Please note that these fonts are suitable only for Windows machines, not the Macintosh.

This page covers installing fonts in our Professional PostScript range. Another page describes installing TrueType fonts.

Once you've downloaded a font you'll need to install it on your system before you use it. Fortunately this is a simple operation. You do need to know where the font you've just downloaded is, however, so make sure that you keep track of where your browser saves it.

Important note to Internet Explorer 4 users

IE4 loses the three letter file type extension to the filename. You need to rename the file to add .zip to the font name. (So a file called fontname becomes fontname.zip.)

Windows 95, 98 Me and 3.1

1. First step is to decompress the downloaded fonts. These instructions describe decompressing using WinZip. The process may be slightly different if you use a different program. Double-click the downloaded font folder to open it. The WinZip window shows three files: .PFM, .PFB, and .AFM.
2. Click 'Extract'. You are then asked where you want to decompress the files to.
3. Select a folder then click 'Extract'. This decompresses the files.
4. Run Adobe Type Manager (ATM). This is usually in the Adobe program group, accessible from the Start button (bottom left of the window.)
5. In ATM click 'Add'.
6. Select the folder containing your new font files. The name of the font then appears in the ATM window.
7. Click on the font name.
8. Click 'Add'.

Most programs show the font in their font list as soon as you install it. Some do not - you have to quit and then reload these programs.

Windows NT, 2000 and XP

You require a ZIP decompression program to decompress the downloaded fonts.

1. First step is to decompress the downloaded fonts. These instructions describe decompressing using WinZip. The process may be slightly different if you use a different program. Double-click the downloaded font folder to open it. The WinZip window shows three files: .PFM, .PFB, and .AFM.
2. Click 'Extract'. You are then asked where you want to decompress the files to.
3. Select a folder then click 'Extract'. This decompresses the files.
4. Open the Control Panel. (Start then Settings.)
5. Double-click Fonts.
6. Choose 'Install New Fonts' on the File Menu.
7. Select the folder containing your new font files.
8. Click on the font name.
   • Windows NT3.5: Click 'Add'. You may be asked if you want to convert the font. If so click 'Yes'.
   • Windows NT4, 2000 and XP: Click 'Add'. This opens the Install Type 1 Font dialog box.
9. Select all three check boxes.
10. Click 'OK' (NT3.5) or 'Yes' (NT4, 2000 and XP) to install the new font.

Most programs show the font in their font list as soon as you install it. Some do not - you have to quit and then reload these programs.