rule number one ~ unless others have the font... they probably will not see it in a web page, chat or letter. so stick with common ones there.... or offer the font link for download. almost all fonts are found on the net.

rule number two ~ too many fonts does slow your system. if you're in chat, it may actually be quicker to override the nice font selections. =o( i confess to having over 600 fonts installed. and over 450 are ding / pictorial fonts.... only for graphics use... and one day i will see about moving the dings to a font2 folder...

now.. if you are installing one font.... or a dozen.... the procedure is about the same.

you will need WinZip and if you will be installing several at once i recommend you use Extract Now..... ( for extract now... just drop all the font zip files in.. click extract....and point to fonts folder .....)

if your installing one font.... just run the winzip utility and unzip it to the C:\WINDOWS\FONTS folder....... ( and  if your on win2k, the path maybe  C:/Winnt/fonts

unzipped it someplace else? just click start, settings, control panel, then fonts. on the tool bar, click FILE, then INSTALL FONT, and find where you dropped the unzipped file..

When done, click VIEW, and REFRESH and all the fonts should be listed. Many users find they need to reboot their computer to completely install all the fonts completely

loaded some fonts but they do not appear on your  font list no matter how many times you reboot? It is possible you have some corrupt registry entries or the font cache is "stuck" * i had the SAME problem recently.... I remembered this great little download from High-Logic  ~ FiFoFo * fix font folder* is small, free, and works GREAT! give it a try if your fonts are "showing"

so now you have installed all these cool fonts and don't recall what they all do?

one of my favorite tool for viewing fonts is a nice tool i found at www.headthirst.com 

its called font character locator... and allows all characters in a font file to be viewed, and in a wide range of sizes, and allows copy and pasting of characters. a great tool if you are using a lot of pictorial fonts. it does not have a test section ~ its for viewing all the images in one font file only....

for just  previewing a word in a font?  i use Watson's Font Viewer ~ the best preview tool i have found ~  grab it at programming.de .we think it is the best. 

btw.... fonts are GREAT for pics on your pages, backgrounds etc, you can do great things with fonts.  da little dog i used to use  on this site is from the font set  "kom å hjälp" by jenny barck  and my fave font sites are wantedfonts , doghause , and dingbatpages ~ i like the pic fonts.... 

do note this... alot of fonts will dog down your comp, and may cause your computer to only see a few after a few hours.