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offered an Install button that, yes, installs the font on your system,

making it ready to use in your programs.

Install a font. The Microsoft Store, of course, is not the keeper of
all fonts. You can find thousands of free or cheap fonts on other

sites, which you download as files. Once you have one, you can
install it either by double-clicking (and then clicking Install) or by
dragging it into the “Drag and drop to install” box (Figure 13-5).

Now the font is available to use in your programs.

Preview fonts. When you choose a font’s tile, the details page

opens (Figure 13-5).

Remove fonts. Select a font’s name to open its details page.
Choose Uninstall, and then confirm.

You see the changes immediately reflected in your programs’ Font dialog

boxes; you don’t even have to quit and reopen them.

The Fonts Folder

The Fonts display in Settings is actually just a front end for the fonts folder,

which is in your Local Disk (C:) Windows Fonts folder. It may not be as
pretty, but it offers a more direct way to do the following:

Add a font you’ve downloaded. Drag its file icon into this
window (or right-click the font and then click Install).

Remove a font. Select its icon in this folder and then hit Delete on
the toolbar. You can also choose to show or hide specific fonts in
your programs.

PDF Files

Many a software manual, brochure, Read Me file, and downloadable “white

paper” come as PDF (portable document format) files. In the beginning,
you needed the free program called Adobe Reader if you hoped to open or