Recently, for the first time in a long while, I have needed to install custom fonts on my system to do some testing for particular customers. The process was actually ridiculously easy, but I figure it is worth sharing as a quick tidbit (this works on both Vista and XP):

1. If your fonts are in a zip file, unzip them first. Put them on your desktop.
2. Open control panel.
3. Open the Fonts option (this will open \Windows\fonts).
4. Copy your font files into the folder which was just open.
5. To be thorough, restart any applications where you need to use the new font.

That’s it. Mac users can find instructions here (although I cannot test them, it seems easy enough).

If you are looking for some custom fonts, a quick Internet search on ‘free fonts’ will list several sites, but here are a couple I found during quick search:

• http://www.searchfreefonts.com/
• http://www.1001freefonts.com/