Installing Fonts Works in Windows 11

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Font files are like regular files, where they can be downloaded from websites and shared between computers via flash drives, CDs, etc. There are lots of places to get fonts online, including free sources like Google Fonts, DaFont, and FontSpace. We’ll see below Windows 11 has its own, built-in method for getting fonts, too.

If you’ve got a font file, like one in the OTF or TTF file extension, you can’t just put it anywhere on your computer and expect it to be usable. A font isn’t recognized by Windows 11, and by extension programs like Word, until it’s been properly installed.

Installed fonts are stored in a specific folder, as covered below. As long as the program you want to use the font in is looking for font files in the standard Windows Fonts folder, following the steps below will allow the file to be used by that software.

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Locate the font file. You need the actual file, so if the font was downloaded in an archive (it probably was), extract it first: Select it once and then go to Compressed Folder Tools > Extract all > Extract. The font will appear in a folder by the same name as the archive.

Extract option for a ZIP file in Windows 11

There are several ways to install a font in Windows 11. The easiest is to double-click it, or right-click it, and select Install.

Install highlighted in font right-click menu

You can also go to Settings > Personalization > Fonts, and drag the font file into the Add fonts area. This works with multiple fonts as well.

Add fonts Windows 11 settings

Font installations can also take place directly from the Windows Fonts folder at C:\Windows\Fonts. Copy and paste, or drag and drop, one or more fonts there to install them in bulk.

This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Windows > Fonts highlighted in Windows 11 file explorer

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