Wie installiere ich Fonts? - Installing on Windows

Unpacking

To install a font package you downloaded from Linotype.com, you most probably need to unarchive it before having access to the actual font files. Make sure that you selected the "Download for Windows" option in the Linotype.com download area.

Either you use a font management tool like FontExplorer® X for PC or you may use different tools to do the unpacking of the ZIP archive you received.

Namely, you may use modern Windows systems’ own unzipping mechanism (double click on the archive in a Windows Explorer) or any other archiving tool supporting the ZIP format, like WinZip or RAR http://www.rarlab.com (the free, trial version is more than adequate).

OpenType

In order to take advantage of all OpenType functions, your application program must support OpenType technology. If this is not the case, OpenType fonts can only be used like PostScript or TrueType fonts, meaning additional character sets, alternate characters and different design sizes cannot be applied. You can use each OpenType typeface of the Linotype as soon as you have installed it on your PC.

Note: Some programs running during installation may require that you exit the application and restart for the new fonts to be available.

Prerequisite: Windows NT 4.0, 98 and Me support OpenType fonts that use TrueType outlines. For
OpenType fonts that use PostScript outlines, „Adobe Type Manager (ATM) Light“ 4.1 or „Adobe Type
Manager (ATM) Deluxe“ 4.1 has to be installed. Windows 95, 98 and Me applications (apart from
Microsoft Office and some other programs) do not support the extended character set of OpenType
fonts. Linotype supports OpenType fonts only with Windows 2000 and Windows XP or higher.

Installing OpenType Fonts with Windows 2000 and Windows XP

To install OpenType fonts for Windows 2000 and Windows XP do the following:
Note: If you received the font data from Linotype as a compressed archive, extract the files from the archive and continue with item 2.
1. Insert the Linotype data carrier into the according disk drive.
2. Open the Windows Control Panel. You can access the Control Panel chosing either “Start/Control Panel” or “Start/Settings/Control Panel”.
3. Double-click the Fonts icon. The Fonts folder will be opened.
4. In the Fonts window, select the menu function “File/Install New Font...”. The “Add Fonts” dialog box will be displayed.
5. Select the drive and the directory that contain the OpenType fonts you wish to install.
6. Click Network if you want to install fonts from a network volume. Fill in the Drive and Path entry fields
and click OK. Windows will search the selected directory for fonts. All found fonts will be listed.
7. Select the fonts you like to install. To select more than one font, press DP: while selecting the fonts.
8. Make sure that the “Copy Fonts To Fonts Folder” check box is selected.

If you need to use the same fonts with different operating systems or on different computers, it makes sense to manage the fonts centrally. To do this, deactivate the “Copy Fonts To Fonts Folder” check box. The volume on which the fonts reside must always be available in order to use the fonts.
Attention: If you intend to install fonts on more than one computer, make sure that you have enough licenses to do so. Linotype fonts normally include licenses for up to 5 computers.
9. Click OK.
10. Close the Fonts folder.
Installation is complete. You are now ready to use your Linotype OpenType fonts.

Deinstalling OpenType Fonts with Windows 2000 and Windows XP

To deinstall OpenType fonts with Windows 2000 and Windows XP do the following:

1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
You can access the Control Panel chosing either “Start/Control Panel” or “Start/Settings/Control Panel”.
2. Double-click the Fonts icon. The Fonts folder will be opened.
3. Select the font you like to deinstall.
4. In the Fonts window, select the menu function “File/Delete...”. A dialog box for confirmation will be displayed.
5. Click Yes.
The chosen font or the link to it will be moved to the Recycle Bin.
6. Close the Fonts folder. All removed fonts won’t be shown anymore in the menus of the application programs.

Installing OpenType Fonts with ATM

You can install and use OpenType fonts on any PC running Windows 3.1 or higher. For OpenType fonts
that use PostScript outlines, „Adobe Type Manager (ATM) Light“ 4.1 or „Adobe Type Manager (ATM)
Deluxe“ 4.1 has to be installed.

Deinstalling OpenType Fonts with ATM

In the following sections you get only basic instructions to deinstall OpenType fonts.
Note: Some programs running during deinstallation may require that you exit the application and restart for the deinstalled fonts to be removed from the fonts menu.
Attention: Take care to not remove the fonts from your hard disk unless you keep a backup copy.

Windows TrueType

After you have unzipped your font files, copy the files into the Windows font folder (your unzipped font files will all have the .tff extension after their names). The Windows font folder may usually be found under the directory pach c:\winnt\fonts (in Windows 2000).
Once your fonts have been installed in this folder, they will appear in the Font menus of your various software applications!

For newer operating systems like Windows 2000 xp you just need to copy the fonts into the font folder of the operating system.

Please note: In order to use TrueType fonts on PC you need Windows 3.1 or higher.

1. Double click on the font icon in the control panel.
   
2. Choose "add fonts".
   
3. In the dialog window select the drive and directory with the fonts you want to install.
   
4. Select the fonts you would like to install and hit "add".
   The newly installed fonts are immediately available for all application programs.
   

Instead of printed manuals we are offering a guide to Windows font installation in pdf format. The pdf file regarding the installation of Windows fonts is available in English (407 kb) and German (431,5 kb).

Windows PostScript

In order to use PostScript fonts with Windows older than Windows 2000 you need Adobe Type Manager (ATM). You can download a free version of ATM from Linotype.com.

After setting up and starting ATM, for installing PostScript fonts, you should proceed as follows:

1. Open the "ATM Control Panel".
   
2. Choose "add fonts".
   
3. In the dialog window select the drive and directory with the fonts you want to install.
   
4. Select the fonts you want to install and hit "add".
   
5. Close the ATM control panel when you have installed all desired fonts.
   

The newly installed fonts are immediately available for all application programs.