Hlp Pls- Safe site to Download fonts from or Not?

Huggins

Would like a free font from these people https://www.fryfonts.com , I not very technical and before I download - i would like to know if i am likely to receive pop-ups or a host of other hidden spyware cr$p i don't want on my comp if I download?

Has anyone used the site? is it safe and is there anything I can do verify safe or otherwise sites beofre I download?

If this makes any odds I have spywareblaster, ewido and Mcaffe av and firewall running on my comp.

thx in adavnce for any help regards

Huggins

espresso

Are you always this cautious? If your machine is fully protected, why not just try it?

:eek:

garcia

Here is a good site (free & legit). Got some great fonts on:

http://www.dafont.com/

Huggins

Great Thanks Garcia - am correct in thinking that should i use a 'new' font on a webpage and the recpient doesn't have it on their machine it will auto default to a 'standard' font? eg times or similar?

espresso - ha yes i am unfort! - paranoid about getting very very annoying pop-ups and slow running comp and constant crashing I had last time I had a virus!!

whats the score with downloads - if i unwittingly start to downlaod something with spyware/virus etc - should my AV notify me before it finishes if there is a problem?

Huggins

also when i've d/loaded and unzip - where/how do i save the font to my existing fonts to use on my comp pls

espresso

Huggins wrote:

whats the score with downloads - if i unwittingly start to downlaod something with spyware/virus etc - should my AV notify me before it finishes if there is a problem?

You can scan any file that you have downloaded before use by using your anti-virus program (usually by right clicking on the file while viewing with Explorer.

HTH

f1charlie

Huggins wrote:

am correct in thinking that should i use a 'new' font on a webpage and the recpient doesn't have it on their machine it will auto default to a 'standard' font? eg times or similar?

Yes, Times New Roman

Huggins wrote:

where/how do i save the font to my existing fonts to use on my comp pls?

From http://www.dafont.com

How to install a font
Windows : Copy the .ttf, .otf, .fon files into C:\Windows\Fonts.
Mac OS X : Put the files (Mac or PC) into /Library/Fonts.

Charlie

Huggins

scrap that! thx f1 charlie. thx esp. can anyone tell me how to 'load' the font into my other fonts pls

espresso

As per post #7

garcia

Go into Start->control panel. Then choose fonts. That will open up your font directory. Copy over the unzipped fonts into the directory using drag and drop. Thats all you have to do. Fonts are installed!

There should be a brief dialogue box with a bar showing you that the font is being installed (it only stays on screen for a second or so).

f1charlie

Huggins,
Do you mean how can you get a font displayed on a webpage if the user doesn't have it installed on their machine?
You have to embed the font using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and that's the limit of my knowledge on the subject , but there is more here.

Charlie