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RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

mrsc2be — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:11:38 GMT

It worked this time. Thanks for your help... not sure what was different but I have my scriptina :)

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

anaksa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:45:45 GMT

Here you go, I hope it works

Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel
Note: In Windows XP, choose Start > Control Panel
Double-click the Fonts folder.
Choose File > Install New Font.
Locate the fonts you want to install.
- In the Drives list, select the drive and the folder containing the fonts you want to install.
- In the Folders list, select a folder that contains the fonts you want to install. (Make sure you have unzipped them first.) The fonts in the folder appear under List of Fonts.
Select the fonts to install. To select more than one font, hold down the CTRL key and click each font.
To copy the fonts to the Fonts folder, make sure the Copy fonts to the Fonts folder check box is selected.
Note: If installing fonts from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM, you should make sure this check box is selected. Otherwise, to use the fonts in your applications, you must always keep the disk in the disk drive.
Click OK to install the fonts.

To unzip, I think you have to right click on your file and go from there, I'm having trouble directing you, my computer is in french.

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

anaksa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:39:39 GMT

Hmm...I remember I had a hard time with it too, let me think.

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

mrsc2be — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:31:49 GMT

[quote][b]anaksa (7/3/2008)[/b][hr]You need to add the fonts in your control pannel.[/quote]

I did this... went to control panel, font folder, install new font, browsed it and clicked to add.... the font name showed up in the font folder and the dropdown list in Word but was empty??

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

anaksa — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:24:05 GMT

You need to add the fonts in your control pannel.

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

mrsc2be — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:44:18 GMT

[quote][b]Beltsie (6/29/2008)[/b][hr]I went to www.dafont.com and found a bunch of fonts I liked, downloaded them and added them on my computer. The good thing about that website is you can type in your text to see what it will look like in that font.

To add fonts once you download them (first you have to unzip the folder)

1. Start --> Control Panel
2. Switch to "Classic View"
3. Open the "Fonts" folder
4. Go "File" ---> "Install new font"
5. Browse to where you saved your font and install (once you click on the folder where the font is, you need to wait a few seconds for it to show up)
6. Open Word and try out your fonts!

Hope that helped! good luck :)[/quote]

Thanks for the step by step.... but can you tell me how to unzip the folder, lol. I did everything else as you listed and it showed up in Word in the font dropdown list but there was no script there... was blank??? I think that I did not unzip...

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

cfranke — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:02:41 GMT

I used a font downloading program as well...just google free fonts, and see what comes up :)

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

kittybeans — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:21:26 GMT

I dont know your exact script, definatly look at downloading them though. I used a standard Word script: Edwardian Script ITC

kinda blurry photo i know. but its a more flowy script than what you are looking for. good luck finding it.

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

novalt — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:15:56 GMT

I just used fonts that I had from Office. I used Edwardian Script ITC and Copperplate Gothic light (and then I put it in bold.. don't ask why I didn't just use copperplate gothic bold, lol)

RE: Girls I need help with my DIY invites

Beltsie — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:16:04 GMT

I went to www.dafont.com and found a bunch of fonts I liked, downloaded them and added them on my computer. The good thing about that website is you can type in your text to see what it will look like in that font.

To add fonts once you download them (first you have to unzip the folder)

Hope that helped! good luck :)

Girls I need help with my DIY invites

mrshayes — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:09:36 GMT

I am trying to make my invites but i cant get the font to look good, I have windows xp What did you all do??I love earyones that are posted on here the look professional.

this is the look i am going for