Help With All Those Fonts

 With so many fonts out there, its no wonder we go download crazy and get 100s of fonts so quickly. Watch out though..if your loading your fonts incorrectly you could be in for a major computer crash.

By following the tips below you will keep your computer and your programs running at a faster speed, and who doesnt love that?

First of all NEVER put your downloaded/purchased fonts into your C Windows System Font folder..NEVER! Why? Everytime your computer boots up, it loads everything in those system folders--including your 500 fonts! So your computer will take longer to boot up. EVERY program that you have on your computer that uses fonts will have to load those fonts...your PSP, MS Word, Outlook, Excel...even your MSN groups will load those fonts installed on your computer.

Not to mention the font pressure your putting on your programs and computer, you are at HIGH risk for having your programs and possibly your whole computer crashing down on you!

Create yourself a font folder outside your Systems folder....maybe you want it in your MyDocuments or even on your desktop...where ever you choose create a new folder called My Fonts. Put EVERY single font that you download or purchase into that folder. The only fonts that need to be in your Windows Font folder are those fonts supplied with Windows.

Myself, I hate having to open each font individually to see what it looks like. You could spend literally hours looking for the one font you want..but heres a great way to get around that.  Get yourself a Free Font Viewer. My favorite is Font Explorer Lite, although there are many to choose from out there. Using a font viewer will allow you to preview ALL of your fonts without having to open and close them on a one by one basis...thus allowing you to use your text much quicker. All you need to do is download you a program, point it to the font folder you created and then keep the font viewer open anytime you open PSP...all of your fonts will be right at your finger tips.