when im trying to move my downloaded fonts to the font file in windows it says it can't!?

Question

it says The file 'C:/Users/Ki Chung/my_turtle.zip' is not a valid font file and cannot be installed. -_________-
anyone know what to do? and the file is NOT corrupted this has happened to me for the past HOUR! i've tried almost every site for downloadable fonts and the same thing keeps on freaking happening! ugh so fustrating. help please!

Answer 1

I used to have the same problem as you! The thing is, these font sites have lots of fonts, and they want to minimize the amount of space that the fonts take up. So, they use .zip files to compress the font files and reduce space.



To extract the font files from the .zip files, right click the zip file and click "Extract All...". I'm assuming you're using Windows XP here.



Follow what it says. Click "Next" when it first comes up, then select where you want to extract the files to. By default, it will save the font file in a folder on the desktop.



Click "Next" to confirm. It should extract the file very quickly.



Then, click "Finish" to see your extracted files.



When the folder comes up, you should see your font file in it. Your font file is the file with an icon showing either double T's, an O or an A. Copy that file.



Then go to C:\Windows\Fonts and paste your font file there.



If it is copied successfully, you should be able to use it on any program that uses fonts (like MS Word or Paint).



Hope this helps you! If this didn't work, email me with more details and I'd be glad to help!

Answer 2

Open the font folder and at the top click, File, Install New Font. Try it that way.

Answer 3

purely precise click on the zipped folder and click on "Extract All....". interior the verbal replace that seems, you will see the region the unzipped folder would be stored to. (I frequently shop to my laptop so i will locate the folders easily.) purely click the "Extract" button on the backside precise and the unzipped folder will seem interior a similar region by way of fact the zipped folder. With Vista and probable homestead windows 7, it particularly is easy to place in fonts. Double click on the unzipped folder to open it. you will see a record with the large LETTERS TT (for authentic sort fonts) or maybe O (for Open sort fonts). precise click in this record and click on "deploy". executed;-)