As of January 2020, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 7.

We recommendupgrading to Windows 10to continue receiving security updates and technical support.

A good place to find fonts that you know are safe is theMicrosoft Typography Page.

Font engraving alphabet

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You’ll also find lots of information there about current and developing Microsoft fonts.

Unzip the Font File

In most cases, new fonts will download to your system asZIP files.

Before you’ve got the option to add fonts to Windows, you must unzip or extract them.

Extract All in right-click menu in Windows 7

font file window in Windows 7

Screenshot of Windows 7 Fonts folder

Delete button on Fonts folder in Windows 7