Whenever I download a new font, its a pain to go through the process of opening the Control Panel, Fonts, and then going through the “Install New Font” process.

With Windows XP and up, Microsoft have enabled ‘Drag and Drop’ font installation. This means you can drag a font file into the Fonts folder and it will install automatically.

To make that easy process even easier, put a shortcut to the Fonts folder (Default: C:\WINDOWS\Fonts) in your account’s SendTo folder.

You’ll need to have Hidden Files visible in order to to see the SendTo folder. Turn these on by going to the Tools Menu and choosing ‘Folder Options’. In the “View” tab, under ‘Advanced Settings’ select Show hidden files and folders and click OK. (Note: You can turn this back off once you’re done)

You should now see some opaque folders, one of them should be called SendTo. Open this folder, right-click and choose ‘Paste Shortcut.’

Now when you download a new font, just right click on the font file and click “Send To” then choose “Fonts” …

… and Windows will automatically install the font for you.

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