got to use them etc….I clearly have NO idea!! hahaha….hope you are well and glad the card reading went well!!! x

    • Katrina (author)

      Kimmy – don’t install. Just drag the downloaded file to your desktop. Search your computer for the FONTS folder. Double click the downloaded font and there will be a .ttf of .otf file in there. Drag that one into the FONTS folder. Hope it works! 🙂

  • Dakota

    Im 14 and i always use dafont (i screenshot the words) ive downloaded over 200 today, because i know how to download them now! Thanks

    • Katrina (author)

      Oh yay, glad you did this Dakota! Good work 🙂

  • Elise

    Katrina, you have created a monster !!!! I have been busily gobbling up fonts all morning. Thanks for the awesome tips xx

  • charmaine

    You just reminded me, i used to scrapbook and had lots and LOTS of fonts:) I used The Font Thing, i think it helped organise them?? I cant remember now:)I do love 815 and sunshine in my soul. I love handwriting type fonts:) Thanks for sharing. What is the Commentluv checkbox…does that mean you can go read my blog:)? Im kinda techno challenged, i do need to finish of a new header for my blog, id make you cringe if you checked it out…bit shy here

    • Katrina (author)

      Hi Charmaine, it means that you put the link to your latest post on my blog so myself and others can go over and read 🙂

  • Leanne

    thanks Katrina, I love fonts and recently discovered dafont and wondered how I could use it better. Thanks also for your tip on clearing apps off the ‘shelf’ on your iphone, I can’t believe how many I had to get rid of! Keep those tips on FB coming!!
    I love your work!

  • leicia

    am i stupid or what? first step is …. Download the font.
    how do i do that?

  • julie @ tractorgirl

    teehee! I must say I love a good font too….
    BUT that’s because they are important!!!! They are yet another visual tool to add to your repertoire, so you can project EXACTLY the image you want.

  • Lou

    K,

    You never stop sharing your tips and insight. Love a great font.

    Have a fab weekend.

    L 🙂

  • Amanda Brownhill

    I am with you, I love fonts also. I have over 8000! I do however, do a bit of graphic design from home also so always on the look out for new fonts.. free and to purchase!

  • Deanna

    Thank you!…. I read this post aaaaaages ago and have just put it to use… why did I wait so long?! I’m a font addict now 😉

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