Can i add downloaded fonts from say "dafont.com" to Paint.net?

[Alpha2beta]

Im trying to add a more "youtube" thumbnail type font to paint.net. Is that even possible?

[AndrewDavid]

Hello @Alpha2beta

Welcome to the Forum.

To Quote @Djisves;

You do not add fonts to PDN. Just add the font you need to Windows like you do with any font. You'll be able to use it within PDN.

Hope this helps 

[IHaveNoName]

That made me think, it would be quite useful if PDN did have that facility for fonts.

 

I'm thinking along the lines of a favourite fonts list. I have probably over 500 fonts due to the the ones I've added to Windows font store over the years, usually for one off purposes and often involving PDN. A smaller favourite fonts list also allowing you to save the same font with different size/type settings might be helpful for specific projects too.   

[Djisves]

Thanks for the reference @AndrewDavid but you did not have to. When I wrote that, I was just repeating what others, more experienced and knowledgeable users wrote before me.

 

@IHaveNoName, I read in the forum recently (I looked but I can't find it now), a discussion about making the drop-down fonts list in PDN behave like the one in MS Word - i.e. list the most recently used fonts at the top, sort of like favourites.

[Alpha2beta]

How do i add fonts to Windows?

[Rle]

How do i add fonts to Windows! <- click

and you will find the answer . 😎

 

Edited October 16, 2021 by Rle

[Pixey]

5 hours ago, Alpha2beta said:

How do i add fonts to Windows?

 

Just drag them into your Windows Font Folder.  Then when you are in PDN it will use whatever you have in that Font folder.

[Pottery Girl]

A font that I downloaded from DAfont has disappeared from PDN. I see the name in the list with no preview. And when I try to type, nothing shows up. I am able to type it in a Word document and print it, so I know it's downloaded. (Using a laptop)

[toe_head2001]

Please ensure the font was installed "for all users" via the font's context menu.

 

[Rick Brewster]

14 hours ago, Pottery Girl said:

A font that I downloaded from DAfont has disappeared from PDN. I see the name in the list with no preview. And when I try to type, nothing shows up. I am able to type it in a Word document and print it, so I know it's downloaded. (Using a laptop)

 

Sometimes there's a bug in Windows where you have to restart the app, or the system, and then it works. I haven't heard of this happening in awhile so maybe it was fixed, or maybe it wasn't, but it's worth a shot as a general troubleshooting idea.

[Pottery Girl]

Thanks Toe and Rick. I'm still trying. 🙄

[Pixey]

16 hours ago, Pottery Girl said:

from DAfont has disappeared from PDN. I see the name in the list with no preview.

 

Please let me have the Dafont font name, so that I can download it and test it.

[Pottery Girl]

Thanks Pixey. It's Beyond Wonderland.

[toe_head2001]

'Beyond Wonderland' seems to work without issue.

 

[Pixey]

Yup, it's working fine for me too:

 

 

All I can suggest is:

 

Go to My Computer > Fonts > remove the copy you have in there > add it again and restart PDN

 

Does it look like this in your Windows Font folder?

 

It's not grayed-out or anything?

 

 

[Pottery Girl]