How should I install a font?

Question

Actually, I really know it. But everytime I copy and paste it to the "FONTS" folder. Suddenly a message will appear saying, "Unable to install font. File "cheri.zip" is either invalid or damaged." But this file is already unzipped.

Answer 1

Did you paste the folder? Because you should paste the True Type Font File or the exact font file and not the folder that contains it.

Answer 2

Hey, you cannot expect Windows to unzip the file also for you, can you?

Try the following:

1. Unzip the file containing the fonts and extract the font files to a temporary folder.

2. Goto Start/Settings/Control Panel/Fonts. Right click on Fonts and click on Open to see the Fonts folder.

3. Choose Install New Font from the File menu of the Fonts folder.

4. Point the application to the temporary folder you created in step 1 and select the fonts you want to install.

5. You may want to choose the copy option, to permanently copy the font files to the Windows\Fonts folder.

6. Close all windows and you're done.

Answer 3

Look back at the error message properly, it is still a .zip file. It is either you copy the wrong file to paste, or the zip file is corrupted. Download again. And make sure the file is .ttf before you copy.