How to Easily Install Multiple Fonts

We already blogged aboutโ€ฏ how to install a new font into your system. Thatโ€™s cool. However, weโ€™re sure that youโ€™ll love not just one font โ€ฏfrom the sites we recommend, but lots of them. You will also end up downloading all of them. At the end of the day, theyโ€™re free, so why not.ย 

The problem you may face once you have all thoseโ€ฏ.zip, .ttf โ€ฏorโ€ฏ.otfโ€ฏ files, though, is how to install them easily. Also, whatโ€™s theโ€ฏdifference between OTF and TFF? Fear not! We atโ€ฏ356labs are happy to help you save some time because we know youโ€™d hate to install these new babes one by one.ย 

Luckily, thereโ€™s an easy way to install multiple fonts in bulk on both Windows and Mac. Check it out:ย 

Install multiple fonts on Windowsย 

One-click wayย 

Step #1. Open the folder where your newly downloaded fonts are (extract the zip. files).ย 

Step #2. If the extracted files are in different folders, just hit CTRL+F, typeโ€ฏ.ttfโ€ฏorโ€ฏ.otfโ€ฏand select the fonts you want to install (CTRL+A selects all of them).ย 

Step #3. Right click and select Install.ย 

The copy-paste way

Repeat steps 1 and 2, described above.ย 

Step #3. Copy them (CTRL+Cโ€ฏor right mouse click >โ€ฏCopy).ย 

Step #4. Go andโ€ฏPasteโ€ฏthem into theโ€ฏFontsโ€ฏfolder located inโ€ฏControl Panel.ย 

3 things to keep in mind when installing fonts on Windowsย 

#1. When you have already installed a font, but youโ€™ve forgotten about it, Windows will show you a pop-up message. It will ask you whether to overwrite the old files or ignore the new ones. Whatever you choose, you can check the Do this for all current items box so that it wonโ€™t ask you for each font separately.ย 

#2. Make sure all running Microsoft Office programmes are closed when you install a new font. Otherwise, youโ€™ll need to restart them, so they can recognise a new font has been installed.ย 

#3. If a font is not recognised even after the installation, restart your machine. Yes, we know, youโ€™ve heard it all before, but annoyingly, in recent years the need to restart your PC or Mac after an installation process has been growing. It always works though.ย 

Install multiple fonts on Mac OSย 

Step #1. Open theโ€ฏFont Book.ย 

Step #2. Click the โ€ฏAddโ€ฏ button located in the toolbar.ย 

Step #3. Select the fonts you want to install and clickโ€ฏOpen โ€ฏ(use the Search functionality at the upper right corner of the window to search forโ€ฏ.ttfโ€ฏorโ€ฏ.otfโ€ฏfiles only if the fonts are spread across different folders).ย 

Or simply drag and drop the fonts in the Font book.ย 

Done.ย 

And thatโ€™s how you easily install multiple fonts by yourself. Now check out how to โ€ฏinstall fonts on your iPad, too, and let us know if you have any questions in the Comments below.ย 

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