If you at least sometimes use the Photoshop graphics editor , then you probably have a need to create one or another text written in beautiful, unusual letters. But those fonts that were originally laid down in the program are not enough. Is there anything you can do about this? Is it possible to add other beautiful and original fonts to existing ones? Of course, you can install the font in Photoshop yourself, and it is not difficult to do this.
First you need to find on the Internet and download the archive with your favorite fonts. There are many of them, but try to find one that supports both the Cyrillic alphabet and the Latin alphabet, otherwise you will get abracadabra when using it. After the archive is downloaded, it must be unpacked. To do this, right-click on the archive, a menu will appear. In it you need to select the option “Extract” or “Extract to the current folder”. Especially for fonts, you can create a separate folder, because, quite possibly, you will need some other kind of letters.
Next, to install the font, left-click the mouse, click "Start". In this case, do not close or collapse the folder, but simply move it a little. In the "Start", find the item called "All Programs" and, having opened it, go to the "Control Panel". Here you will find a folder called “Fonts”. But it can be found through the search. Open the folder where, in the context menu, called with the right mouse button, select “Install Font”. You can preview what the letters from the proposed list of fonts will look like. To do this, double-click on the name and in the window that appears, see if this view suits you. If yes, then right from here it can be installed by clicking the corresponding button in the top panel.
If you are thinking about how to install the font through the context menu, then for this in the dialog box, select the names you need, and then at the command prompt, enter the path to the folder into which you unpacked the downloaded archive. We can assume that the font is installed. In addition, you can see it not only in Photoshop, but also in Word.
If you want to know how to install a font without knowing its name, but having a piece of text written by him, then this is also possible. There are several resources with which you can find the font you like (or very close to it), having only an image of the letters. For example, Graphic Design Blog. But it can be useful only if you know the name of the studio or the name of the designer who created this font.
If there is no such knowledge, and you see the type of letters for the first time, you can recommend What The Font. This resource will help you find the font by its image. To make the search results more successful, first make sure that the picture has a fairly clear view. You can remove background noise and add contrast in the same photoshop. The next step in how to install a font that is not known is to load the image into the program. Next, you need to make sure that the resource correctly identified the glyphs, and only after that click "Search". As a result, you will have several options. If you increase the image size to the maximum (360x275 pixels), the list may become an order of magnitude shorter.
Another resource is Fontshop. It is original in that you first need to determine the general form of your chosen font, after which, on an increasing scale, it is necessary to answer more complex questions. In addition, this service is also good because it helps not only to identify an existing font, but also to choose the right letters for your project. You set the necessary parameters yourself and get a unique result at the output.
As you can see, there is nothing complicated about how to install the font. Do not forget that in order to activate it, Photoshop will have to be rebooted.