A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....02-22-05....Fontastic!

Billie

[Billie]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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We're gonna do somethin' Different today! :)

A couple of weeks ago I was having some major problems with my computer, and the tech that I use determined the best way to 'fix' it was to wipe everything from the hard drive and start over. He backed up my files and reinstalled them, but some things couldn't be salvaged - among them, many of the neat fonts I had downloaded to make fancy headings.

It wasn't until I looked at our regular threads - the topper we use on all of our threads and the TGIF post in particular - that I realized some of the fonts I used on them were not standard Windows fonts. Because they were already on my computer and I hadn't put them there, I just assumed they were part of the Windows default fonts. They must have been installed on my pc with a word processing program which I also lost in the reformatting, and therefore those fonts were not showing up anymore for me.

The default font face at FR is "Times New Roman" (the one you're seeing in red now.)

The yellow text above was typed with the "Calisto MT" font (which is a Windows Default font), and the font I am using now is called "Comic Sans MS". If you can't see the difference in this white type and the red, then the Comic font is not installed on your pc.

Ho-Hum! Yawwwwnnn!

Stop reading if you know all this already (she said in "Lucida Sans Italic"). If not, and you'd like to jazz up your posts with different types of font faces, then this thread's for you. It's easy, and it's fun. :)

I've now switched to another Windows Default Font called "Arial". I use it a lot for the text in my opening posts, because it's very plain and easy to read and everybody has it installed on their computers. It's a larger *type* than "Times New Roman", so I dropped the size down to "2" instead of the default size of "3".

When you open our threads each day, if the heading in the topper looks like the first example instead of the second one, then you don't have the font "FifthAve" installed on your computer.

If "Quill" is not in your font folder on your computer, when you open the TGIF thread, you'll see the first example instead of the second one. (The second one's much prettier, isn't it?)

I've also used Invitation, Vivaldi, Kidprint, Tabitha, and Chaucer often in my posts, to name just a few more that are not Windows Default Fonts. My profile page doesn't look right without "Tabitha" and "Kidprint" fonts. You can find most of those in the link I've provided in the "Three Easy Steps" below.

"Kidprint" was more difficult to find, but I searched for and found it all by itself (in a zip file)      HERE!

If you're still reading - THANK YOU! LOL - and you do want to dress up your posts, or simply see our threads as they're meant to be seen, it only takes three easy steps to do so. Are you ready? Let's go!

1.  Get Font      2.  Install Font      3.  Post Font
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1.  Get Font.....

You could search Google Web for Free Fonts, or you could search Google Web for a specific font, or you can click on the link below for the easiest and one of the best collections of free fonts available on the net. (I've searched through several sites for my collection of pretty and/or cute or unusual fonts, but Mama_Bear sent me this particular website last week, and it is really great!)

6500 Free Fonts to Download

It couldn't be easier. If you want the fonts that I mentioned above, just go to the letter of the alphabet and look for them; or when you see any that you like, just click on the link to download it.

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2.  Install Font.....

When you click on that link under the font you want to install, select "Save" to your computer rather than "Open", and another window will open asking you where you want to save it. Choose C:/ and then Windows and navigate down the list of folders in Windows until you find the Fonts folder. Click on "Fonts" and you are downloading each font directly into C:/Windows/Fonts. That's it! *That* installs the new font on your pc - both Windows 98 AND Windows XP! The new font is *THERE* and ready to use.

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3.  Post Font.....

You know how to make a post in color, and you know how to make a post in a bigger or smaller type - it's just as easy to make a post using a font other than the default, as long as it's installed on your pc. You type all the font commands inside one bracket, like this:

<font face="comic sans ms" color="blue" size="5">

To turn OFF the font, type </font> only one time, and it turns off the face, the color, and the size all at once. (You still have to turn on and turn off the bold or Italics commands separately.)

Whew! Got it? Now I need coffee! Lots of coffee! Please, please, please, somebody, tell me you're going to install a new font or two and post it here so I didn't wear my fingers to the bone posting all this stuff for nothin'! :) The main thing you need to remember is that though you may see your fancy new font, unless it's on someone else's computer as well, they may not see why you're smiling so big about that pretty post you just made. Darn it!

Now Have Fun! (This is "Quill" - if you download and install it, you will see it.)

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 02-21-05 Military Monday

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[Billie]

You did *got it, by jove!*, Luv! It's great fun, isn't it? I can see your fonts just fine - the first one's definitely chaucer, and I did see the last one, tabitha. You even used a color *code* rather than a color name! You get an A+!

[Billie]

Hi, Miss Kitty!

Ain't We Got FUN!!!

Luv, Did you get the "Texas" font? :)

[Kitty Mittens]

Hi, sweet Billie! I LOVE these New Fonts!

Thank you for Getting me Started on these Fun Fonts!

[Billie]

Did you do kidprint?! It's just a cute and fun one that I use all the time!!!! It's not in the list in the opening post, but if you click on the "kidprint" link above, it will take you to the download for that one. :)

Chaucer is another nice one. (See my Post #97 - there are some links directly to downloads for a couple more)

I'm glad that so many have downloaded "Quill"!

[luvie]

No, I haven't gotten "Texas" yet. I will look for it.

[luvie]

Okay I am testing Texas!
and also the kidprint. And it evidently not working for those. I am not sure why it works for some and not others. I have saved them all to the same place.

[luvie]

Billie, I can "see" the kidprint in your post, but when I tried to post it myself, it didn't show up, unless it does by the time I get back there! This is just a little frustrating, but I will get it worked out. Don't give up on me!

[luvie]

I am getting better at this. I still don't understand what gets them there, but there seems to be some kind of a delay. When I save a new one, the previous one shows up. Hmmmmm! This one is "quill" and I guess next week it will magically be transformed.

[luvie]

Voila! It's there! but teeeeny. So, memo to self--change size, too!!Okay, I am through bothering everyone now. I DID IT!

[Kitty Mittens]

Yes, I Downloaded Kidprint, Chaucer, and many Nifty Fonts on my other Computer. Now, I'm in the Process of Downloading them into my Trust little Toshiba, which I'm on now! LOL! You've Created a Monster! :-D

[Kitty Mittens]

You're Doing Good on your Fonts, Luv W!

[luvie]

Thanks! It has been a challenge, but worth it! The sad part is that they probably only show up here on the Finest, so I can't show off around the FR! ha-ha!

[luvie]

This is fun! But I will stop now so I don't drive everyone bonkers! Plus, it looks like I am mad as a hatter, talking to myself!

[Kitty Mittens]

LOL, Luv W! You don't Look Mad as a Hatter, but I Probably Do! You're right, this is FUN!